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Kitchen Worktops & Islands
Marble · Quartzite · Granite · London
Marble · Quartzite · Granite · London
A worktop is the most used surface in the house and the one people look at closest. It also has to be cut around a sink, a hob and a run of cabinetry that is never quite square.
We template digitally once the units are in, fabricate in our own workshop, and install with our own teams. Islands, breakfast bars, worktops, upstands, splash-backs and edge profiles.
Marble is the softest of the three and the most beautiful. It will etch where acid touches it — lemon, wine, vinegar — and many owners accept that patina as part of the material. If you would not, say so early and we will steer you elsewhere.
Quartzite looks close to marble and behaves much more like granite. Taj Mahal, Cristallo and Bianco Eclipsia all appear in the kitchens below and are what we most often recommend where a marble look is wanted without the maintenance.
Granite is the hardest and least demanding. Engineered stone and large-format porcelain are worth considering where a completely consistent surface is wanted.
An island is where a heavy stone earns its cost, because you see the full slab and its edge from every side. Mitred edges make the stone read as a solid block rather than a sheet.
A book-matched splash-back running up behind the hob is the detail most often asked for after a client has seen one. It needs slabs from the same block, selected in sequence.
It depends almost entirely on the stone and the amount of edge and cut-out work, so we quote from a drawing rather than per square metre. Send us a plan and we will price it properly.
Not necessarily, but it must be a considered choice. Marble etches on contact with acid and that cannot be prevented, only accepted or avoided. If a flawless surface matters more than the material, quartzite is the honest recommendation.
Quartzite is a natural stone quarried in slabs. Engineered quartz is manufactured from crushed stone and resin. Quartzite is harder and each slab is unique; engineered quartz is completely consistent and generally less expensive.
Templating happens once the units are fitted and level. Fabrication and installation follow from there. Timescales depend on the stone being in stock, which is one reason we hold slabs at our own premises.
