Browse Forums Kitchen Corner Re: Benchtops - cheaper alternative to caesarstone, help! 2Apr 10, 2009 12:03 pm Possumchops Now the proud owner of 3.7acres of Serenity. Colour selection completed! Soon to go to council. Re: Benchtops - cheaper alternative to caesarstone, help! 4Apr 10, 2009 3:46 pm Blog - http://snakedr.blogspot.com/ Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12084&p=307406#p307406 Status - PCI 15/10. Things nearly done. Re: Benchtops - cheaper alternative to caesarstone, help! 7Apr 11, 2009 8:02 am Blog - http://snakedr.blogspot.com/ Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12084&p=307406#p307406 Status - PCI 15/10. Things nearly done. Re: Benchtops - cheaper alternative to caesarstone, help! 11Apr 11, 2009 1:24 pm Blog - http://snakedr.blogspot.com/ Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12084&p=307406#p307406 Status - PCI 15/10. Things nearly done. Re: Benchtops - cheaper alternative to caesarstone, help! 12Apr 11, 2009 9:19 pm -------------------------------------------------------- Building in Highlands Craigieburn Status: Building the Laundryless 25.5: Slab Complete Re: Benchtops - cheaper alternative to caesarstone, help! 14Apr 12, 2009 3:26 pm i still think thats crap, so once the painters have been in, if the tilers put a tile through the wall, are you expected to cover the repainting too? it doesnt matter, id just take offense to that kind of attitude unless your building the house and organising the tradies etc Blog - http://snakedr.blogspot.com/ Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12084&p=307406#p307406 Status - PCI 15/10. Things nearly done. Re: Benchtops - cheaper alternative to caesarstone, help! 15Apr 12, 2009 8:16 pm billdsl i still think thats crap, so once the painters have been in, if the tilers put a tile through the wall, are you expected to cover the repainting too? it doesnt matter, id just take offense to that kind of attitude unless your building the house and organising the tradies etc No we are building with Fairmont and they use Supreme Kitchens and it was them that told us they won't cover scratching to the Diamond Gloss and suggested we cover it as soon as it is installed,as mentioned previously we are living next door so I will be photographing EVERY step but particularly the benchtops! Re: Benchtops - cheaper alternative to caesarstone, help! 16Apr 13, 2009 7:20 pm Quote: Glad to hear the positive comments about Diamond gloss, we really wanted Caesar stone but the cost was far to prohibitive it was going to be $7000 extra ! whereas the diamond gloss was only about $300 more than "normal" laminex, the only thing is the builder has told us that they will NOT guarantee it won't be scratched during/after installation so it's "stiff" if it does, they suggested we cover it after it's installed until we are about to move in. Hi, when my kitchen arrived in pieces, the benchtop had a protective plastic coating on it (kind of like contact) could they possible leave that on till after all the work is done? Hope thing work out, but as I've said we've had ours for a month and no scratches. Re: Benchtops - cheaper alternative to caesarstone, help! 17Apr 13, 2009 7:29 pm burstybear We're totally new at this renovation game and were planning on Caesarstone benches but have just found out we need to do some structural work to our house before the kitchen can be installed which will really blow our budget. We're now looking at cheaper alternatives for our benches, can anyone recommend a durable but cheaper alternative with a similar look? Laminex? Any ideas how the price of Laminex DiamondGloss differs from Caesarstone? Hi Burstybear, There is a company called 'Granite Transformations' http://www.granitetransformations.com.au/ and they place a 3-5mm layer of caeserstone over a standard surface for a fraction of the cost of the normal 20mm caeserstone and it looks FANBLOODYTASTIC. Their website shows a Brisbane branch, so give them a yell. Hope this helps, John John, Tarin and the Kids Built and moving in to the Regent Grande with Masterton homes http://thebrownsaremovingtothecountry.blogspot.com Re: Benchtops - cheaper alternative to caesarstone, help! 18Apr 13, 2009 11:49 pm http://www.graysonline.com.au/catalogue ... TYPE=THUMB 2200MM X 900MM BREAKFAST BAR , INDIAN BLACK GALAXY GRANITE BENCH TOPS CLEARANCE , SIZE :``` LENGTH 2200MM ``` WIDTH : 900MM ``` 20MM THICK , GALAXY COPPER FLAKES ARE MEDIUM SIZE , BEVELLED EDGES ON 4 SIDES , SO YOU CAN CUT ANY SIDE YOU WANT TO SUIT YOUR DESIGN , PERFECT FOR KITCHEN , SPLASH BACK , VANITIES , BAR , LAUNDRY E.T.C..... , POLISHED LIKE A MIRROR , NOTE : AN AVERAGE KITCHEN WITH GRANITE BENCH TOPS COST AROUND $5,000 TO $6,000 Re: Benchtops - cheaper alternative to caesarstone, help! 19Apr 14, 2009 12:55 pm Thanks John for that link, that looks like a really good alternative. Problem is we are entirely remodelling our kitchen so will need totally new benches. From looking at the website they install over your old benchtops? Re: Benchtops - cheaper alternative to caesarstone, help! 20Apr 14, 2009 3:07 pm Possumchops From the small amount of research I have done on benchtops recently, you can actually get some types of granite benchtops cheaper. I'm off to look at polished concrete tomorrow for my own, which I have been informed is cheaper than granite but won't be able to give you a rough idea of price until I get back. Obviously laminex is the cheapest option, not sure of the difference in cost between the different version though. We are having polished concrete benchtops. It is costing us approx $1900 for the upgrade. This includes upgrading the cabinets to accept the extra weight. Not sure of the actual square metres but we are having a U shaped kitchen so the amount of benchtop is substantial. I'm hoping it will look a bit like this. 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