laminate, granite or quartz worktops?

[ThatVikRinA22]

p-l-e-a-s-e help me!

joiner quoted stupid money for inexpensive laminate worktops- 1400 pounds!

granite would cost 1800, and quartz is on offer - quote coming tomorrow, but will be less than granite as its on special offer

which to go for? its gonna be granite or quartz.

salesman said quartz is tougher for a working family kitchen than granite, and as its on offer it will be cheaper with free upstands. am off to view both on Wednesday.

help! does anyone have granite or quartz? not sure which to go for.

[Bluntness100]

We have granite, black, and it’s gorgeous, really elegant with a depth you don’t get in any other material. Makes the kitchen look very expensive. It’s nigh on indestructable because, well, it’s granite and has been around for thousands of years.

I’m sure you could use the wrong materials on it or whatever and damage the surface, as I’m sure you could any surface, but we’ve not had a problem and it gets all sorts on it. I just wipe it down with method daily granite cleaner, simple.

[guilty100]

Can I ask a really basic question about granite/quartz please?

I have a run of cupboards that is 4 metres long in a straight line. I need an unbroken worktop to go on this. But the granite pieces I have seen online are considerably shorter than this. Am I just looking in the wrong places?? Is is fantastically expensive to get granite in longer lengths?? How do you deal with this issue?

[johnd2]

Spam zombie thread!!!!

And 4m is hard to get in granite as they don't ship the blocks in that dimension.

[guilty100]

Looks like I need a different material then, John!

[Bluntness100]

You would have to have joins, but genuinely they aren’t really noticeable,mine has joins as it goes round corners, but you’d have to look hard,,,

And blimey, very zombie thread.l,

[guilty100]

I know it's an old thread, but the info isn't out of date!

I wouldn't be so worried if the joins could be around corners, but this is one 4 metre, dead straight stretch with no bend at either end. I think a join will really show?