Guides

The things worth knowing before you order stone

Written from what actually comes up on site, not a brochure. If a guide tells you a cheaper material does the same job, that is deliberate.

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Polished stone kitchen worktop with an undermounted sink

Choosing a surface6 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.

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Reading is fine, but most questions are answered faster on the phone. We will tell you what suits your kitchen even when that is the cheaper option. We would rather fit the right surface than the dearest one.

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Material supply from: £110/m²
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Before you buy

Kitchen worktop run measured against a wall

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.

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Choosing a surface

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.

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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.

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Cost

Stone worktop and island in a finished kitchen

Cost6 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.

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Next step

Know what you want? Get it priced properly.

Send plans, a sketch or a few photos with rough measurements. You will get an itemised written quote, with every cut-out and edge listed rather than bundled into one number.

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