Fabrication

The cut is where a slab becomes a room.

Everything we make is fabricated in our own shop in Bridgeport. Nothing is brokered out, nothing is cut by someone we have never met. That matters more than it sounds, because almost every failure in a stone countertop happens between the slab arriving and the crew leaving.

Stone slabs and bridge saw inside CMG’s fabrication shop

What full-service actually means

Not every company selling countertops owns a shop. Some hold a slab catalogue and place the work with a fabricator elsewhere, which is a perfectly legitimate way to run a business. It is worth knowing which you are hiring, because it changes who is accountable when something needs solving.

We hold the slabs, we template the space, we cut the stone, we finish the edges, and our own installers set it. One company is accountable from the first showroom visit to the last bead of silicone. When a wall turns out to be an inch out of square, the person who has to solve it is the person who measured it.

01

Slab selection

You choose the actual slabs, not a sample chip. In natural stone the piece you saw and the piece that arrives are different objects unless someone reserves the specific one. We tag yours.

Craftsperson reserving a selected natural stone slab
02

Digital templating

Once cabinetry is set, we template digitally to capture real dimensions: walls out of plumb, cabinet runs that drift, appliance tolerances. Paper templates are how gaps happen.

Digital laser templating in a walnut kitchen
03

Vein layout

We lay the template over a photograph of your slab and position every piece before cutting. Where the vein crosses an island, where a seam falls, whether a waterfall can be mitred to run continuously.

Stone layout planning before fabrication
04

Cutting and edge work

Cutting, sink and cooktop cutouts, edge profiling and hand polishing. Mitred and built-up edges are assembled and dressed in the shop so the joint disappears rather than announcing itself.

Wet bridge saw cutting a pale natural stone slab
05

Installation

Delivery, setting, seam joining, on-site polishing and sealing where the material needs it. Our own crew, and a site left clean enough that the next trade can work in it.

Installers setting a quartzite countertop seam
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After the install

Care guidance specific to your stone, because soapstone, Calacatta and porcelain need three completely different things. Resealing and repair work when you need it years later.

Stone edge and seam restoration in progress

Seams are a design decision

Almost every kitchen needs at least one seam. Slabs come in finite sizes and most islands in Fairfield County homes are longer than the stone. The question is never whether there will be a seam. It is where it lands, and whether anyone notices.

A seam placed badly sits in the middle of the island where everyone stands. Placed well, it falls at a sink cutout or a natural break in the veining, and the pattern carries across it because the two pieces were cut adjacent from the same slab. That is a planning decision made days before anything is cut, and it is the clearest difference between fabrication and manufacturing.

Bookmatching, vein alignment and mitred returns are not upgrades. They are the difference between a stone surface and a stone room.

What the shop can do

The machines matter less than the hands running them, but you should know both are here — under one roof in Bridgeport, on every job.

Bridge saw & CNC
Digital templating
Edge polishing
Mitred assembly
Slab handling
Sealing & finishing

The best way to judge a shop is to stand in it. The yard is open by appointment — call 914-575-1705 and come watch a slab become a room.

From the shop, into the house

Fusion quartzite powder room vanity with a mitred apron front, undermount sink and wall-mounted brass faucet, fabricated by CMG
Fusion quartzite vanity — mitred apron, built-up edge, undermount sink. CMG fabrication.
Detail of a mitred waterfall corner with stone veining running continuously around the fold
A mitred waterfall corner — the vein carried through the fold.

The basics, in writing

Fully insured

40+ years in the trade

Family-owned & operated

Our own crews — no subcontractors

Template to install: typically 1–2 weeks

No badges we didn't earn, no claims we can't keep. If you want references from recent Fairfield County projects, ask — we're happy to put you in touch.

Why we quote weeks, not days

Some shops advertise three-day installs. We could rush too — but a proper job has a rhythm: template after the cabinets are set, lay out every cut on your actual slab, fabricate, seam-match, then install once and correctly. The same crew handles every step, which is why we quote one to two weeks — and hit it.

Three days buys you whatever slab is closest to the saw. Two weeks buys you the stone you chose, cut the way it deserves.