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countertop suggestions JerseyMike 01-19-2007
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Posted by JerseyMike on January 19, 2007, 4:26 pm
i'm somewhere between 8-16 months from redoing the entire kitchen. i don't
necessarily need to "break the bank" and go high end on everything, but i
don't want formica countertops. the time frame on doing the kitchen over
isn't a pressing situation where it has to be done ASAP but we've been in
the house 14yrs and it's still origional, early '60's but w/ new appliances
6 yrs ago. i'm looking for the best bang for my $$ on countertops and i
like the smooth look and feel of Corian and similar tops but looking for the
best of both worlds....good price, long life and durability to usage. is
waiting on newer products advisable??? or are the products ouit there now
the best to offer??

thanks for any tips and advice,

mike.........




Posted by dermy on January 19, 2007, 4:58 pm
Wilsonart do a product called SSV (in Ireland) - it is a 3mm solid
surface (Corian type) product and it can be bonded onto mdf,
particleboard or other stable substrates. It gives you the look and
feel of Corian but at a much reduced price. Very good range of colours
- have used it myself and it is exactly like the real thing - you use
built up edges to give the look of inch and 1/2 material. Check it out
on their web page to see what you think.

Good Luck

JerseyMike wrote:
> i'm somewhere between 8-16 months from redoing the entire kitchen. i don't
> necessarily need to "break the bank" and go high end on everything, but i
> don't want formica countertops. the time frame on doing the kitchen over
> isn't a pressing situation where it has to be done ASAP but we've been in
> the house 14yrs and it's still origional, early '60's but w/ new appliances
> 6 yrs ago. i'm looking for the best bang for my $$ on countertops and i
> like the smooth look and feel of Corian and similar tops but looking for the
> best of both worlds....good price, long life and durability to usage. is
> waiting on newer products advisable??? or are the products ouit there now
> the best to offer??
>
> thanks for any tips and advice,
>
> mike.........


Posted by Steve B on January 19, 2007, 5:07 pm

> i'm somewhere between 8-16 months from redoing the entire kitchen. i
> don't
> necessarily need to "break the bank" and go high end on everything, but i
> don't want formica countertops. the time frame on doing the kitchen over
> isn't a pressing situation where it has to be done ASAP but we've been in
> the house 14yrs and it's still origional, early '60's but w/ new
> appliances
> 6 yrs ago. i'm looking for the best bang for my $$ on countertops and i
> like the smooth look and feel of Corian and similar tops but looking for
> the
> best of both worlds....good price, long life and durability to usage. is
> waiting on newer products advisable??? or are the products ouit there now
> the best to offer??
>
> thanks for any tips and advice,
>
> mike.........

Shop around and go granite. Do it once, do it right. Corian is too soft,
and knives cut it easily no matter what naysayers say.

Go the extra and get granite. You'll be glad you did.


Steve



Posted by Art on January 19, 2007, 5:23 pm
Except my wife hates seams in the countertop.



>
>> i'm somewhere between 8-16 months from redoing the entire kitchen. i
>> don't
>> necessarily need to "break the bank" and go high end on everything, but i
>> don't want formica countertops. the time frame on doing the kitchen
>> over
>> isn't a pressing situation where it has to be done ASAP but we've been in
>> the house 14yrs and it's still origional, early '60's but w/ new
>> appliances
>> 6 yrs ago. i'm looking for the best bang for my $$ on countertops and
>> i
>> like the smooth look and feel of Corian and similar tops but looking for
>> the
>> best of both worlds....good price, long life and durability to usage.
>> is
>> waiting on newer products advisable??? or are the products ouit there now
>> the best to offer??
>>
>> thanks for any tips and advice,
>>
>> mike.........
>
> Shop around and go granite. Do it once, do it right. Corian is too soft,
> and knives cut it easily no matter what naysayers say.
>
> Go the extra and get granite. You'll be glad you did.
>
>
> Steve
>



Posted by Todd H. on January 19, 2007, 6:30 pm

> Except my wife hates seams in the countertop.

Are you certain yet you'll have seams though? Before assuming,
rough sketch up your kitchen and fax it in to a granite fabricator
asking if it'll be possible for that layout to be done from a single
piece of granite without any seam joints.

FWIW, my granite countertops have 0 seams. They were 43 square feet
total. Longest piece of my counter was 105" (25" deep through most of
it, but a J shape at the end/corner that goes out to 36"). The other
pieces were a 47x26" island, a 13x25 and a 40x25 in there, and the 4"
backledge all around all from one hunk of granite with no seams.

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://toddh.net/

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