What is the best stone for kitchen worktops?

Kitchen worktops can be made of many different kinds of stone. Our Customers have unlimited possibilities as regards the choice of stone as well as the style of an interior. Kitchen worktops vary not only according to price and appearance but also according to the resistance of stone that are made of. What kind of kitchen worktop to choose so that it will last for a long time and it will be resistant to hot pots, sharp kitchen appliances or meat tenderiser. Below you will find an overview of the most popular stones used in a kitchen.

Modern kitchen worktops have to be resistant to humidity, high temperature, cleaning and impregnating products and to mechanical damage as well. On top of that, they have to harmonise with a kitchen decor. It comes as no surprise that the stone we choose should fulfil all these requirements unless we intend to change our interior al least once a year. In this case we can afford some flexibility. 

Types of kitchen worktops

Kitchen worktops are most frequently produced from granite, porphyry, basalt and marble. The last two, however, have to be properly protected against staining and liquids. Nonetheless, all of them are high temperature resistant, which makes them ideal materials for kitchen worktops. 

Granite kitchen worktops