Correct. All the other stuff is just fadd-ish.laminate for a kitchen worktop is one of the best surfaces: long lasting, easy to maintain.
Wood - not in a million years. Should never be used as a surface to prepare food.
Correct. All the other stuff is just fadd-ish.laminate for a kitchen worktop is one of the best surfaces: long lasting, easy to maintain.
Why ever not? Wood was traditionally used for chopping boards partly because many species have natural anti-bacterial properties. It's still used in butchers' shops for their chopping blocksWood - not in a million years. Should never be used as a surface to prepare food.
They will generally come right with a combination of scrapers and belt sander. Iron stains (in oak, mahogany and walnut) can often be taken out with judicious use of oxallic acid. The worst problems I've seen are at the worktop/upstand joint and around Belfast sinks where in really bad cases you will sometimes see signs of rot...it's good to know that it's easy to sand back and refinish no matter how bad it gets.
And its still a heck of a faff to keep clean. Chopping boards are portable.It's still used in butchers' shops for their chopping blocks
I've found that some fitters don't seem to understand the need for a drip groove on the underside of the overhang - less so nowadays. My "trick" for cut exposed edges and wrap-unders is to treat the wood with a coat of wood hardener, then sand, then oil. One nice thing about wood is that unlike other materials (other than solid surface) it can be patch repaired should the need arise. It is always obviously a patch, but it blends in well with time.There was some rot around the sink area. I suspect with a better choice of sink/detailing that would have been avoided.
Maybe, but it generates a bit of weekend work for me re-finishing worktops, so I'm happy enough with thatReal wood worktops are a faff from start to finish.
So did I - on my floor. Love it. However, in the interests of sanity, hygiene and sense, laminate serves the purpose, whereas real wood is a huge faff from the get-go.I'd take real wood over grotty cheap looking laminate any day.
And there's the rub. There's no end to maintenance alleviating ideas that we incorporate into buildings these days. People don't want fuss.they don't trust their customers to maintain it.
Stainless steel. £450 including laser cut openings for sink & hob.
Fitted over standard 40mm worktop, with 25mm upstand at rear so no silicone/mastic required.View attachment 156714
Stainless steel. £450 including laser cut openings for sink & hob.
Fitted over standard 40mm worktop, with 25mm upstand at rear so no silicone/mastic required.View attachment 156714
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