On Monday 06 January 2014 08:45 Jon Connell wrote in uk.d-i-y:


If you're really set on granite, you can also get granite layed on top
of your existing surface rather than solid granite. It's quite a bit
cheaper. A friend has it and it looks great. I can't remember the
company, but I've seen them at garden centres.

There ar ea fair few such companies - marketed as a "rejuvination" technique
for old worktops.

However, when I talked to one in person at Tunbridge Wells, he said that
there was no reason you couldn't lay a worktop of heavy MDF or plywood, have
them dress it with the corian style material as a new project.

The downside is that you cannot have curves as there's no way they can dress
the edges (because corian doesn't bend!) - whereas with solid material, it
can simply be milled to any shape you want.

I suppose you could get creative and dress the edge with a stainless steel
wide thin flat bar - might look quite good. Waterproofing it would be a
consideration through.

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