Tristone Work tops for Kitchen?

[Andehh]

Has anyone ever used a Tristone kitchen work surface before?

We are hoping for an under slung kitchen sink in a new kitchen, but cant stump up for granite/quartz. We had issues with solid wood at our last place, so only laminate really remains, meaning no under slung sink......until we found out about Tristone. It is apparently a plastic composite that does everything Granite/etc do, but is made of a plastic resin.

it ticks all of our boxes, but I struggle to find any real reviews/details of it, especially how hard it is to fit & whether we would need a specialist to do it.

http://www.tristoneworktops.kitchen/

Has anyone come across it before? Any thoughts?

Cheers

edit: Apologies, put this in the wrong section, can this be moved to Home & gardens please?

[alpha channel]

I'm not certain but I think I saw something like this while I was at B&Q looking at kitchens myself. One of the displays I was looking at had a L shaped worktop but was completely seamless (which looked quite impressive) and had an under slung sink.

If it's the same thing, and googling tristone brings up something similar to what I saw in B&Q (albeit much better quality by the look of it), it looks reasonably hard wearing. I'd avoid the Fog finish (or anything with a small speckle finish) if it is anything like the B&Q stuff, it looked rather unconvincing and plain nasty.

If the images on http://tri-stone-surfaces.co.uk/ are vaguely accurate then the other finishes could be quite good (I'd have to have a look at the Sauron finish out of them all though).

[Foliage]

Ive priced up corian for a couple of labs at work its rather expensive. Never heard of this though.

[singlecoil]

The thing to bear in mind is that it's made of acrylic resin filled with mineral powder. Basically the same sort of resin as Perspex. So it will be prone to scratching, and care will be needed.

[Foliage]

Also due to it being a plastic its not impervious to heat, its is slightly heat resistant to a certain temp, you'll need to consult the data sheet.

Granite worktops are better imho for a kitchen. They are resistant to cuts, and completely heat resistant which are 2 important considerations in a kitchen.

[alock]

singlecoil said:

...it will be prone to scratching, and care will be needed.

Definitely make sure you are aware of the scratching risk before hand. All Corian display are a very light colour because it hides the scratches better. Go and look at a Corian display in a high turn over kitchen showroom that is a couple of years old. If you look closely you will see hundreds of tiny scratches.

I think Corian could work well in a bathroom where you want seamless joints to make cleaning easy. I wouldn't personally have it in a highly used kitchen.

[singlecoil]

alock said:

singlecoil said:

...it will be prone to scratching, and care will be needed.

Definitely make sure you are aware of the scratching risk before hand. All Corian display are a very light colour because it hides the scratches better. Go and look at a Corian display in a high turn over kitchen showroom that is a couple of years old. If you look closely you will see hundreds of tiny scratches.

I think Corian could work well in a bathroom where you want seamless joints to make cleaning easy. I wouldn't personally have it in a highly used kitchen.

Nor would I.

Granite might be a stretch but the OP should at least get a quote, it might be less than he thinks.

[Andehh]

Rang one place that suggested £1,300 for a 2m stretch with cut out for under slung sink. That's measured, supplied and fitted.

Had hoped it would be a chunk less then that! I've stump for granite but wife isn't convinced at the £2,500 estimated price.

[singlecoil]

Andehh said:

Rang one place that suggested £1,300 for a 2m stretch with cut out for under slung sink. That's measured, supplied and fitted.

Had hoped it would be a chunk less then that! I've stump for granite but wife isn't convinced at the £2,500 estimated price.

If you get the granite, the price will sting for a while but after that you will be able to enjoy the worktop. If you get the tristone you will enjoy the price for a while and then you will wish you had gone with the granite.

[Andehh]

Rang one place that suggested £1,300 for a 2m stretch with cut out for under slung sink. That's measured, supplied and fitted.

Had hoped it would be a chunk less then that! I've stump for granite but wife isn't convinced at the £2,500 estimated price.

[Basil Brush]

Have a look at quartz as I've been getting quoted about 1800 quid for a 2.2 x 1.2 island top plus a 1 x 0.6 piece with flush hob and u/m sink cutouts.

[RobinOakapple]

Quartz is usually more expensive than granite AIUI.

[yellowtang]

The price you've bern quoted for 2m of granite with 1 cut out is bonkers.

Some reclamation yards sell new granite work tops, Wells reclamation in Somerset certainly does. So you could call a stone mason and get him to fit it - 2m length of black granite will be around £250 so even allowing a stone mason a day to fit it, will cost you circa £500 - £600 all in.