only needs to be 20cm deep and 1.2m wide, anyone know where i can get
some??

"benpost" wrote in message
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only needs to be 20cm deep and 1.2m wide, anyone know where i can get
some??


Ask customer services at your local DIY shed. They may just have a section
of worktop from an old display they have pulled down. The whole thing
normally gets dumped in the skip. We got a bit of worktop and a cupboard
that way. It's also well worth asking if they have any off cuts that people
don't want from the in-house cutting service, if they have one. Some
joiners ask for cuts on materials and leave the odd bits they don't need and
it saves them trying to get rid of it.

"benpost" wrote in message
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only needs to be 20cm deep and 1.2m wide, anyone know where i can get
some??

Have you thought of using a piece of 20mm granite worktop?

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well as its just a shelf in the bathroom on top of boxing, it only
needs to be the thinner type, offcuts may be an idea but if its
kitchen off cuts it might only be the thicker 38mm worktop?
do you know if b and q sell the bathroom worktops seperately, i know
they do cabinets and doors customised as you want but i couldnt see
worktops in there when i was in there last.

benpost wrote:
only needs to be 20cm deep and 1.2m wide, anyone know where i can get
some??

Contiboard?

what is contiboard, and does it have a shiny wipeable surface like
gloss laminate? thanx

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benpost writes:
only needs to be 20cm deep and 1.2m wide, anyone know where i can get
some??

I used a plain white IKEA cupboard door. It has rolled edges like
a thinner version of a kitchen worktop. The pictures on the IKEA
website are too poor to see which it was, but it might have
been HÄRLIG http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/70129518
If you are cutting down the length, then one end will lose its
sealed finished edge.

It cost £1 from the damaged corner, but even a new one would
cost only £9.

I posted pictures recently:
http://www.cucumber.demon.co.uk/basin1.jpg (before grouting)
http://www.cucumber.demon.co.uk/basin2.jpg (after decorating)

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Andrew Gabriel
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benpost wrote:
what is contiboard, and does it have a shiny wipeable surface like
gloss laminate? thanx

Yes. Melamine faced chipboard, same as kitchen carcasses etc. Comes in 6
foot lengths and a variety of widths (incl 200mm IIRC), so you just cut
it to length. Widely available in white but other colours too at larger
sheds and timber merchants.

had a look in b and q , contiboard is too thin, and i also want a
rounded edge like proper worktop. i asked at the bathroom section and
was told they stopped selling worktops for bathrooms. so the search
goes on... kitchen worktop is too thick, i did look at the cutting
shop in b n q for spare bits.

"benpost" wrote in message
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had a look in b and q , contiboard is too thin, and i also want a
rounded edge like proper worktop. i asked at the bathroom section and
was told they stopped selling worktops for bathrooms. so the search
goes on... kitchen worktop is too thick, i did look at the cutting
shop in b n q for spare bits.


Magnet - and probably lots of other places - do 28mm, rather than the usual
38mm, worktops if that's any help.


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"benpost" wrote in message
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well as its just a shelf in the bathroom on top of boxing, it only
needs to be the thinner type, offcuts may be an idea but if its
kitchen off cuts it might only be the thicker 38mm worktop?
do you know if b and q sell the bathroom worktops seperately, i know
they do cabinets and doors customised as you want but i couldnt see
worktops in there when i was in there last.

The granite is nearly always 20mm thick - the kitchen worktops that look
thicker have a double thickness along the front edge only. B&Q won't do it,
we're talking quality here! Go to a marble/granite suppliers. I got
several offcuts to make small worktops in my bathroom - window cill, bath
shelf. You can cut it yourself with a wet diamond wheel cutter or get them
to cut it to size for you, but you probably need to ask them to round off
and polish the exposed edges.

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enquired in b and q and you can order bathroom worktop but the basic
gloss 2m length is £61, same with bathstore.. seems a lot seeing as
you can get a 2m length full depth worktop from wickes for £20.
problem is i want a dark colour and wickes only do grey or white...
hmmmmmm !!! any ideas?

On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 14:57:02 -0800 (PST) Benpost wrote :
enquired in b and q and you can order bathroom worktop but
the basic gloss 2m length is £61, same with bathstore..
seems a lot seeing as you can get a 2m length full depth
worktop from wickes for £20. problem is i want a dark colour
and wickes only do grey or white... hmmmmmm !!! any ideas?

If you go to a specialist worktop supplier (back in the UK I used
Stantons, Weybridge) they will offer you a choice of hundreds of
colours (about 20 varieties of black in my case). Trouble is you
would have to buy a full length, which would not be cheap, but if
you're not too fussed about the particular shade, you might well
get an offcut for less.

Alternatively ask on Freecycle, as someone may have a left over.

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