When you imagine the perfect granite kitchen installation, there’s a good chance your vision comes with an undermount sink. This feature adds a modern look to your kitchen (or even bathroom) while making cleaning more practical. What Is An Undermount Sink? Undermount sinks are those where a basin sink unit is installed underneath the counter, […]
Granite is one of the hardest rocks known to man and is an intrusive igneous rock. That needs a little explanation. An intrusive rock is a rock which has never been expelled from the earth’s crust as molten rock – which is an extrusive rock. An igneous rock is one that has solidified from a […]
Hey, it’s the New Year, and maybe one of your New Year resolutions was to get the kitchen worktops sorted out. Or maybe you are going to go the whole hog and strip the kitchen out and start all over again. Either way, one of the most important parts of your kitchen is the worktops […]
Wanting a bit of luxury in your home is nothing to be ashamed about. Especially when we’re talking about the kitchen area where we entertain guests and spend a great deal of our time. Unfortunately, cheap materials in the kitchen have a way of standing out, with worktops, flooring and lighting all contributing to the […]
When you are considering a kitchen refit there are a lot of things to think about, not the least of which is your budget. If money is not an issue, then you can obviously do whatever you want. However, for 99% of the population money is an issue and therefore has to be taken into […]
When you think of granite, you may well remember the saying “hard as a rock”, and indeed it may well have been coined for granite, whoever first said it. Granite is extremely hard and tough, as we well know at Marble & Granite because we have to cut it and shape it to our customers’ […]
Kitchen worktops can be made from a huge choice of different materials and can be chosen according to your budget, your individual taste, the way that they perform in the kitchen, or a combination of any of those. Budget is often a defining factor, but it doesn’t have to be. If you would like something […]
Granite is one of the hardest rocks there is, hence the sayings “As tough as granite” and “As hard as granite”. It is an igneous rock which is formed from quartz, mica, and feldspar, which have been compressed together very tightly. It is available in a wide choice of colours: in fact, it is hard […]
When it comes to choosing a kitchen worktop there is a plethora of choices of materials. However, when you start to look into it all, there is not a lot of advice on what would be the right material to select for your particular lifestyle. An interior designer based in Epping Forest found this to […]
At Marble & Granite, we are renowned for our stone worktops and vanity and bath surrounds because it is our speciality. We don’t just supply marble and granite worktops: we also make them from quartzite and limestone, which are two other natural stones, as well as quartz and sintered stone which are man-made, mainly from […]
