Replacing Laminate Benchtops With Stone

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Replacing laminate benchtops with stone.

Resurfacing your benchtops with our exclusive flinstone and poly glass products will give them a new lease of life. Not only can your counters be a different color but they can even look like an entirely new material. Replacing your benchtop with the same thickness top will make life a lot easier when it comes time to installing the new benchtop. Replacing the laminate benchtops with stone benchtops or going for the other options cost significantly higher.

There are some products that look like stone or caesar stone and you can pick up a slab of laminate for around 150 to 300 real stone bench tops on the other hand can cost up to 20 times this price. Some say they would never go back to laminate again while others say they wish they hadn t wasted their money on stone. Laminate is a cheap and great alternative. Those who have had the laminate versus stone dilemma before you are divided about their previous choices.

The clear top coat is hard as laminate and will cost a fraction of a new stone benchtop or stone overlay. If the new benchtop is thicker than the old then you would need to notch out the back section of the benchtop which runs along the wall to ensure it fits neatly under the splashback or tiles. Laminate benchtops on the other hand come in a number of designs and can even imitate the look of stone. But if you can t afford a stone benchtop going for a laminate benchtop is also a great option.

Painted laminate benchtop with proper finishing withstands moisture better than laminate benchtops. The existing laminate benchtop is used as substrates 12mm or 20mm stone can be simply laid on top of the existing benchtop the edges are trimmed to provide a perfect square finish. We ll organise all plumbers electricians to come in the. Stone benchtops cost more to install than laminate benchtops.

So going with the affordable option of painting laminate benchtop is like getting big things done in a smaller package. Replacing laminate countertops with stone can be quite pricey but they can be redesigned for half the cost with some paint and a bit of patience.