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replacing worktop.

3 years ago

I want to replace the wooden worktop round the sink with quartz. Would it look odd to leave a section at the end wood. I don’t really like the idea of one counter wood and one quartz. Think it needs tying together.

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Daisy England
3 years ago
Personally I would swap it all.
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Sonia
3 years ago
I was thinking of changing the wooden worktop around my sink, but quartz is usually thinner than wood and then I’d end up with a gap between the worktop and the tiling, so it’s on hold for now!
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Lifestyle Kitchens
3 years ago
I'd change all of it at the one time, quartz is usually sold by the slab so you might be able to get all your kitchen worktops out of 1 slab (otherwise the leftover is skipped) but as Sonia says quartz is 30mm or less (can be built up to 40 but more money) and your tiling will end up with a gap. The gap could be covered with an upstand but IMO upstands stuck on tiles doesn't look right (upstand looks best if the tiles sit on top). Ideally you'd remove some of the tiles to fit the quartz and upstand and then retile if you can still get or got some more tiles.
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