Granite Kitchen Worktops

This hard-wearing, highly-polished and extremely desirable material turns any bland room into one you’ll want to entertain in. When they coined the phrase ‘rock hard’, it must have been about Granite.

What is Granite and where does it come from?

Granite is a crystalline igneous rock that comprises mostly quartz. It is the quartz that gives Granite its signature hardness and beautiful look. It is formed at huge depths and under extreme pressures from cooled magma, occurring in different colours dependent on its mineral composition. It is found all over the world, from Cornwall to Rajasthan via Vermont and beyond.

Mining and cutting Granite worktops

The rock is drilled and blasted out of the mine, then cut using special machines into blocks Granite stones of about three metres in length and one and a half metres wide. These slabs are further chopped into smaller ‘scants’ which have a depth of 20 or 30mm and are polished on one side. Once this has taken place, the granite is shipped to its next destination, ready to be fabricated.

Templating and fabrication kitchen countertops in London

In order to work out where the joints and cut-outs (spaces for the sink, taps, hob and possibly drainer grooves) might go?. Also to configure whether a large slab of Granite can physically fit into a kitchen, a real-size template will be created by London Kitchen Worktops professional ‘templater’. This measures the surface to be covered with granite and ensures that cupboards or units are sufficiently weight-bearing. The finished, signed-off template represents the proposed design and from this, the granite can be fabricated accordingly, using state-of-the-art machinery in our Uxbridge, West London Showroom.

Polishing Services

Granite kitchen worktops can be fabricated in a variety of finishes, each of which is achieved using different-textured diamond pads. The most common finish is a high shine, for which the finest pads will be used. That said, many people like a ‘honed’ finish, one which is matte and smooth, while others might opt for something a little more unusual, such as sand-blasting, for a ‘raw’ look. After this, the granite will receive its first coat of sealant, which increases the worktops resistance to liquids, acids, heat and other marks.

London worktops installation services

Fitting services surprisingly, do not take that long – usually any more than four hours. The Granite is effectively put into place using its own weight, levelled with silicone beads, then chemically set in place. The second coat of dry sealant will then be applied, for additional protection.

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