Worksurfaces
Browsing our gallery you will see we design and supply a wide range of work surface materials including solid quartz, sintered stone, wood, Corian and stainless steel. Our designers have a lot of experience with these materials and can offer advice based on your specific requirements in terms of budget, aesthetics, practicalities, and design requirement. Discuss your project with one of our designers and we can guide you through the various options available to you.
Quartz Worktops
An engineered stone, quartz worktops maintain the benefits of a man-made product, whilst effecting the beautiful look and patterns of natural stone. It is produced from a blend of approximately 95% ground natural quartz with 5% polymer resins, ensuring consistency of colour and structure throughout. The result is a strong material ideal for worktops because it is hygienic, easy to clean and non-porous resulting in a highly stain resistant surface. Whilst Quartz is scratch and impact resistant its heat resistance is not as high as natural stone necessitating flame and surface protection to ensure its durability. Another advantage is that quartz can be cut, shaped, polished and drilled to suit individual taste, and it is available in a selection of worktop thicknesses, and in lengths over 3m. This jumbo option is especially useful for achieving full kitchen worktop pieces with no visible worktop joins.
Granite Worktops
Marble and Granite represent the most luxurious of natural stones used for worktops. With a timeless look, both materials lend themselves extremely well for use in Country and Shaker kitchens, as well as within more contemporary styles. As they are a natural product, no two pieces of stone will ever be the same; this ensures a truly unique look for your kitchen.
Polished granite worktops have a shiny surface finish and are well-placed for both traditional and modern kitchen settings. Granite also offers the opportunity to create striking feature Islands often achieved through the use of a honed or leathered finish regularly used in contemporary kitchen design. The texture of the leathered finish has a particularly sensuous quality that emphasises the natural qualities of granite.
Sintered Stone Worktops
Sintered stone is made by applying very high pressure and temperature to the base compounds to produce a completely unique material. Best known by their brand names such as Dekton, Neolith and Lapitech, these materials are extremely durable. They also feature very high heat resistance, scratch resistance and UV resistance.
Designers love them because of their extraordinary surface patterns that range from looking like natural marble, to incredible industrial finishes.
Corian Worktops
Corian worktops offer more than just visual appeal; they’re a dynamic and versatile surface solution that brings your kitchen vision to life. Corian is remarkably easy to care for — just a gentle wipe with soap and water is enough to keep it looking flawless.
With an extensive palette of colours, textures, and patterns, Corian also allows you to design with total freedom. Whether you’re drawn to elegant neutrals or bold modern tones, the design potential is limitless. For a streamlined, cohesive look, Corian even allows for integrated sinks and splashbacks that blend effortlessly into the worktop.
This surface is non-porous and hygienic as there is nowhere for bacteria to take hold, its seamless, durable, homogenous and repairable, it can be shaped for any design or style requirement and offers a soft, warm surface. Some options have a translucence offering backlighting and fascinating lighting capabilities and effects.
Other Types Of Work Surface
Culina can supply a wide range of other work surface options encompassing stainless steel, glass, copper, laminate and more. We can also use these materials in combination with other surface options for breakfast bars, feature islands etc.
Some of the most eye-pleasing designs use different materials in combination to produce beautiful, unique combinations that can become the centrepiece of your new kitchen design.
