Does King Masonry publish its own EPDs for products it fabricates and installs?

No. King Masonry is a contractor and fabricator, not a manufacturer. EPDs come from the brands they install or from industry‑average declarations.

Roughly how many SKUs are in scope when working with their listed countertop partners?

Across quartz and natural stone, the choice set is in the dozens at any time, often more when distributors open special‑order catalogs.

If a preferred quartz design has no public EPD, what is the fastest workaround?

Switch to a lookalike within a brand that publishes product‑specific EPDs, or to a sintered surface with a current declaration, and document the variance early in submittals.

Which third‑party EPD sources are credible for these categories?

Program operators like the International EPD System, UL Solutions, ASTM, Smart EPD, and NRMCA for concrete. Brand sites sometimes host the same PDFs for convenience.

King Masonry: artisan installer, EPD‑ready selections

What King Masonry actually sells

King Masonry fabricates and installs. Their crews build fireplaces and chimneys, exterior stonework and walls, patios and walkways, and they fabricate countertops in natural stone and engineered surfaces. For countertops they list partner brands such as Caesarstone, Cambria, Element Surfaces, HanStone, MSI Q, Radianz, Vadara, plus Vermont Verde Antique and other natural stones (kingmasonry.com). In plain terms, they offer service plus curated materials rather than factory‑made products of their own.

Product breadth in one view

Countertops span natural slabs and several engineered collections. That yields dozens of colorways at any given time.
Masonry work covers stone walls and veneers, brick, and bluestone hardscapes, again with choices in the dozens.
Fireplace and chimney builds add another cluster of assemblies and accessories.
The portfolio feels broad for a regional installer, with depth concentrated in stone and quartz surfaces.

Where EPDs show up today

Quartz surfaces. Caesarstone publicly reports multiple EPDs, noting 34 additional models added in Oct‑2024 and more in Jan‑2025, which helps teams hit disclosure targets (Caesarstone, 2025).
Sintered and ultra‑compact surfaces. Dekton by Cosentino has a published EPD in the International EPD System, commonly used for façades and worktops. Teams often prefer these declarations when countertop packages are part of a LEED‑oriented interior set.
Natural stone façade products. Polycor publishes an EPD for natural stone cladding valid through 2028, which gives designers product‑specific data rather than generic factors (Sustainable Minds Transparency Catalog, 2025).
Clay brick. If a project shifts from stone veneer to clay brick on parts of the scope, the new Brick Industry Association industry‑average EPD covers a sizable share of U.S. production, reporting 39.3% 2023 production coverage in its dataset (BIA, 2025).

Likely gaps that cost specs

Two places commonly stall on public projects or corporate fit‑outs.

Some quartz lines popular in residential and light commercial do not have a public, product‑specific EPD on the brand site as of December 2025. We could not find one for Cambria on their site at the time of writing. In spec‑driven work, a switch to a Caesarstone Mineral Surfaces model with an active EPD can sidestep the documentation pause and keep LEED v5‑aligned teams happy (Caesarstone, 2025).
Adhesion and bedding materials. Masonry and veneer packages often include mortars, grouts, or setting materials that are chosen late. Those mixes are frequently the missing EPD in a submittal stack. Select a supplier that publishes cementitious EPDs under a recognized operator, or pre‑approve an alternative mix with a current declaration. Your schedule will thank you.

Manufactured stone veneer, poised for faster documentation

Manufactured stone veneer sits in a category with an updated PCR, which streamlines how EPDs for concrete‑based units are created. That removes a procedural excuse and makes brand‑level EPDs for MSV more attainable for suppliers in the bid list. In practice, it lets specifiers compare like with like across veneers without reverting to conservative generic factors.

Who they go up against on projects

For countertops, competing options include sintered surfaces like Dekton, quartz from multi‑brand groups, and high‑end natural granite or soapstone. In exterior scope, brick suppliers with an industry‑average EPD and natural‑stone quarries with product‑specific EPDs are frequent alternates. In many civic or higher‑ed projects, a veneer system can be swapped for thin brick or porcelain cladding when the latter comes with cleaner documentation.

Commercial takeaway for teams

Because King Masonry installs products made by others, their specability rises or falls with the paperwork those brands carry. Steering selections toward SKUs with product‑specific EPDs avoids defaulting to generic carbon factors that can penalize a package. It also means fewer email volleys during submittals, which saves time when it actually counts. A single change order for documentation delays can erase the price advantage of a cheaper, non‑EPD surface. That is the quiet math baked into many shortlist decisions.

A simple playbook to raise win‑rate

Vet the countertop shortlist for a published, current EPD before templating. Caesarstone’s current lineup makes this easy in many color families (Caesarstone, 2025).
Lock an EPD‑published mortar or adhesive brand before RFIs cluster.
Where a façade accent is in play, shortlist a natural stone with a product‑specific EPD or a brick package covered by the industry‑average EPD.
Follow those steps and the spec talk becomes about design and durability, not paperwork. It is definately less stress for everyone.

Closing thought

King Masonry is a craft installer with a broad material palette. Leaning into brands and SKUs that already carry EPDs turns that palette into a spec‑ready catalog, so the team sells outcomes, not exceptions.