Quartz is overarated…

[Justcannotbearsed]

Had a quartz worktop fitted. Now wondering if it’s a bit all fur coat and no knickers. Looks fabulous.

But, if we change built in hob, if it breaks for example, we will have to get exact same one as can’t change shape of cut out.

Everything clinks, bowls, plates etc, it’s noisy. Sets me on edge a bit.

Can’t put anything hot on it, like a baking tray, whereas laminate could get away with leaning a corner of a hot tray on it.

Stains, yes they wipe away with a bit of barkeepers friend, but I want to be able to put a tin on the worktop and not leave a rust stain.

Its effing expensive.

Laminate? Cheap and easy if you want to change it
Bombproof with stains.
Soft rather than clinky.

@Justcannotbearsed

Ours do look stunning and as with poster above love the light bouncing round.

But wish I’d put wood in at the breakfast bar end.

We chose a combination of quartz and wood (iroko) after doing some research

Works perfectly in our kitchen

Fortunately DH is terrified of my good knives, so they're safe. He sticks with the bread knife, and those little fruit knives that come in multi-packs.

(and he puts them in the dishwasher......)

We had to put a new sink in and was glad we had laminate as we just bought one that needed a slightly larger cutout and DH changed the sink easily.

@CRbear

Quartz is formed in 573 degree temperatures. If you can’t put hot things on it, it’s not quartz. (geologist)

Thats what I would of thought. I always put hot trays and pans on mine

I love me quartz too. Had laminate that was bomb proof for years and changed to quartz last Dec. We are such a careless family and so far it's standing up to the test. Agree with other people about bouncing light - we went for white with a bit of glittery flecks and looks great

Does the clinkiness not get people though? I think some of it is that it's a new kitchen and there's half of it not finished off yet, the diner bit, so once we've got a rug in that bit and it's not all empty and echoey it might be better.

still not brave enough to put a hot pan on it. There's trivets everywhere.

Good job i haven't got quartz if it's a bit clinky, I only have proper sight in one eye so my near depth perception is not so good, I would be crashing about on it with pans and stuff.

Granite kitchen here, over 14 years old and as good as new. Absolutely love it. I use chopping boards for chopping veg etc, to save the knives, but put hot cast iron pans on it all the time - no prob. It is so easy to clean and when I put the granite polish on it (not very often) it looks stunning. I hope to keep it for as long as we stay in the house.

I prefer laminate, stayed in holiday cottages with quartz and granite surfaces, found them to be much higher maintenance and not as serviceable. Having just changed my hob from ceramic to induction and even though the hob was the same size as the previous one, underneath the hob was larger so electrician needed to cut a little more out easy to do with laminate. Noise is also a factor, I wouldn’t switch.

Our white quartz is about 3.5 half years old and still looks as new as the day it went in! I find it really hard wearing. I always use a board for hot things anyway so no idea about the heat side of things, but ours hasn't stained at all - curries/spices/tea/wine.

@Hullabaloo31 any recommendations for a regular cleaning spray for it?

@Callmejudith I just use Method kitchen spray, usually the rhubarb one.