Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Dec 27, 2009 7:29 am Hi, we are doing a last minute reno and need to make some decisions on benchtops fast. Everyone is closed now so we can't get prices. Can anyone give actual prices (roughly) for the various options, or rank them from least to most expensive? Including the costs of post-forming, cutting and installation? These are what we've looked at: Ordinary laminates, Laminex diamond gloss laminate, corian, think solid (Bunnings), and various engineered quartz including caesarstone. Cost is a big issue here, over personal choice or lifespan/maintenance of surface. Any help much appreciated! Re: Bench tops - actual costs 2Dec 27, 2009 7:54 am justthevet Hi, we are doing a last minute reno and need to make some decisions on benchtops fast. Everyone is closed now so we can't get prices. Can anyone give actual prices (roughly) for the various options, or rank them from least to most expensive? Including the costs of post-forming, cutting and installation? These are what we've looked at: Ordinary laminates, Laminex diamond gloss laminate, corian, think solid (Bunnings), and various engineered quartz including caesarstone. Cost is a big issue here, over personal choice or lifespan/maintenance of surface. Any help much appreciated! as cost is a big issue then stick to the laminate option ,rolled edge bench tops will cost about $150 per metre ,with any gloss laminate you should allow a 10 percent increase,laminated ends and joins will take another $40 each ,these are of course based on my location but will give you a starting point Re: Bench tops - actual costs 3Dec 27, 2009 2:16 pm Here are the prices from Ikea for their Formica laminate and Caesar stone benchtops: formica: http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4525/ikealaminate.jpg caesar stone: http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2792/ikeacaesar1.jpg http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7387/ikeacaesar2.jpg Hi - thanks for your reply. Yes I think 'Ill go for whitish with very speckly bits rather than pure white something like this. PS was actually 2008 I built the… 2 11674 Building Standards; Getting It Right! These can be easily filled and repaired and it doesn't cost them much to do. Id get the builder to do this first and if the repair is not suitable then a replacement is… 12 31248 Thanks Ardo, they are sort of semi concealed. I think it is only a few millimetres. I see if they can adjust the hinges. 4 3768 |