Benchtops - only benchtops

[sCORCH]

Hi All,

need some assistance finding a supplier to just do benchtops. I am having trouble with the usual array of kitchen people, since they apparently have problems just doing the benchtops.

This is a reno "on the cheap" so I'm just looking for standard laminate benchtops.

I am based in Brisbane, and ideally looking for someone who might actually be OPEN at this time of year since I need to start in a few weeks.

Suggestions and rough prices would be highly appreciated.

Cheerio,
sCORCH

[Ashwood]

Just a side suggestion - another way of doing laminate benchtops is to glue a laminate sheet to your preferred benchtop raw material (plywood, chipboard, mdf) then glue & nail timber moulding to the visible (ie. front, and some sides) edges of the benchtop. However, you'd need to find a hardware/other shop that sells laminate sheets. This gives you a lot of flexibility on laminate choice as well as the size/shape of the workbench. The finished appearance of the laminate plus timber trim also gives it a more classy look than the pure laminate moulded into the benchtop.

[Jim Carroll]

Wait till next week as most joinery will be back at work.

You may have to wait a while due to a backlog of work.

The other option is to DIY as suggested.

[LotteBum]

Hi Scorch,

This time of year is very difficult. We've almost finished our ensuite and have to wait at least 4 weeks for a shower screen, so we'll have to shower without a screen for a while - yay! I feel your pain.

We replaced the bench in our kitchen just over a year ago. Being a (very solid) 1950's kitchen, we were doing merely a facelift and the benchtop ended up being Jarrah stained Tassie Oak with a few coats of Danish Oil on it. Came up a treat and we haven't even recoated it yet (it's starting to need it, but this is apparently a piece of cake). It cost us about $300 to do and that's for about 6 - 7 metres of it. Basically we just biscuit joined 3 lengths of Tassie Oak, sanded it, stained it, oiled it, cut it to size and there it was!

Initially I was a bit hesitant to go for timber as a benchtop, but it has seriously been the best thing we did. We're pigs and often leave glasses sitting on the bench with a ring of water around them and even that doesn't leave marks! It's also very easy to repair if you damage it - not that we have had to yet, despite it often being very misused.

Cheers,
Lotte

P.S. This took me 6 minutes to write. That'll be $38.50 plus GST.