type of counter for bathroom and kitchen renovation project

Laurie Crum
Co-authors: Stacy Gilmore

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As an interior designer for home renovation, I get questions about the pros and cons of various types of well-counter. Of course, they will have their positive and negative aspects of everything, not just an important factor appears to run your renovation project and the overall look and ease of maintenance and durability. Overview of some of the most common types of materials and their advantages and disadvantages of the counter:

Granite: Granite is fashionable these days for any reason.

Pros: It’s beautiful nature, each piece is unique, it is hard to clean up the heat, is easy to break with a damp cloth, very resistant, extremely abundant, various colors be. Also, to maintain not very difficult. Seal few years, usually all you need. Some providers now have a year or 15 sealed granite, can be applied to or for life, this product is expensive.

Cons: It can be expensive, it can stain – bright colors, especially for some people – the seal of a few years, than what they want is maintained. If you buy it, each disk can not believe it is the same as a sample search, you must choose your exact hardware.

Design Quartz (Silestone generally well known, Caesar Stone, Zodiac, Hanstone, and many are known as Cumbria)

Case of artificial stone is 93 percent quartz particles together, the remaining 7% is a resin and pigment. It is available in various colors, has a porous surface to resist scratches. It is without repetition of the stone ceiling needed, easy to maintain. It provides the same consistent look and the other on each plate. Since its natural sound, no cracks or gaps, it is easy to prepare good food and water to clean with mild soap.

Cons: Expensive, excellent in the heat.

Soap: a metamorphic rock, also called soapstone in the soap. It is talc, chlorite and magnesium – it becomes harder in proportion to what each of these parts in some of soapstone, is composed of the three soft. Talc is more complex, and soft stone. It is inert and it is resistant to acid and alkali is used to counter the reason often laboratory. Hence the name, it has a soft feeling, like soap. It varies in color from gray to black to green to dark bluish color, and more.As a natural product, they can change the color and grain pattern of the plate.

Pros: It is inert, so damaged by harsh chemicals, it is still not clean, give the room there is a look casual, but it is very slow to heat, fireplace frequently, stove, stone are used to. Pizza, etc. Use
Cons: They are willing to repair it if you are prone to scratches emery paper, and should do to remove scratches. Most people turn on the target of dark soapstone oil, which means regular maintenance. Also there is a bit expensive – about the quality of the medium and high-end granite.

Concrete finished goods including many designer sinks and counters, which are used today for. Some homeowners can try to counter concrete DIY, but if you have professional skills, have the form of enhanced staining, and concrete to seal the We recommend that you reconsider. Professionally made concrete tops are generally plastic, and sometimes units recorded.

Small: Drawings can be terminated almost infinite details and border colors the concrete, and a kind look, which can be inserted into a concrete drainage system created on the board, it is very resistant to heat All seams and joints in general there is not can be molded into any shape can be formed with an integrated sink.

Cons: This is while sealing it to allow the stain resistance of some need to be painted on a regular basis – it can break dirt still able to be able to crack the concrete – to minimize the gain can be, but it is possible, you can return more expensive than granite and work output.

Solid surface (Corian is a common brand name, Haimakku, Avonite, Wilson Art, Formica, and many others are). Solid surface counter tops, people, colors and, therefore, is natural in terms of consistency of the pattern made by not obtained.

Pros: You can have a very consistent pattern and color, which is insurance – on your desk is like the example chosen, they are easy to clean, usually permanent the sink essential production, to include can be formed with voidable advice tip, they are expensive products like many stones that are not are not required to maintain a substantially suture can not usually see, it comes a variety of colors and aggregates.

Cons: This is a stain to remove the heat, but you other products that are not considered high end.

Stainless steel: The material used for long-term commercial kitchens, there are now more popular for the modern home kitchen.

Pros: As its name implies, dirt-free, easy to clean, because it is individualized and it is persistent, should not have seams, heat resistance, giving a very professional, modern appearance.
Disadvantages: scratch, dent, it is blocking it if you can not, it can be expensive which is very cold and sterile as can be seen in some people.

Wood / Butcher Block

Pros: It offers a comfortable feeling of warmth, come in various colors of wood, it is easy to clean, it is possible to rehab, and it can be cheaper than other types of counters.
Cons: It must have been sealed periodically with wax or mineral oil, combustion scratches and dirt, which can be cut, can be damaged by exposure to water over time it .

Ceramic and porcelain tiles:

To: relatively inexpensive tiles are durable and easy to clean, or to install specialist, the enterprising owner, it is heat resistant, and color and texture can be almost infinite variety of design may be able to come.

Disadvantages: split or chip the tile, grout creates an uneven joint counter, dirty, can be colored or can be obtained.

Laminate: A laminate counters are easy to clean, relatively inexpensive and appropriate use, probably because generally robust, and has long become the norm. He has now lost the favor of most homeowners is high-end look. Wilson art major brands are Formica and Nevamar. Laminate-makers have a good job of making the exterior surface of the laminate, such as granite or solid surface. So for a small budget, to mimic the beautiful appearance of a thin laminate.

Advantages: easy to clean, inexpensive cans, durable, high-end, essentially mimicking the maintenance will be provided in various colors.

Cons: scratches and chips, and excessive moisture can spot – it may be removed from its base, the product does not tolerate heat like stone, and seams are commonly displayed.