ct_gla
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Hi there!
This is a great website!
Congratulations! I have found a lot of good information regarding Kitchens, designs and issues which you guys are faced
everyday.
I was wondering if I could pick your brains for a couple of minutes. 
I am currently doing a bit of
research for a project dealing with solid surface worktops and as part of this, I have selected
to investigate what
consumers find most important when choosing Solid Surface Worktops!
(ie, colour, quality, design, etc) I am aware there are a few options out there such
as Corian, HiMacs and others,
but what is it you guys look for when designing/planning out for a new kitchen?
For example, I am currently thinking of
re-fittingmy kitchen, but on a shoestring budget. What I can do is change my worktops (instead of the whole kitchen) to
something easier to
clean, more enduring, long lasting, and look great, etc. Price is obviously an issue as well as
colour, but what do you guys see as of great importance?
I would be ever so grateful if
you guys can help me out, your information is very valuable and would add to my research feedback!
Thanks in
advance
ct!
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timfoley
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CT,
Firstly apologies for the delay in receiving a response and
welcome to the forum.
I have been otherwise engaged on a project for the Tonight with Trevor MacDonald programme for
the past few weeks and I would like to thank other members for answering the queries of
visitors to the site and new
members of the forum.
I cannot speak for all consumers but personally I believe that a worksurface should offer
resilience, durability, longevity, easy maintenance and aesthetics.
If you add to this reparability then your choice would
be an acrylic based surface such as Staron or HiMacs but for aesthetics, greater temperature resistance and low maintenance I
would veer more to the engineered quartz such as Caesarstone, Luxore and Zodiaq.
Both surfaces have their
pitfalls but in my opinion the advantages of a quartz surface outweigh those of an acrylic.
Acrlylic surfaces offer
vitually seamless joints but this alone isn’t enough to bolster it’s standing above the quartz surface that offers a classic
granite like finish with lower
maintenance and a greater resistance to stains or scratches.
Design is such at
present that it isn’t unusual to find a number of surfaces in one kitchen and playing to the strengths of each can indeed
work well if you so choose.
What’s one man’s meat is another man’s poisin though and arguments will no doubt, endure
as to what qualities are best to look for in a kitchen surface.
As with any kitchen component, the architect of it’s
success is the person maintaining it and regular upkeep will ensure lasting efficiency and looks.
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