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There is no winner here, only a fit. Quartz is made from ground stone bound with resin, so it leaves the factory sealed and stays that way. Granite is cut from a quarry, so no two tops are alike, and the trade is a coat of sealer now and then to keep it shrugging off water.
Colorado Springs pushes that trade in one direction. Most homes we work in have hard enough water to leave mineral spotting around a basin. On quartz you wipe it away and that is the end of it. On granite you wipe it away too, but only while the sealer is still doing its job, and that is the part people forget until a ring appears.
So: quartz if you would rather stop thinking about the counter. Granite if you want a slab nobody else has and the upkeep does not bother you. If the vanity is part of a bigger project, our bathroom remodel cost guide covers the full-room numbers.
Neither of these is going to lose a fight with a bathroom. Both are harder than anything a household is likely to put on them, and both will still be there long after the taps have been changed. What separates them is what you have to do to keep them looking new.
Granite has pores. It comes to you sealed, and that sealer wants topping up over the years to stay stain proof. It is a ten minute job with a bottle from any hardware shop. Leave it long enough and a perfume bottle, a bar of soap or a splash of hair dye can leave a mark that will not simply wipe off.
Quartz has no pores to seal, so there is nothing to maintain. Toothpaste, make up and water all sit on top until you clear them away. Its one weakness is a bright south facing window, because years of hard direct sun can take the color out of the resin.
What actually matters once the top is in and you are using it every morning.
| Granite | Quartz | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Quoted with the job, not by the slab | Quoted with the job, not by the slab |
| Sealing | Once on fitting, then topped up over time | None, ever |
| Hard water marks | Wipe away while the sealer holds | Wipe away |
| Look | A quarried slab, yours only | Made to a pattern, so the sample is the top |
| Strong direct sun | Untroubled | Can lose color over years |
| Lifespan | Decades, with the upkeep | Decades, with almost none |
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No, and anyone who says otherwise is selling one of them. Granite gives you a slab that exists once. Quartz gives you a surface that never needs sealing and will not stain. For a bathroom vanity most people we quote pick quartz, because a vanity gets hand soap, toothpaste and make up on it every day and nobody wants to think about sealer.
Both will see out decades if they are fitted properly. The difference is what that costs you in attention. Quartz holds its finish on its own. Granite holds its finish as long as the sealer is kept up, and starts to mark once it is not.
Price follows the slab, the color and the thickness far more than it follows the word granite or quartz. A plain granite can land under a designer quartz, and the other way round. We price the top with the rest of the job and put it in writing before anything starts. Our bathroom remodel cost guide has the project ranges.
Quartz, comfortably, and the reason is maintenance rather than looks. It has no pores, so water, toothpaste and cosmetics sit on the surface until they are wiped away. Granite is a fine choice too if what you want is real stone and you are happy to reseal it.
Granite is sealed when we fit it and wants that repeating over the years. Quartz is never sealed, because there is nothing to seal into. If you want the fitting to be the last time you think about the surface, that is the whole argument for quartz.
We will talk you through granite, quartz and solid surface on your own vanity, with samples in your hand, and price it in the same visit. No pressure and no obligation.