replacing work tops in a kitchen I hate

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I hate my kitchen but it's a big room and if we are going to redo it it will need a proper full redesign so that's 5 years away at least maybe ten. I've lived with it for ten years but the crappy wooden worktops are despite my best efforts, about to rot away. I've filled and sanded and oiled but they are looking really ropey around the sink area after quite a few years of neglect.

Am I mad to get the whole thing re-done with laminate? It's a big run of worktops - about 6m I'd say. With an inset belfast sink. Cost is not a huge consideration - in that i can afford what it will cost but I don't really want to throw good money after bad and if by trying to replace the worktops I destroy the existing (crappy!) cupboards then maybe I should leave it. Sigh.

Sounds like a good idea. Changing the worktops can really change the look of a kitchen and if you're not going to renovate the kitchen for another few years this is a cost effective way of refreshing it in the meantime. Keep in mind that laminate often isn't strong enough to support a Belfast sink so you may need to get a new sink. I like the flush stainless steel ones.

A carpenter can easily remove worktops and fit new. Even easier if they were fitted with that possibility in mind. They will probably have screws driven in from underneath, through the units. There might be brackets to the wall. When you know you might want to swap worktops, you do it using screws that are easily accessed without moving the units.

there will probably be damaged to tiled splashbacks or wall decoration. Again, when you know you might want to change the worktops, you do the wall first and push the worktop against it with a filling seal or strip.

Stone worktops are however very difficult to remove, because they are glued down and are incredibly heavy.

okay so not totally crazy. that's good to know. it's currently just painted at the moment so no tiles to worry about - but might tile after to clean it up and give it a few more years.

And I would love a stainless steel double or 1.5 sink. But the space is awkward so i may have to keep dreaming for a bit.

Thanks!

look at Duropal worktops laminate but really thick top layer and square edge they look pretty good , and so easy to clean ours were 3meter lengths @ £145 each from DIY kitchens