Granite work top overlays

I have Corian and it is fantastic, big long stretches of worktop and you can't see the joins at all. It was quite expensive, £600+ a metre but worth every penny in looks. Not sure about overlays, I am in favour of stripping back and starting anew.

I have seen a love multicoloured one, but basically I suppose yellows and stone coloured, in a kitchen display in Ikea. Much warmer a d I think prettier Han the black.

I DO NOT WANT BLACK !!!!!!!!!!!.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm looking at what is called 'Bianca ciela' it's a very light colour with bluish flecks

I would be interested to know what people on here with black granite think of it. I always liked it until DD bought a house with these work tops. Are there different grades? The tops she has are difficult to get what I would think of as an acceptable appearance unless polished each time they are wiped. I would now not have them at all but would go for a lighter coloured quartz.

Don't want granite. I like the composite quartz stuff

It isn't a small area! The total 'run is over 11 metres and over 1/2 metre wide.

I was told granite or indeed corian would be way more expensive..but £3000 isn't cheap for the quite small area I did. It does transform your worktops but it isn't granite and that shows.

All I want is new work tops! Everything else is fine!

Do you meN corian stansgran, coriander might be a bit flimsy!

What about just new work tops in Coriander?

The estimate for mine is £2800 I'm wondering what the comparative cost of solid ones would be? My units are fine as they were custom made carcasse built ones.

Yes GalenI have these granite overlays. They do look fine but they don't look like granite. They cost me circa £3k.

It's sort of put me off redesigning my kitchen because I think...I've spent £3000 on worktops and those will be ripped out..

I know what you mean Galen but don't know anyone who has had them. I'd be interested to know too!!

No, it's very thin tops in silestone, that fit over existing work tops. It is a much cheaper option. The length I'm looking at in total is over 11 metres.

Hello Galen, I have just had a new kitchen fitted, our worktops are made of something called "silestone" which is a quartz like material very like granite which we were originally going to go for but opted for this instead as apparently it doesn't mark as much. By overlay do you mean a piece that juts out from the work top to make a breakfast bar so you can perch on a stool and get your knees underneath? If so, yes we had that done and are happy with it. I believe if heavy stone like worktops jut out too far, some sort of pillar like support has to be put in, but we opted to make our bar slightly narrower than it previously was to avoid this but this adjustment has not impeded us in getting our knees under the worktop in any way.