kitchen worktop in either glass or porcelain

starving_artist

Does anyone have experience of either material as a worktop - particularly in terms of scratch and impact resistance?

tonyh66

personally never heard of either being used as a full worktop, glass has no scratch or impact resistance unless its toughened, hence worktop savers made of glass are toughened. Pretty sure porcelain has poor impact resistance, seen plenty of chipped sinks and cracked a few bathroom sinks just by dropping something heavy on them.

phill99

Porcelain worktops are now being offered by many of the granite / quartz installers. Typically, 12-20mm thick. Porcelain is incredibly strong, resistant under stress and isn't prone to scratching easily.


Don't know enough about glass worktops, but imagine it is laminate or safety glass.

tonyh66

phill99 wrote: »

Porcelain worktops are now being offered by many of the granite / quartz installers. Typically, 12-20mm thick. Porcelain is incredibly strong, resistant under stress and isn't prone to scratching easily.


Don't know enough about glass worktops, but imagine it is laminate or safety glass.

Sounds hideously expensive, porcelain worktop made from scratch with no wiggle room if it wrong.

I assume the OP username is ironic if they are considering this type of worktop.

phill99

tonyh66 wrote: »

Sounds hideously expensive, porcelain worktop made from scratch with no wiggle room if it wrong.

I assume the OP username is ironic if they are considering this type of worktop.

No, they're cut from much larger sheets and then the edges get polished. Much cheaper than granite as a raw material.

MarcTJTD

There's a brand called Dekton that is a porcelain/glass/quartz mix and is commercially available from a lot of premium worksurface suppliers. I have it one of the displays in my showroom.

There's also Ceralsio; a porcelain/ceramic brand. Both are zero porosity (can't stain) and extremely scratch resistant.

Howeverrrrr....both brands have been known to "chip" on impact, and I've heard of Dekton cracking with a heavy blow.

starving_artist

phill99 wrote: »

Porcelain worktops are now being offered by many of the granite / quartz installers. Typically, 12-20mm thick. Porcelain is incredibly strong, resistant under stress and isn't prone to scratching easily.


Don't know enough about glass worktops, but imagine it is laminate or safety glass.

Do you know of any porcelain installers near North London?

phill99

starving_artist wrote: »

Do you know of any porcelain installers near North London?

Yeah try Medusa Stone based in Essex.


They cover all of London and beyond.


Their website doesn't show porcelain, but have spoken to them and they defo do it.


01268 277777


https://medusastone.co.uk/worktop-changes/


For reference, I have nothing to do with the company other than they are one of my suppliers.

starving_artist

Thanks so much Phill99 - that's really helpful.

ryder72

What is sold as a 'ceramic' worktop is essentially porcelain or sintered material. Extremely tolerant of heat, scratch and stain proof but very brittle so will chip or crack on impact.