• quartz, is good value, but can stain.

    corian allows you to have seamless moulded sinks and whatever those mini lip splashback things are called. Together this makes it an incredibly practical choice for hard water areas where you inevitably get lime buildup in small cracks and crevices. It can also be repaired.

  • We were strongly steered away from corian by our kitchen company - apparently it's pretty bad environmentally.

    (We so far just haven't done the kitchen at all, so the most green option taken instead!)

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