Countertops & stonework in Longport, NJ
Countertops in Longport, NJ
Granite, quartz, marble and quartzite countertops for Longport's oceanfront estates and the family houses on the numbered avenues, from our showroom in Pleasantville.
Or visit our Pleasantville showroom, open Monday to Saturday.
Longport, NJ
Quiet, well made stone for a Longport home
Longport countertops are usually chosen for a house that will stay in a family for a long time. The borough is the end of Absecon Island, almost all single family, and the numbered avenues start at 11th because the first ten blocks washed away in the storms before 1916. Most of what stands was built between 1950 and 1970, when the year round population doubled: classic mid-century beach houses on the avenues and the stately homes along Atlantic Avenue. Around them the oceanfront has filled with newer custom estates with rooftop decks and elevators, the bay and inlet side along Ventnor Avenue carries homes with deep water slips, and The Point at the southern tip is where the biggest rebuilds happen. Families here have often summered in the same house for three or four generations, so a lot of the kitchens being redone are in a house that is staying.
That makes the stone a long term decision. A new estate means a large island, a full height slab backsplash and stone in the primary bath and the guest baths, chosen together so the house reads as one design. A family house that is staying means making a mid-century kitchen work for a bigger crowd. We help Longport homeowners, builders and designers with both, and our countertop fabrication and installation page shows what happens between picking the stone and the finished counter.
Granite, quartz, marble and quartzite
Which stone for a Longport kitchen
Granite countertops in Longport
Granite earns its place in Longport on the kitchens that feed a big family all summer. It is quarried stone, very hard, and it does not mind a hot pot from the grill or a cutting board that slipped. The quieter granites, a soft grey or a black with little movement, suit the understated look most Longport owners want, and a honed finish takes the shine down further. It is porous and takes a sealer that gets refreshed when water stops beading.
Quartz countertops in Longport
Quartz suits the Longport kitchens that have to look the same at the end of August as they did in June. It is engineered, non-porous and never sealed, so sunscreen, wine and juice wipe up clean, and the color is uniform across a long run. The long slab sizes help with the oceanfront kitchens, where a straight run can be fifteen feet, and a matching quartz in the bar and the guest baths keeps the house consistent.
Marble countertops in Longport
Marble is the stone that suits the Atlantic Avenue houses and the quiet luxury of Longport best. A honed white marble island, with the veining laid out so it runs the length of the piece, and the same marble on the primary bath vanity and shower threshold, is a classic look for a house that is staying in the family. Marble is softer than granite and etches where lemon or wine sits, so it suits an owner who cooks with care or who likes the patina.
Quartzite countertops in Longport
Quartzite gives a Longport kitchen the veined white look of marble on a natural stone that is harder than granite, and it is what we suggest when an owner wants Calacatta on an island that gets real use. The slabs are large, which matters on an oceanfront island, and the stone takes a sealer like granite does. White and grey quartzites suit the coastal palette of the new estates, and the darker varieties pair with walnut or navy cabinetry on a bayfront house.
What we do
Our services in Longport
Besides countertops, Longport homes come to us for full height slab backsplashes, stone fireplace facings and hearths for the living room, marble or quartzite vanity tops, shower seats and thresholds for several baths at once, and bar tops for a rooftop deck or a bayfront entertaining space, all planned together so a waterfront house feels of a piece.
Longport
Stone for a house that stays in the family
Longport is a town where a kitchen is often remodeled for the next generation rather than for resale, and the choices are made to last. That means slabs chosen in person for their veining, a layout on the slab so the pattern carries across the island and around a waterfall edge, and bath stone picked at the same time so the primary bath and the guest baths match the kitchen. The showroom is where the stone gets compared under one light before anything is cut.
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The showroom trip
From Longport to our Pleasantville showroom
From Longport, the quickest way to the showroom is Ventnor Avenue into Margate, left on Jerome Avenue to the Margate bridge, then Margate Boulevard to Tilton Road and north to the Black Horse Pike. The showroom is just to the right on the Pike at the Pleasantville and Egg Harbor Township line, in the building we share with Cabinets Direct.
7034 Black Horse Pike, Pleasantville, NJ 08232Mon to Fri 10am to 5pm, Sat 10am to 2pm, Sun closed. Call (215) 626-1165.
Why Rye Marble & Granite
Why Longport homeowners choose our showroom
Longport owners and the builders working on the oceanfront use our showroom because we have handled the long island runs, the elevator houses and the matched bath stone that a house here needs. Granite, quartz, marble and quartzite are all here under one roof with edge samples to hold against your cabinet door. Estimates are free.
Good to know
Longport questions
Can you match stone across the kitchen, the bar and the baths in a Longport home?
Yes. For a large house we select the kitchen stone and the bath and bar pieces together, so the veining and the tone carry through the house. Where a bath uses a different stone, we pick one that sits well next to the kitchen choice.
How far ahead should we choose the stone for a Longport new build?
While the cabinets are being ordered. The template happens once the cabinets are set, and having the stone chosen before then keeps fabrication from holding up the rest of the job. Your builder gives us the schedule and the template and install dates fit into it.
Does an elevator house change how the countertop is fabricated?
Only the piece sizes. We check the cab and the stair turns before fabrication, and a long run is split where the seam hides best so every piece gets to the kitchen cleanly. That is settled at the template visit.
What holds up best in a Longport waterfront kitchen?
Quartz is easy to maintain and non-porous, granite is very hard, and quartzite gives the marble look with the hardness of granite. Marble is the classic for an island or a bath with a little more care.
Can you update a mid-century Longport kitchen without a full gut?
Yes. If the cabinets are sound, the top gets templated to them and the old top comes out the same day the new one goes in. A new stone top and a slab backsplash change a 1960s kitchen more than any other single move.
Will you work with our designer or builder?
Yes. We coordinate directly on selections, measurements and scheduling so the stonework fits the larger project.
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Stonework in nearby South Jersey towns
From The Point to the Atlantic Avenue houses, Longport kitchens begin with a visit to our showroom.
All towns: South Jersey service areas