Slate worktop??

laxeylady

Hubby dear is having a go at making me a freestanding kitchen (its a small room so might only take him a few years:rotfl:) Anyhoo, we have bought some elm for the worktop for the island unit and I thought it might look nice if we used different materials for the sink unit and the dresser unit. We have been offered some slate by a friend with contacts at a local mine. Is this a good material for near the sink or should we reserve it for a unit that wont get as much stick? Anyone have any experience of slate worktops? Cheers

laxeylady

No-one?? Oh dear...

Alan_M_2

As natural stone goes, slate is one of the softer materials.

It is often used for fireplaces in a honed finish and flooring in a split riven finish, however as a worktop it's not entirely practical.

Assuming your looking at a honed finish, you could permanently mark honed slate with your fingernail.

Oldsoak

As a tiler who has a lot of experience with slate and other natural stone I have to agree that slate is not a very suitable material for worktops as Alan M has stated.

laxeylady

Thanks for that - I could have made an expensive mistake. Perhaps granite is the way to go then for a bit of contrast, although my kitchen is very small so a black one might not be suitable.