How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

Now livid.

You should be.

Silestone here. Did get the built in integrated sink. Highly happy (will be happier when we add a matching island for more storage so everything isn't completely crammed into the drawers/cupboards we have - meaning there's even less of an excuse to have anything at all on the surface).

I would need to check again - tbh I didn't probe loads, they just said it was pretty bad all round and steered us elsewhere

Surely the ‘built in’ sink is just bonded to the bottom of the surface/could be fitted post fact provided your current sink is under mounted?

Ahh never mind just seen you can get completely seamless… now I’m livid too…

Everyone should be livid and I am the king of the sinks.

Don’t these Corian/silestone integrated sinks have the same problem as a ceramic butler sink, where everything breaks if it slips out of your hands whilst soapy, as opposed to stainless steel which is a bit bouncy?

Also worth reading up on silicosis risks for workers cutting some of these materials, if you care about that kind of thing.

Don’t stop..

Separately: I’m actually a bowl inside sink person, as I like having somewhere to throw dirty utensils which isn’t directly in the water - I use one of these and it’s incredible.

Sounds like the commish talking.

Hmm I'm not sure as they weren't the same about other ideas which would have been sourced elsewhere. But obviously I can't be sure.

We ordered samples from one of the generic sounding online worktop stores - maybe worktop express or direct or someone like that.

It's the same Fenix that is the outside layer of a lot of Plykea doors if you're going to see them, the worktops are just solid chunks of Fenix rather than a thin layer glued onto plywood.

Not sure how big an issue staining is. This is my main section of quartz worktop (between hob and sink so most used area) after 4 years. No cleaning other than normal kitchen cleaner stuff.

We're not super-careful about hot stuff but probably would use a trivet or a tea-towel underneath for stuff straight off hob/out of oven.

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Quartz is incredibly resistant and doesn't stain/mark as easily as others including marble/Corian etc.

We have Silestone which is a quartz and equally resistant as your description above with minimal care although I likewise put boiling pans/oven trays on something just in case.

They obviously want to show that you can get scratches out of Fenix easily, but didn't really succeed getting that message delivered.

In very rough terms, my understanding is:

Quartz is mostly rock bits with an epoxy binder
Corian is mostly epoxy with a rock filler
Fenix is cured acrylic resin
Dekton etc are sintered stone so almost a type of porcelain

Thanks; gonna go for basic bitch white quartz for cheap in cash, direct from the quartz warehouse in Leyton. Almost half the price of anything/anywhere else comparable.

Sounds good. I wanted dekton to go full 40k kitchen but ran out of money so got contract quartz and a 50k kitchen

We went for Corian. Seamless sink, upstands and flush fit induction hob. Full 19th hole spec
I think it’s great, easy to keep clean and marks scratches just use a bit of cif to remove. They can remove whole sections and replace these and you cannot see any signs of it - fairly miraculous!

Not sure when buying new that any of these products/retailers have strong eco credentials.

I’d go quartz if I was looking for the best bang for buck - that’s what my mother has just had fitted for her kitchen with undermounted stainless sink.

We also have a drawer mostly full of trivets etc so still put everything on those anyway

Did dekton based on hot pannability but realistically everything that comes out the oven just goes on unused bit of the hob.

Not sure when buying new that any of these products/retailers have strong eco credentials.

This discussion would be much shorter if we were down under.
https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj.p2954

Well there we go

Stainless steel is the way

Oh hai

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