Pratts Bottom worktops
The kitchens we meet in Pratts Bottom
We do not price worktop jobs in Pratts Bottom without seeing the kitchen first, and the reason for that is in the rooms themselves. Small hamlet stock with kitchens that are usually part of a rear extension or an old outbuilding brought into the house, so ceiling heights change mid-run and there is often a step down into the kitchen. Oil or LPG range cookers are more common here than in the suburbs. Bring us the problem rather than the diagnosis. Working out what you have got is the first thing we do.
Lime plaster on nine inch brick has been patched with gypsum wherever a radiator or a socket has moved, and the two finish at different depths. Weight arrives as a figure per square metre and turns into a question about the floor, which is worth asking in any building where a timber span carries the kitchen. The surface outlasts the doors beneath it, usually twice over.
Ceiling beams cross the room at a height that decides where a piece can be stood on edge and where it cannot. 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. Side light flatters movement and wastes a flat colour.
The kinds of building we work in here are semi-rural detached, 1930s cottage, converted outbuilding and post-war bungalow. Each carries its own carry problem before it carries a worktop.
