"Stephen M" wrote ...
"Dennis M. O'Connor" wrote in ...
"Jeremy" wrote ...
Nobody that does serious cooking ever wants tile countertops.

Agreed. When we added a new kitchen to our house, and
had to choose what to put on our custom cherry cabinets,
we looked at all the options, and it was essentially a tie
between granite and Corian. We went with Corian.
No regrets.

I'm just curious, why corian over granite? In my neighborhood, the price was
about the same and I went w/ granite.

There was some concern over sealing granite, and granite
is harder than Corian, so more things might break on it.
Granite seemed more heat resistant, but then, you can pour
boiling water on Corian to sterilize it, and for us that's good enough.
But ultimately, it came down to appearance. We found a color
of Corian that gave us the look we wanted, and nothing
comparable was available in granite (or engineered stone).
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Dennis M. O'Connor