Benchtops & Others – Benchtops and Vanitytops – Our Service
Being locally owned and operated in Hastings, we provide all components of our trade on demand as we do not sub-contract out any parts of our business. This allows us to:
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• Work directly with you to create your customised benchtop
• Deliver and install work more quickly
• Offer competitive pricing – no middlemen to push up costs;
• And, most importantly, to offer the highest quality product.
• Deliver and install work more quickly
• Offer competitive pricing – no middlemen to push up costs;
• And, most importantly, to offer the highest quality product.
Stone surfaces
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Polished
. This surface is very smooth and not porous. The reflectively of polished crystals brings out the brilliant colours and grains of natural stone. The shine comes from the natural reflection of the stone’s crystals.
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Honed.
Provides a flat to low sheen gloss. Different levels of gloss can be selected. This surface is very smooth, but often very porous. Honed stone colors are not as vibrant as polished stone.
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Sandblasted.
This surface is the result of a pressurised flow of sand water that provides a textured surface with a matt gloss.
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Patterned.
Patterns are sandblasted and sealed with a transparent resin. The engraved parts of the patterns are usually painted or sometimes gilded with gold or silver leaves.
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Inlay.
This technique allows us to inlay paua shells and other materials into the stone sealed with the transparent resin. This complicated procedure requires extensive knowledge and machinery.
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Stone edges
Choosing the shape of edges for a benchtop can change the whole look and feel of it. There are many possibilities to chose from:
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Polished
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Polished edges are very smooth and not porous. The reflectively of polished crystals brings out the brilliant colours and grains of natural stone. The shine is usually achieved with eight different polishing level pads.
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There are different shapes of edges:
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 Bevelled |
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 Pencil Round |
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 Bullnose |
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 Mitre |
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Pitched and Polished
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This old stonemasons technique, requires the classical tools to work on stone, such as chisel and hammer. It leaves the stone in its original beauty and creates edges that are beautiful to look at and to touch.
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Pattern
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Patterns are sandblasted and sealed with a transparent resin. The engraved parts of the patterns are usually painted or sometimes gilded with gold or silver leaves. There is a vast number of patterns that can be used.
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Inlay
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This technique allows us to inlay paua shells and other materials into the stone sealed with the transparent resin. This complicated procedure requires extensive knowledge and machinery.
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Stone reinforcement
div style=”text-align: justify;”>Reinforcement is one of our points of difference: After creating the sink or hob cutouts, we reinforce the area with fibreglass providing the necessary support and strength to the slab. Reinforcement is usually used when a piece left by the cut-out is less than 100 mm.
