Kitchen worktops (UK) - what material do you have/love/hate?
Bry R
6 years ago
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Comments (7)We would recommend using quartz worksurfaces as these are much more hardwearing and stain resistant and you get a much broader choice of finishes and colours. As quartz is manmade you can easily match tiles and splashbacks and you can also have matching quartz splashbacks as an option. Some quartz surfaces also include a built in anti-bacterial protection. We know Silestone have developed a formula for this....See MoreWhat household item do you love to hate?
Comments (6)I currently own the most awkwardly shaped vacuum cleaner in Wales, I am certain.It was given to us from our neighbour....I thought they liked us! I also have a gas cooker about which my husband derides me each time I try to light the oven, he swears I twist my wrist and turn it out as I flick the knob....now I don't believe I do....much miffery goes on about 6 pm in our kitchen..lol & because I love Vintage & Antique furniture, of course I have projects which hang about waiting for attention and bunging up the spare bedroom...it's the 'Curse of Ikea' I tell you! When 'WILL' my Husband rewire that lamp? 2025?...See MoreWhat are you glad you put in your kitchen, and what can you do without
Comments (123)Thank you for everyone's comments, had no idea this thread would prove so popular when I started it. We are plastering this week and we have finally bought most things for the kitchen. I did find some real 'finds' though if anyone is looking. Not sure where you are based, but regarding electrical goods we researched all our own and narrowed down our list, and once we had that we looked online for the best prices for each appliance. Instead of buying from lots of different places we took it to Bentalls, who not only matched, but also cost us less, and beat some online prices with a good 'deal' price they also then will hold on to them until you need them, but if anything goes wrong you have 'bentalls' rather than several online dealers to return items to. RDO Appliances also do this if there is one near you, but i'd advise you to research prices first. Another thing we found was inserts for the kitchens. Through our kitchen supplier these were expensive, bin inserts, pull out drawers, pull out larders, even the pop up sockets, sourced seperately through ebay and online we managed to save quite a lot of money by doing this, so our fitter will still have the right things on the day, but we are not getting the inserts from the supplier. What else..... erm kitchen worktop, unbelievably the exact same worktop, same material, same cut outs etc.. same sizes differed between suppliers by 3k! so do shop around for your quartz and granite....See MoreOverwhelmed! Relative prices of kitchen worktop materials?
Comments (4)Cheapest will be laminate. Look for Formica Axiom, Bushboard Omega, Odyssey and Prima, Duropal and Egger to name but a few but those listed are some of the best. You will also have manufacturers own brands some of which are good, some dire and some excellent. All price related. Normally thickness is 40mm but some offer 30mm and the most modern and popular at the moment is 20mm which is restricted in laminate (but available in some brands). You need to work out your lengths because depending on the brand the laminate is available in 3m, 3.6m and 4m. Therefore if you only want to cover 3m there’s no point in paying for a 4m length as you’ll end up with waste of one metre which you’ll be paying for. Then again it depends on whether you like the colour choice in each length. You can’t have an undermount or belfast type sink with a laminate worktop. Wilson Art is what Howdens use. Cheap and nasty. Some of their worktops don’t even have a backing on causing wharping. Look for a local supplier and they can request samples for you. Where are you based? If you want to pay slightly more look at solid timber but bear in mind these need maintaining which some people don’t like doing as it can be a faff. Then you can have Solid Surface which is an alternative to quartz. Look at Pietra, Pietra Gold, Mazan and Mirostone. It’s available in 20mm thickness and as the name says is solid so needs to be fabricated just like quartz and granite by qualified traders (which in turn will bump the cost up). Solid surface, quartz and granite are the most expensive. Hope this helps....See MoreBry R
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