Granite Countertops
Granite is a common and widely used igneous rock. The granite has a medium to coarse grain texture. The granite usually can be found in different colour styles which can be a pink to grey colour, but this does depend on their chemistry and also mineralogy. Granite is a igneous rock which has at least 20% quartz by volume. This makes this a perfect material for granite countertops.
Granite is one of the oldest and most durable building products available today, and will far outlast the building in which it’s installed. It’s become the material of choice for today’s luxury homes and offices because of its enduring beauty, and because no synthetic material can offer its elegance and performance. Unlike synthetics, granite presents a surface depth and luminance you don’t find in other surfaces, creating an immediate impression of elegance.
With its heat-resistant qualities, granite doesn't blister; it's also unlikely to scratch or chip. When used for kitchen countertops, it's far superior to marble, synthetic and laminate. It's also better-looking and has a luminous, dimensional quality when polished.
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Turning raw granite into counter tops requires special tools. Granite can be custom-made and professionally installed, but it's also available in precut and edged counter tops. The kitchen's design, the shapes and sizes of the available precut material and the location of the seams will help determine if you can use precut and edged granite or if you need a custom installation.
Our granite countertops come in various colours include Fango Fino, Crema Riso, Grigio Fino, Nuvolo Riso, Rosso Argento and Bianco Argento just to name a few.
Just Doors offers this versatile and hard wearing range of 8mm thick engineered quartz work surfaces manufactured using the latest techniques that gives stunning results in your home. The product is made from 93% quartz crystals, 7% high density polymer and is diamond polished to provide a deep, long lasting shine.
Not only does it give a chic look to any room or work surface but is also very practical and hard wearing. Unlike traditional granite counter tops is non-porous, therefore does not need any sealing or waxing, it is highly resistant to chipping, scratching, staining, heat and comes with a 10 year guarantee.
Fitting the granite counter tops begins with a site visit by one of our qualified granite installers. Onsite they will take a template of the existing worktop and work surface in your kitchen which is to be covered with the new granite worktop. We can also supply completely new counter tops that fit directly onto your cabinets, if you wish. Please be aware that existing curved can only be reburbished with straight edge ones.
Once the template is made our fabrication team will take 4m2 slabs of granite and customize to your worktop size in our factory. The process begins by cutting the granite slightly bigger than the measurements and bonding on to marine density MDF. Once the edges are fitted and the worktop is ready, a date and time will be agreed by our fitters to deliver and install your products.
Prior to fitting your new worktop we recommend that all items below your sink and cooker are removed and that work surfaces are clear. Our installers will then fit the granite tops which usually take no more than one day for an average sized kitchen. By fitting new granite counter tops as overlays over your existing kitchen work top you get the same result at a fraction of the cost and time.
Lead times for fitting vary from 2 to 6 weeks dependent upon granite stock and appointment times.
