We used 2 cm quartzite and had the cabinet makers built hard tops into the cabinets, rather than using a sheet of plywood on top.

Does Ceasarstone provide a recommendation?

For my peninsula, I don't have any plywood underneath the 1 1/4" Caesarstone countertop. Hope the pictures here will give you some ideas.

Before CT installation:

I did a mitered edge which makes the slab look thicker. My edge is 1.5".

Babyfish, OT (but it's my thread :-) ), can you tell me the brand and style of your door and drawer pulls? They're the low-profile that we're looking for.

My cabinet maker inset the hardtop into the base cabs. I had the slab installed directly on the base cabinets (soapstone).

sjhockeyfan - I'm in the process of seeking legal action to sue my cabinet company and I have another thread talking about my pain in the same forum, so I am not appropriate to disclose their name here. Sorry!

sjhockeyfan - I'm in the process of seeking legal action to sue my cabinet company and I have another thread talking about my pain in the same forum, so I am not appropriate to disclose their name here. Sorry!