Sierra Soapstone at 24201 Clawiter Road, Hayward, California.

Fantastic experience. We looked at a lot of soapstone places and Sierra Soapstone had the best selection of stones and good pricing. In addition, their customer services was great from start to finish. It took us almost 7 months from the date that we purchased our slabs to the date that our counters were installed and throughout the process Rod and April provided great communication and were very, very responsive to our requests. Rod also provided invaluable advice when it came time to lay out our counters and determine overhang, sink placement, etc. We have a big island (4'x9') that was made in one piece and we were a little nervous about how it would get installed. We shouldn't have worried. The installation team was top notch. There were extremely conscientious and careful in addition to being extremely nice. I would recommend anyone thinking of getting soapstone to talk to Sierra Soapstone first and last.

I have had soapstone counters installed in 2 kitchens in the last 8 years. All aspects of our transaction with Sierra were superior to the experience we had with a soapstone company out of San Francisco.

The price was lower.
The communication was better. This is important in the selection and aftercare.
The final product was superior (more professional looking installation--smoother, greater detail in transition pieces, etc.)