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The things worth knowing before you order stone

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White shaker kitchen with Polar White worktops either side of a range cooker Choosing a surface 6 min read

Quartz vs granite vs Dekton: which worktop should you actually buy?

The three materials compared on the things that genuinely differ in a working kitchen (heat, stains, scratches, joins and cost) rather than on brochure adjectives. Read the guide

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Before you buy

The same kitchen from the doorway, Arctic Starburst turning both corners past the induction hob to the tall units Before you buy5 min read

How to measure your kitchen for a worktop quote

A tape measure, ten minutes and a sheet of paper is enough to get a real indicative price out of us. Here is exactly what to record and what to photograph.Read the guide Arctic Starburst quartz running the length of a grey shaker kitchen, with the breakfast bar and stools at the far end Before you buy10 min read

Where the joins in a stone worktop go, and how much you will see them

Why joins exist, what decides how many you get, where a good one belongs, and the honest truth about how visible a join is in quartz, granite and sintered stone.Read the guide Black Sparkle quartz island with mitred sides, on a grey porcelain floor in front of garden doors Before you buy10 min read

How long does a stone worktop take, from enquiry to fitted?

The stone is rarely the slow part. Here is the real sequence, the one dependency that sets your finish date, and how to plan backwards from a weekend you care about.Read the guide Alaska peninsula with four grey velvet stools tucked under the overhang, looking through to the utility run Before you buy10 min read

Breakfast bar overhangs: how far can stone go, and does it need supporting?

How overhangs actually work, why knee room is measured from the cabinet rather than the stone, what decides a safe unsupported span, and the support options ranked by what each costs you visually.Read the guide Gas hob in a Black Sparkle run below a metro tile splashback, with the sink and drainer beyond Before you buy10 min read

Replacing a worktop without replacing the kitchen

Usually yes, and it is the best value change you can make to a tired kitchen. But it depends entirely on the units underneath, and here is how to check yours before you ring anybody.Read the guide Stone worktop and island in a finished kitchen Before you buy9 min read

Kitchen island worktops: what decides the price, the pattern and the piece

Why an island is a slab-yield question before it is a design one, how book-matching and waterfall ends are won or lost at slab selection, and what has to be decided before the cabinetry is fixed.Read the guide Cream in-frame kitchen with Calacatta Gold worktops, dressed for Christmas Before you buy10 min read

Stone worktops for a small kitchen: what actually changes, and what does not

A small kitchen does not cost proportionally less than a big one, and knowing why is the difference between a good decision and a disappointing quote. Where the money really goes in a compact room, where you genuinely save, and what to prioritise.Read the guide Arctic Starburst worktop turning into the window run, with potted herbs on the sill above it Before you buy9 min read

Going from laminate to stone: what actually changes

The same kitchen, the same units, a completely different object on top of them. What changes when you swap laminate for stone (weight, templating, joins, edges, the sink), and the one check that decides whether you can.Read the guide

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Choosing a surface

Polished stone edge profile close up Choosing a surface4 min read

Choosing an edge profile for your worktop

The edge is the part of the worktop you touch every day and the detail that dates a kitchen fastest. What the common profiles are, what each costs you in labour, and how to pick.Read the guide Alaska quartz running round a U-shaped kitchen in taupe handleless units, the sink under the window and a peninsula beyond Choosing a surface9 min read

Worktop thickness: 20mm or 30mm?

What the two standard thicknesses actually change, what they do not (strength, mostly), and why the honest deciding factors are weight, the carry into your kitchen and how you want the edge to read.Read the guide Undermounted sink cut-out in a quartz worktop Choosing a surface9 min read

Undermount vs inset vs Belfast: choosing a sink for a stone worktop

What each sink type does to the worktop it sits in: how the cut-out is cut and finished, what it costs in fabrication, what carries the weight, and why the sink has to be in your kitchen before anyone can template.Read the guide U-shaped taupe kitchen with Calacatta Glacier worktops, photographed mid-fit with the room still unfinished Choosing a surface10 min read

Quartz vs marble: should you have the real thing or the look?

Marble etches, and etching is not a stain. What that actually means in a working kitchen, what a marble-effect quartz genuinely replicates, and how to tell a good one from a printed one.Read the guide Range cooker set between Polar White runs, with a contrasting veined grey splashback carried up the wall behind it Choosing a surface10 min read

Splashbacks, upstands or tiles: what should go on the wall

A slim stone upstand, a full-height stone splashback or tiles. What genuinely differs between them, why the grout line is the real reason people move to stone, and where tiling is still the better answer.Read the guide Calacatta Glacier worktops and matching splashback in a taupe shaker kitchen, with a curved peninsula end Choosing a surface9 min read

Choosing a worktop colour: what each one hides, and what it shows

Pale surfaces show tea and turmeric. Dark ones show every water spot. Mid greys hide almost everything. An honest account of how the four colour families behave once they are in a working kitchen, and how to judge one before you commit.Read the guide Portland Limestone sintered stone worktop surface Choosing a surface10 min read

Porcelain and sintered stone explained: what Dekton actually is

Sintered stone, ultra-compact surface, large-format porcelain and Dekton are not four materials and not quite one. What sintering is, which of those words is a brand, and where the material genuinely beats quartz and granite.Read the guide

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Aftercare

Worktop join finished flush against a wall Aftercare6 min read

Caring for a stone worktop: the honest maintenance guide

What to do in the first week, what to clean with, what will ruin it, when granite needs sealing, and how to deal with a stain or a chip without making it worse.Read the guide Cristalo Sensa granite worktop surface Aftercare9 min read

Sealing a granite worktop: when it needs it, and how to do it

How to tell whether your granite actually needs resealing, why the annual rule everyone repeats is wrong, and how to apply a sealer without leaving a haze you then have to fix.Read the guide Capri White island with a brass bridge tap over the sink, the range cooker and lantern pendants beyond, dressed with eucalyptus Aftercare10 min read

Removing stains from a stone worktop: what actually works, by material

Stains and etches look alike and need opposite treatments. How to tell them apart, what to do in the first minute, the poultice method properly explained, and what will make it permanently worse.Read the guide Calacatta Venato worktop and splashback past a black gas hob and chimney extractor to the undermount sink under the window Aftercare9 min read

Can you cut directly on a stone worktop, and will it scratch?

You can, and the worktop will usually be fine. Your knives will not be. What actually scratches each of the three materials, why most marks are not scratches at all, and why heat is the real risk.Read the guide

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Cost

L-shaped kitchen with Polar White worktops, the sink under the window and the range cooker to the right Cost7 min read

What actually affects the cost of a stone worktop

Six drivers decide your price, and only one of them is the colour you picked. An honest breakdown of where the money goes and how to compare two quotes properly.Read the guide

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