If you get it done in a year, you'll be months ahead of a lot of others DIY'ers.

Ok, getting very close to the end, the only items remaining include the granite bench seat (pending receipt), a little caulking and wallboard painting, and seal the floor grout.

Here are a few pictures.















Many thanks to all who guided me in this project, your input was instrumental in allowing me to do a decent job.

I think the best moment was the other day when the DW was sitting in the bathroom looking around at it all and said "you really did good, I love it".

You did better than "decent", Pritch. That's a bang-up job.

You should be proud.

OK, finally got the granite back from the company, this looks to be the best fit I can get, the walls are not that flat. Here are a couple of pics.

Do I use thinset on the bottom? Can I use grout for the area between the wall and the granite? Or, are there any transitional type of items available that would help?

Use thinset to set the granite. I would back butter the slab also.

If there's enough overhang,I personally would fine tune the fit to be tight. If your confident in your ability to properly scribe and cut the slab then go for it, otherwise you'll have to look at a fairly large silcone bead, either clear or white.

DO NOT use grout between the slab and wall as it will eventually crack.

OK, went and bought a 4 1/2" grinder and wheel designed for granite, specifically these:

HF 95578

and

HF 98729

The granite company we have been working with have been very unresponsive, and it took a really long time before we finally got the slab back from them. Granted, this was a freebie from them as compensation for not being timely when we bought the granite countertop last year, so I consider myself lucky to have gotten the slab. It wasn't cut to my instructions, and perhaps there might have been some confusion, but anyway, I've taken it so far twice to a local place that is charging me $20 each time I get a little more trimmed. So, there is very little left to trim off, and I figured I could do this myself.

Tell me a little about the scribing process... is it just making a mark using the wall as a guide?

Any comments? Remember, I'm a DIY'er...

Thanks.

The picture or link for the diamond wheel shows a cup grinding wheel. That's not the right one for trying to trim an edge. That wheel is meant for grinding a flat surface.

You need a flat diamond wheel. I would try to get a smooth rim type as there's less chance of chipping the top edge.

If theres very little overhang left on the front edge I would say you will have to leave it as is or get another slab. As a novice it will probably take a few tries to get it right and you're not going to have any room for error on the pc you have now.

I'll try to explain the process but without showing you a drawing it might be a little difficult to grasp the technique.
You may want to try this on a pc of bristol board first to get the technique mastered before messing up your slab.

1.Put masking tape on the top of the slab flush to the edge where it will butt up to the walls.

2.Place the slab on the seat area and make sure the overhang measurements are equal around the front edges.

3.This is where it gets a bit confusing to verbally explain. Your not going to hold the compass perpendicular to the wall because you're going to be trimming two edges 90 degrees to each other. The compass needs to be held perpendicular to the long front edge of the slab and set to the widest gap that is between the wall and the slab. This cut method allows the slab to be slid straight back to the rear 90 degree corner point.
With the compass set and holding the angle of the compass perpendicular to the long front edge, start in the rear corner and with the point against the wall and the pencil portion resting on the tape, pull the compass forward to the front corner. Do the same for the other edge but DO NOT change the opening you originally set on the compass.

As you can see this may be quite difficult for a novice to comprehend and do.

4.Now you need to trim up to line with your grinder with a slight inward bevel towards the bottom of the slab, except theres no bevel at the front edge. Clear as mud, right!

Again, with no experience this is going to be a daunting task.
Hope your successful!

Thank you for your very detailed reply, Randall.

I still have an overhang of at least 1/2 inch for both sides and 3/4 inch for the long front edge, so taking 1/8 inch off each side should be fine.

Perhaps another $20 for a final trim by the local granite folks isn't than bad of an option, unless I can find the flat diamond wheel locally, like Home Depot or Lowes.

I think I understand the scribing process.

Is it like the following?



Again, thank you.

You'll spend much more than $20 for a decent diamond blade.

I will only need to remove very little material, perhaps 1/8 inch for 6 inches on each side, is there anything else like diamond sandpapers?