solid wood Worktop sourcing

[Bugwug]

Hi,

I would like to purchase solid wood worktops for my kitchen (and promise to soak them in oil regularly! ) , but, its awfully confusing on where to go and what makes a good quality worktop against another manufacturer.

I have found worktops express, most reviews have their customer service as not very good and products ok for the price compared to Wickes/B&Q equivalents.

As tradespeople or carpenters, where would you guys typically buy your worktops to install for a client and keep ya rep?

Would you use someone popular like B&Q/Wickes/Howdens or someone online like worktop express or someone else?

Its a lot to sift through when you only do this once a decade or so, i accept the 38/40mm is better than the cheaper 28mm.

Thank you

Nat

 

[Norcon]

A lot of kitchen guys here in the province go here..
http://www.cookstownpanel.com/category.php?id_category=29

 

[Bugwug]

Ha ha blimey, they do look good but seem to be the furthest away from me that they possibly could be within the British Isles and they dont appear to deliver. I am in Kent.

Any of you other kind folk with a sageful opinion?

 

[foxhole]

Selco do 38mm for around £260 while their 28mm was less than half that last time I purchased.

 

[Bugwug]

So what makes one board better than the other?

B&Q/Wickes is around £89 for a 28mm

Worktop express is around £115 for a 40mm

Other places may be hundreds more for what looks the same

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Width and length of the staves - the longer and wider they are the more expensive they are to produce. Also the thickness - 38mm will cost more than 28mm

 

[geraldthehamster]

I bought a good quality 40mm cherry worktop from Worktop Express, who sell via Ebay. 40mm staves. Seemed like a reaonable rpice and arrived quickly with two lads in a van.

I wouldn't rely on oil though, to preserve a worktop that will get wet. I finished mine with three coats of Danish oil followed by the same of Ronseal Mattcoat spirit-based polyeurethane varnish. I have similiar worktops in an unknown varnish that have needed no attention in 5 years.

Cheers
Richard

 

[emilybronte]

We have installed three pre-cut IKEA solid oak worktops in various kitchens and they have been excellent value.