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Post by jfc on Apr 21, 2008 18:26:41 GMT
My kitchen again  ;D I'm getting close to work top stage and i would love to make my own but as i am laying a cherry floor in there ( that continues through out the whole ground floor ) I'm wondering if wooden worktops might look to much . Any opinions ? |
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Post by robo on Apr 21, 2008 19:29:12 GMT
Wooden worktops are a pain to maintain - go for granite!
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Post by engineerone on Apr 21, 2008 19:38:36 GMT
too much wood ;D unless you are doing a lot of baking and cake making, not sure personally i would go for granite. it too is a pita. ( there speaks a man who has assembled gravestones in granite as well as fireplaces  :  they are b heavy, and frankly don't see the point you have to be careful what you put on them, they stain, and with all your mates being pa's (drinking what  ) i reckon you will get a lot of broken bottles, glasses and worktops. if it has to be different why not a concrete float??? paul  |
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Post by thallow on Apr 21, 2008 19:42:39 GMT
As much as I love wood - its gotta be the granite - as well as looking good it will help to cool all your home made bread and cakes whilst sat on cooling racks after baking ;D
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Post by thallow on Apr 21, 2008 19:44:22 GMT
oops Paul beat me to it 'bout your cakes!  |
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Post by jasonb on Apr 21, 2008 19:55:02 GMT
Another vote for granite but get a nice dark one with a honed or even flammed surface, polished is too common
Jason
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Post by jfc on Apr 21, 2008 20:06:06 GMT
Ok , heres the thing , i borrowed 20 k five years ago to build the kitchen extention and fit the kitchen . I then pissed most of it up the wall bought a few boats and cars and lots and lots of tools and machines ;D I had a great summer ( so i am told ) but that summer of fun rules out granite ( do i regret it , hell no ! ;D ) If i go for wood then i plan to seal it with linseed oil and coat it with about 15 coats of varnish mixed with turps to give it a glass like finish . Maintaining it is not a problem . I prefer timber worktops to granite and also timber floors to tiles but it wouldnt be a problem to change the floor . If a customer asked me i would say dont do timber worktops and timber floor but that is because i have it as an rule in my head Thats why i asked for opinions . |
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Post by jfc on Apr 21, 2008 20:10:13 GMT
Thats the other thing , granite is so common now its sort of boring . Now Wendge capped with Maple would look cool .......
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Post by andy on Apr 21, 2008 20:22:52 GMT
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Post by paulchapman on Apr 21, 2008 20:47:01 GMT
If you'd like a wooden worktop but are worried about too much wood, then I'd go with a tiled floor. I reckon tiled floors in kitchens are great - so easy to keep clean with a damp mop, and they look good. It would be my first choice every time for a kitchen floor. Cheers Paul |
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Post by engineerone on Apr 21, 2008 21:17:37 GMT
so why not concrete you can get a really neat finish and make interesting colours. so you mislaid the money, what a surprise ;D ;D my kitchen has lautro flooring which is specially for helping disabled people move more easily over the surface. it is a kind of linoleum with bobbles on it, and is a pita to keep clean. having a friend who has a wooden(although laminate) kitchen floor, i tend to agree with paul c that tiles in the kitchen might not be a bad idea. personally i think if you use a wooden top, you will have too much wood downstairs  paul |
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Post by jfc on Apr 21, 2008 21:35:42 GMT
It looks crap ;D
I didnt mislay it i enjoyed it ;D
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Post by engineerone on Apr 21, 2008 22:24:23 GMT
so concrete looks crap, where have you been looking??? you can actually get some really good smooth polished finishes and some neat colours, but then i know when i am pushing a loser ;D i didn't suggest you didn't enjoy the money paul |
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Post by jfc on Apr 21, 2008 23:07:47 GMT
yes you are and next you will be saying to add some sea shells and pebble dash to make it more interesting ;D
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Post by engineerone on Apr 21, 2008 23:26:24 GMT
no not for interest rather to hide the food stains ;D paul |
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Post by andy on Apr 22, 2008 12:33:14 GMT
Jason if you want a hand with the shuttering I know the name of a good carpenter ;D
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Post by mrgrimsdale on Apr 22, 2008 13:58:17 GMT
so why not concrete you can get a really neat finish and make interesting colours. It's called Terrazzo. Been going for years. Used to be floors only but now for worktops. Cement plus coloured fillers and aggregates to make decorative surface. Trowelled smooth and then ground/polished. Dead trendy and lots of choices of colours, much nicer than granite which is seriously unfashionable - naff as can be and problematic by all accounts. cheers Jacob |
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Post by jasonb on Apr 22, 2008 17:03:59 GMT
Some nice concrete tops here you could even inlay some of that wenge you have been trying to use up If you are going for wood, with that many coats of varnish you may as well go with woodgrain laminate ;D Jason |
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Post by jfc on Apr 22, 2008 17:28:48 GMT
There are some nice ones there . I suppose there is more to it than a few bags of soft sand a few dust and a bucket of peashingle ;D
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Post by engineerone on Apr 22, 2008 18:40:25 GMT
blimey jacob and i agree about something ;D actually i saw an amazing plaster finish on one of those expensive home programmes, and that i understood could also be used as a worksurface. paul |
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Post by wrongnail on Apr 22, 2008 18:50:17 GMT
I'm going for Staffordshire blues 'brick-on-edge', with an 'Aldridge-Plum' brick surround and Slate splash-backs around the whole kitchen. We are messy eaters. WN. |
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Post by wrongnail on Apr 22, 2008 19:04:48 GMT
Seriously, if timber is a PITA, I am in a pickle here. SWIMBO doesn't want tiles, melamine or any other artificial surface, where do I go ?
Granite maybe, but SWIMBO wants light coloured worktops. I don't know if I've ever seen any white granite, unless Carrera Marble counts!
Also, has anyone fitted their own granite worktops, or is this really a 'leave it to the pros' kind of thing?
Regards
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Post by engineerone on Apr 22, 2008 19:24:57 GMT
although i have not fitted granite worktops, i have fitted fireplaces etc as i said. thing is it is heavy, and fragile whilst away from support. you need relatively special tools to cut it, ie the sink hole, and unless you do not actually scribe it to the wall, is a bugger to fit there. any natural stone causes a problem actually cause of the need to ensure that when you drop the things and you will , they will not crack the surface. also you have to think about where and how you put hot things down. if you are not happy about wood, and stones are too heavy, then why not one or other of the plastic types that mirrors the material you really want??? paul |
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Post by andy on Apr 22, 2008 19:26:44 GMT
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Post by Dave S on Apr 22, 2008 19:28:03 GMT
Some nice concrete tops here you could even inlay some of that wenge you have been trying to use up Jason So that's what all the fuss is about. Must admit, I'd never really looked into concrete due to some incorrect preconceptions. More fool me Some seriously nice stuff there... I like  Dave |
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they are b heavy, and frankly don't see the point you have to be careful what you put on them, they stain, and with all your mates being pa's (drinking what 
) i reckon you will get a lot of broken bottles, glasses and worktops.
