granite worktops
Posted by: Rick Weldon on 06 November 2004
£400 -£550 per metre!fuck me, and you guys think naim gears expensive!does any one know a good stockist at a reasonable price?
Posted on: 06 November 2004 by Rasher
Where are you?
Posted on: 06 November 2004 by Denis O
That does sound a lot. When we got ours just over 3 years ago it was about £300 per metre. This wasn't the cheapest but was not the most expensive.
Sod the expense. Get it. It looks gorgeous and supposedly makes better pastry. Something to do with the colder temperature.
Sod the expense. Get it. It looks gorgeous and supposedly makes better pastry. Something to do with the colder temperature.
Posted on: 06 November 2004 by Tim Danaher
Rick --
I got mine three years ago from Avon Marble (0117-971-7336) -- based in Bristol, but will fit anywhere.
20mm thick Zimbabwean Black Granite -- £175 per SQUARE metre, 30mm, £225. (ex VAT)
Additional costs for templating, hole cutting and edge polishing, but works out MUCH cheaper than kitchen design firms. I got about a 3.5 metre run of worktop for around £1400, fitted.
Cheers,
Tim
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I got mine three years ago from Avon Marble (0117-971-7336) -- based in Bristol, but will fit anywhere.
20mm thick Zimbabwean Black Granite -- £175 per SQUARE metre, 30mm, £225. (ex VAT)
Additional costs for templating, hole cutting and edge polishing, but works out MUCH cheaper than kitchen design firms. I got about a 3.5 metre run of worktop for around £1400, fitted.
Cheers,
Tim
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Posted on: 06 November 2004 by Rick Weldon
thanks for your help! I am in sheffield
Posted on: 08 November 2004 by Top Cat
It all seems to boil down to location - we paid around £2400 for around 6m.sq. of granite worktop, including draining grooves, templating, cutting, bevelling, a curve on the peninsula, upstands & installation. I'd *strongly* recommend the templating - as if it ends up not fitting after they've measured & cut, it's *THEIR* responsibility.
The other thing to consider is the question "Is it worth doing?". We decided that it was, but in retrospect it is one heck of a large outlay for a worktop. That said, it's lovely.
Other things to bear in mind: Granite likes to be well-supported: we modified our base-units with CLS frames to hold the Belfast sink and provide extra support where required. Also, most of the granite we saw was around 30-35mm thick, as opposed to 50mm in the case of a conventional worktop (as one might get from, say, Ikea or B&Q). This means that things like integrated hobs might need a small additional space to be left between base of hob and whatever is underneath (e.g. under-oven). However, this is easily done, but something to be aware of.
The last thing about Granite is that it is ruthlessly unforgiving on dishes, shows up paw-prints (a thing that happens round ours despite our best attempts to prevent it) and can be chipped (but if you have your edges bevelled this is much less likely).
We love our worktop, but considering what one could buy with the two and a half grand, I'm not sure it's necessarily a no-brainer. Depends largely on what you plan to do: don't install a granite worktop if you're likely to move in the next couple of years as you may not get back the investment; also, don't add a granite worktop to a cheap kitchen in a cheap home - it'll really be out of place.
We spent £30k doing our kitchen/dining room work, and in the context of that spend it can be justified, but had our budget been £15k then it wouldn't be justifiable in my opinion.
John
The other thing to consider is the question "Is it worth doing?". We decided that it was, but in retrospect it is one heck of a large outlay for a worktop. That said, it's lovely.
Other things to bear in mind: Granite likes to be well-supported: we modified our base-units with CLS frames to hold the Belfast sink and provide extra support where required. Also, most of the granite we saw was around 30-35mm thick, as opposed to 50mm in the case of a conventional worktop (as one might get from, say, Ikea or B&Q). This means that things like integrated hobs might need a small additional space to be left between base of hob and whatever is underneath (e.g. under-oven). However, this is easily done, but something to be aware of.
The last thing about Granite is that it is ruthlessly unforgiving on dishes, shows up paw-prints (a thing that happens round ours despite our best attempts to prevent it) and can be chipped (but if you have your edges bevelled this is much less likely).
We love our worktop, but considering what one could buy with the two and a half grand, I'm not sure it's necessarily a no-brainer. Depends largely on what you plan to do: don't install a granite worktop if you're likely to move in the next couple of years as you may not get back the investment; also, don't add a granite worktop to a cheap kitchen in a cheap home - it'll really be out of place.
We spent £30k doing our kitchen/dining room work, and in the context of that spend it can be justified, but had our budget been £15k then it wouldn't be justifiable in my opinion.
John
Posted on: 08 November 2004 by Top Cat
Oh, and I also got them to throw in a pair of matching granite bases for the Royds...
Gotta seize these opportunities, gents...
John
Gotta seize these opportunities, gents...
John
Posted on: 08 November 2004 by steved
Rick,
Earlier in the year we had our kitchen done. Our initial idea was to go for the (ubiquitous) black granite worktop. However, after much looking around, we eventually went for "Askilan" (not dissimilar to Corian), which is fantastic. Similar price to granite, just as good looking, and more practical IMO. Not too many places seem to promote Askilan; we went to Buywell Kitchens in Thorp Arch near Wetherby. Highly recommended, and worth a trip from Sheffield I would have thought.
Steve D
Earlier in the year we had our kitchen done. Our initial idea was to go for the (ubiquitous) black granite worktop. However, after much looking around, we eventually went for "Askilan" (not dissimilar to Corian), which is fantastic. Similar price to granite, just as good looking, and more practical IMO. Not too many places seem to promote Askilan; we went to Buywell Kitchens in Thorp Arch near Wetherby. Highly recommended, and worth a trip from Sheffield I would have thought.
Steve D