Edges & finishes
Edge profiles
The edge is the part of a worktop you touch every day and lean against every evening. It is also the first thing that dates a kitchen.
Before you choose
These are options, not products
You cannot add an edge profile to a basket, and we would not want you to. What each of these costs depends on how many metres of it your kitchen needs, and on the slab it is being cut from.
So there are no prices on this page. Every option below is itemised on your written quote instead, with the actual quantity your kitchen needs (six metres of upstand, one rebated hob cut-out, four softened corners), so you can see what each decision costs and take one out if you would rather spend the money on a better slab.
Most of these are decided at template stage, when we are standing in the kitchen and can see how the light falls and where you will actually be standing. If you are not sure yet, that is normal, and it is not a reason to delay getting a quote.
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- Sink cut-outs3
- Draining grooves7
- Hob cut-outs3
- Splashbacks & upstands2
- End panels & waterfalls2
- Corners6
- Extra cut-outs9
- Window cills2
Sinks and hobs must be on site before we template, and a Belfast sink must be installed and level. The stone is cut to the appliance that is actually there.
11 options
An edge profile is the shape machined onto the exposed sides of the slab. It does not change how the worktop performs. It changes how the room reads, and how the worktop feels under your forearm while you are standing at it.
The reliable rule is to match the edge to the cabinetry, not to the stone. Flat slab doors and handleless runs want a square or lightly eased edge, because anything decorative fights the joinery. Shaker and in-frame kitchens carry a softened or bullnose edge comfortably. The heavily moulded profiles (ogee, double ogee, ogee with a scotia) belong in traditional kitchens with moulded door frames, and look out of place anywhere else.
Two practical notes. A crisp square arris chips more easily than a softened one, so if the kitchen takes a hammering, ease it slightly. And if you have young children, a rounded profile on an island corner is worth more than any amount of styling.
The one that costs more
When a mitred edge is worth paying for
A mitred edge cuts the slab at 45 degrees and folds the material down, so a thinner slab reads as a deep, chunky worktop. There is no visible seam at the top edge, and on a patterned stone the veining carries round the corner instead of stopping dead.
It is more work (two accurate cuts, a bonded joint and a polish), so it costs more than a profile machined straight onto the slab edge. Whether that is money well spent depends entirely on the slab and the kitchen.
Worth it when
- You want a deep worktop profile without the weight and cost of a thick slab
- The stone has strong veining you want to see turn the corner
- It is an island, where the edge is visible from every side of the room
- The kitchen is contemporary and a moulded profile would look wrong
Probably not worth it when
- The stone is a plain single colour with nothing to carry round
- The run is mostly hidden behind appliances and tall units
- The budget is tight and the money would do more on a better slab
Concorde Edge
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Double Ogee Edge
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Double Pencil Edge
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Full Bullnose Edge
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Half Bullnose Edge
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Mitred Edge
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Ogee + Scotia Edge
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Ogee Edge
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Scotia Edge
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Sharks Nose Edge
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Standard Edge
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Tell us the kitchen and we will itemise every one of these
Edges, cut-outs, upstands and corners all listed separately with quantities, so you can see what each choice adds before you agree to it. Fitted 3–7 working days from template.
Not sure which edge or cut-out you want? You do not need to be. We go through it at template stage, in the kitchen, with the slab chosen.