Kitchen benchtops are a necessity in every kitchen and are certainly the heart of every home. You just can’t imagine a home without a kitchen. While designing your new kitchen, the first and foremost thing that comes to your mind is about a kitchen benchtop.
A benchtop must be designed wisely taking into consideration various elements, for instance, ease of use, durability, maintenance and cost effectiveness. Among other factors, you must also consider if it is heat and water resistant as it is of upmost importance when designing your new kitchen benchtop as cooking and washing are the major tasks performed in a kitchen. There are various kinds of benchtops available in the market today such as laminated, timber, granite, marble, stone and quartz.
Benefits of Granite Benchtops
Granite is expensive but is widely used in constructing kitchen benchtops. It is available in variety of designs, mold and colours like white, spotted black, grey and golden brown. The finest granite benchtops are the ones that are made out of a single piece of stone for a picture perfect finish, which is aesthetically pleasing and very easy to maintain.
Granite is purely prepared from natural stone, it is tough, scratch and dent resistant and more importantly water and heat resistant besides granite provides just awesome looks. Maintenance is also easy as it does not require frequent services and you can clean the surface of the granite benchtop yourself with the specific solution meant to clean granite. Before contracting a company to design and install your granite benchtop, just make sure that they can provide you with proper instructional manual for regular care and maintenance of the benchtop. Moreover, as granite benchtops are robust and strong, it lasts for a long period of time.