Dekton and sintered stone worktops
Dekton and sintered stone worktops
Ultra-compact surfaces made by compressing mineral powders under enormous pressure and heat. UV stable, near-zero porosity, and the hardest thing we fit. The catch is what hardness costs you at an edge.
Heat
Hot pans fine
Porosity
Non-porous
Sealing
Never
Sunlight
UV stable
What it is
How sintered stone is made
Sintered stone starts as a blend of mineral powders, the same raw materials found in glass, porcelain and natural stone. The blend is compacted under very high pressure, then fired at high temperature so the particles fuse into a single dense body. No resin is involved anywhere in the process.
Because there is no resin, there is nothing in it that sunlight can degrade and nothing that a hot pan can scorch. And because it is fired as one dense body, porosity is effectively nil. The large slab format also means fewer joins on a long run, and patterns that can be book-matched across an island.
In our catalogue
65 sintered stone surfaces
- Supply price range
- £110 – £366/m²
- Most sit between
- £250 – £300/m²
- Brands we hold
- Dekton, WWX Collection
- Colour tones
- 5
Every figure above is supply only: the slab, before fabrication, edge profiles, cut-outs, delivery and installation. Those are itemised separately on your written quote so you can see what each choice costs.
How it behaves
Heat, staining, sealing and wear
The four things that decide whether you are happy with a worktop in five years' time.
Durability & scratching
The hardest surface we fit, and the most forgiving in daily use. It resists scratching better than quartz or granite, and it is genuinely difficult to mark with normal kitchen tools.
Hardness has a cost. A very hard material is a brittle one, so impact resistance at thin, unsupported edges is its weak point rather than surface wear. Fabrication technique matters more here than with any other material: corners eased, overhangs supported, cut-outs radiused and never squared off.
Heat
Excellent. There is no organic binder to scorch, so hot cookware straight off the hob is not a problem. It is also why sintered slabs get used for fire surrounds and outdoor kitchens.
Staining & porosity
Effectively zero porosity, which makes it the most stain-resistant surface of the three. Wine, oil, ink and coffee sit on the surface and wipe away. It also handles cleaning products that would attack a quartz resin, though a stone-safe cleaner is still the sensible habit.
Sealing
None, ever. There is nothing for a sealer to soak into.
Thickness
Sintered slabs are produced in a range of thicknesses, including options thin enough for wall cladding and fine mitred edges, which is exactly why designers reach for them when they want a slim worktop profile. Available thicknesses vary by colour and finish, so we confirm them for your chosen slab at quotation.
Whatever the slab thickness, a mitred edge folds the surface down at 45 degrees so a thinner slab reads as a deep one with the pattern running unbroken round the corner. See the edge profiles.
Who it suits
Outdoor kitchens, sun-filled rooms, slim mitred edges, and anyone who wants the most durable surface available and will accept a careful approach to edges.
If that does not sound like your kitchen, say so when you send us the plans. We fit all three families and we are not paid more for one than another, so the advice you get back is the advice we would give a friend.
The honest part
Where sintered stone is the wrong choice
Three things a showroom will not lead with. If any of them describes your kitchen, tell us and we will point you elsewhere.
Chipping at thin edges
The honest weakness. A dropped pan on an exposed thin edge, or a knock on an unsupported overhang, can chip it. Repairs are harder than on quartz because the body of the slab can be a different colour to the printed surface, so a chip can show through as a contrasting mark.
Fabrication is unforgiving
It is harder on tooling and less tolerant of a rushed cut-out than quartz. That is a reason to care who fabricates it, not a reason to avoid the material. But it is why the cheapest quote for sintered stone is rarely the one to take.
Some finishes show marks
Matt and textured finishes can show fingerprints and residue more readily than a polished surface, particularly in dark colours. Worth checking on a sample under your own lighting before you commit to a dark matt island.
Colours
65 sintered stone colours
A dozen of them below. Photographs are indicative. Screens and slabs disagree, and a sample in your own kitchen at night is worth more than any image on this page.
Jump to a tone
24 of our sintered stone surfaces are not yet colour-tagged, so they will not appear under a tone filter. We would rather leave them untagged than guess and send you the wrong sample. Browse the full 65 to see them.
Send us the kitchen and we will price it properly
Plans, a sketch or photos with rough measurements is enough for an indicative range. After templating you get a fixed written quote with every cut-out and edge itemised, and installation 3–7 working days from template.
Not sure this is the right material? Tell us how the kitchen gets used and where the light falls. If sintered stone is wrong for it, we will say so before you have spent anything.
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