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Kitchen bench - Marble?

9 years ago

I've found a colour I love for our new kitchen bench but it's marble and I've heard it's no good for a kitchen. Thoughts please.

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Tilly
9 years ago
I'm using marble look caesar stone, Calacatta Nuvo. Love it.
Your right marble is hard to maintain
mldesign0401
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Absolutely right, marble is not recommended in a kitchen environment for many reasons. It is a soft stone, extremely porous and costly!
You an address each of these things and overcome some of these issues in design, application and precautionary sealing, however only the rich can afford to do so, hence why most magazine kitchens feature marble!
There are marble alternatives, but reconstituted stone will never match the natural characteristics of natural stone, mainly due to the manufacture process.
By definition of the process, reconstituted stone ie made up of both natural stone by product in a granulated form, mixed with aggregate or not, and a binding resin compound that makes it durable and impervious to moisture.
There are ceramic and porcelain veneer tiles that are stone slab size and will provide the beauty of marble, wihtout the worries, there is also 180fx, a laminate option for both gloss and honed (Matt) finish for a Carrara look marble, then again, real marble can be protected with a single sheet of glass on top as an island feature etc.
Plenty if options, just research them.
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jennymurray274
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks for your input. We have decided to go with a caesarstone or similar.

Cheers

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