Engineered quartz

What we make

Kitchen worktops, islands, splashbacks, vanity tops and shower trays. People like it for a pure white or a plain grey, or for a marble look without the upkeep. Slabs are about 306 × 140 cm, or 320 × 160 cm for jumbo, at 1.2, 2 and 3 cm.

Heat

This is its real limit. The resin doesn't cope well above roughly 150 to 180°C, and a dish straight from the oven put down on it can leave a white mark or crack the slab. We tell every customer, and we know it still happens when there's a crowd round the table, so keep a trivet next to the hob.

Sunlight

The resin yellows in direct sun. We don't fit it outdoors, in a south-facing conservatory, or next to an open fire. For those, we'd point you to Dekton or granite.

Cutting at the workshop

We cut it wet with a diamond blade or with a waterjet. Dry-cutting quartz gives off silica dust that is dangerous for whoever does the cutting, hence the water and extraction at our end. Once it's fitted in your kitchen there's no such risk. Joints between two slabs are bonded with coloured resin. On plain white they're discreet, on a veined pattern they show more.

Thickness

2 cm on continuous units. 3 cm for an island with an overhang or a large sink opening.

Care

Water and mild soap. No oven cleaner, no neat bleach, no scouring pads, they attack the resin. No sealer needed.

A quartz offcut is sometimes enough for a vanity top, see the clearance page. For a quote, call 07 45 20 76 39.