I installed a new kitchen about 10 years ago and ended up using 19mm pine for the benchtop. My only excuse is had it laying around and wanted to save money. The benchtop is starting to show wear, expected in a soft timber I guess, so I'm looking to replace it with a standard 33mm, laminex, benchtop. The splashback is ceramic tiles and they were fitted after the benchtop meaning that the gap between the top of the carcasses and the bottom of the bottom tile is 19mm As I see it, to get the...

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