Carshalton worktops
The kitchens we meet in Carshalton
A good deal of what decides stone worktop supply and fitting in Carshalton could be settled by a tape measure and ten minutes in the room in question. The village core has period houses with irregular kitchens, thick walls and level changes, some with cellars underneath that limit island weight. Away from the ponds it becomes standard 1930s semi stock with rear kitchens and modest extensions. Guessing at this stage would only put a wrong number in front of you, so we do not do it.
Long perimeter runs and an island mean level has to hold across the whole room rather than along any one wall. Veining is the part people pick from a photograph and then meet at full size, running across a slab at a scale no postcard has ever managed to convey. What the room does to the number is most of the number.
Windows are small and set deep, which leaves the run under them dark and the reveal too deep for a plain square end. There is usually an island, and the island takes the liveliest part of the stone while the perimeter is allowed to stay quiet, which is a decision made at the slab rather than on paper. True walls and standard carcasses give the best yield there is.
The mix here is Georgian and Victorian village house, Victorian terrace, 1930s semi and modern infill flats. That is why the same worktop costs differently two doors apart.
