Kitchen work surface colour
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Comments (8)Just wanted to say what a fantastic kitchen. So pleased you're keeping it! Formica would be the period correct work surface and can still be bought but may not fit with your budget? I would also look at having a carpenter produce your cabinets. They can be cheaper than off the shelf and would be better build. To save some money you could buy cheap plain carcasses and have a carpenter make doors to match the existing ones that you can then paint. That's what i'd do!...See MoreNew kitchen work surfaces
Comments (6)I've been looking at changing worktop too. A very useful guy (kitchen fitter) told me that the problem I'd have is that the tiles come just down to level with the top of the worksurface, so there's a risk that the removal of the worktops would either damage the tiles or the replacements won't sit properly with the old tiles. Anyway, I decided to stick with my ugly laminate and then save towards the whole kitchen replacement. If you want to live with the wooden work tops, you can make them look fab by sanding them down a bit, then apply Osmo hard wax - it makes the surface water resistant and gives them a lovely sheen, really feeding the wood. Either way - do keep us posted and take a good look at that tile depth issue! (Solution for anyone doing their kitchen is apparently to put marine ply on top of the cabinets, tile down to the ply level, then put the worktop on top of the ply)....See MoreWhy do Crown Kitchens leave a gap between back board and work surface?
Comments (2)It is easier and more cost affective to produce a board that's shorter to allow ventilation than to produce a board the correct size - then re cut a circular hole - then buy and fit a vent ( that may fall out at some point). Crown have been going for years and do so because they supply a great product at the right price ... To change this one thing would increase overheads and make them a more expensive product . If you really dislike the look - you could perhaps add an L shape strip that's fixed to underside of worktop and sits forward of the gap - so air can still flow - but you don't see the gap from the front, into each cupboard. i think that's one way you will keep the airflow, but avoid seeing the view behind the cabinets that you dislike. Hope that helps ?...See MoreQuiet materials for kitchen flooring/work surfaces
Comments (4)Hi, A wood floor will obviously help and they are right a cork floor would be even more absorbent than a harder wood floor. Obviously the disadvantage is being softer it can damage easier and does not always look great. I have added a link to a engineered wood floor that uses cork and oak and is not expensive. Its worth fitting a acoustic barrier below this also on link. http://www.flooringsupplies.co.uk/accessories/651/natura_sonic_gold_acoustic_underlay?adtype=pla&keyword=&gclid=Cj0KEQjwyozABRDtgPTM0taCrKsBEiQATk6xDkeDsY6vQX1Pnj8zGPWFkjp1BZ9Nak6bOchDYO2hWpQaAiW88P8HAQ http://www.parkettkaiser.de/epages/62324980.sf/?Currency=GBP&Locale=en_GB&ObjectPath=/Shops/62324980/Products/EGG_K_485991/SubProducts/STK_EGG_K_485991-0001&ViewAction=ViewProductViaPortal&gclid=Cj0KEQjwyozABRDtgPTM0taCrKsBEiQATk6xDtcpJ4g44V7_zi4jbobK3RX-ZRUTm1LMjEQckA660H8aAtH58P8HAQ...See More- 11 years ago
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