Considering Corian. Any advice?

Leif

rustyboy21 wrote: »

You try telling them that !

http://www.brilliantfires.co.uk/product/information/Gas/LEDGE+22

Presumably the temperature is not THAT high. I was surprised to find that even a couple of inches away from a wood burning stove, the heat is more warm than hot.

Meepster

I don't see what the problem with putting Corian near heat is.

A few years ago I had 12 lightshades made from 6mm Corian for a customer, only stipulation from DuPont was that the surfaces needed to be at least 1/4" away from the bulb and they were 100W bulbs (and you know how much heat they kick out)

I've also seen plenty of Corian fireplaces without any issues.

The only problem with Corian is when you actually use it for anything more than simply looking at it, then it scratches easier than a 90's rave DJ...

CorianWorktops

I work for a Corian Fabricator and find that Corian is a fantastic product. Most of the time the brittle scratch prone materials people believe are Corian are in fact cheaper immitations and not Corian. If you use a certified and licensed fabricator you can be sure you get the real stuff.

As for heat resistance we have installed Corian Worktops into hundreds if not thousands of homes over the years and the only problems we encountered occured when placing a pan that had boiled dry (approx heat 400 degrees ) onto the top. It marked the top, its now repaired and as good as new. Safest option is to use pan stands. Regarding heat it is not reccommended that you place hot pans directly onto any of the major surfaces including Granite and Quartz due to heat shock and other factors.

As for scratching scratches mainly occur if you use the surface for chopping. Most fabricators give you a chopping board with your worktop for exactly this purpose.

Add to these factors that Corian is completely seamless, hygienic, repairable and truly beautiful and its a winner for me

karlos1977

We used to have a corain top before our Silestone worktop. The only benefit of Corian is that you can have seemless joints but I'd never have it again. It was expensive and scratched very easily. I believe they have problems with their coloured sinks too if you use an instant hot water tap as they may start to fade where the hot water keeps hitting the surfaces.

I would recommend Silestone which is a similar price to Corian but alot harder wearing. We found a company called Stone Valley Work Surfaces the most cvompetitive who are on the web. Fantastic service and fantastic price from them.

Hope this helps.