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Hi

I would like to turn one of our bedrooms into an office. I want to put a worktop down one or two sides of the room approx 3mx3m.

Back in the UK you can buy lengths of kitchen worktop,which would be ideal, but I can't remember seeing them over here.

Anyone got any ideas?

Regards

Jaiyenyen

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Certainly you can buy worktop lengths, they just do not seem to display it in the same way. Only samples.

Go to your local Global/Home Pro or whatever and look for it in the kitchen section.

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Certainly you can buy worktop lengths, they just do not seem to display it in the same way. Only samples.

Go to your local Global/Home Pro or whatever and look for it in the kitchen section.

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Yep they have them on display but have you ever tried to talk to the staff and order a length? Not easy :D

Alternative is to buy and cut the wood tops from heavy plywood then face with formica. Both available at your friendly wood store. :o

Or what about the kitchen builders in the high street? They could quickly build and face for you and should not cost an arm and a leg.

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Yep they have them on display but have you ever tried to talk to the staff and order a length? Not easy :D

Alternative is to buy and cut the wood tops from heavy plywood then face with formica. Both available at your friendly wood store. :o

Or what about the kitchen builders in the high street? They could quickly build and face for you and should not cost an arm and a leg.

Yes I have, that picture is actually part of our kitchen when it was under construction. Easy to order after we (well she) selected what she wanted. We just told them what lengths we wanted and it was delivered next day.

You could cut from plywood and face it, but the OP asked about ready made kitchen worktop.

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Yep they have them on display but have you ever tried to talk to the staff and order a length? Not easy :D

Alternative is to buy and cut the wood tops from heavy plywood then face with formica. Both available at your friendly wood store. :o

Or what about the kitchen builders in the high street? They could quickly build and face for you and should not cost an arm and a leg.

Yes I have, that picture is actually part of our kitchen when it was under construction. Easy to order after we (well she) selected what she wanted. We just told them what lengths we wanted and it was delivered next day.

You could cut from plywood and face it, but the OP asked about ready made kitchen worktop.

From your picture it looks like plain old Chinese Granite doubled butted at the front edge, 1600 baht a meter run cut and fitted from any granite shop in the high street. You bought it from Home Pro err.. good choice Sherlock :D

I believe the OP wants the ready made bonded kitchen tops that are readily available in UK To try and order a custom fit top as per the display unit in the corner of the shop is virtually impossible, don't care how many Thai speakers you got with you.

Starmark seem to be the largest OEM kitchen manufacturer in Thailand and I guess they could make it for you if you have a Starmark shop close to you. There is one just opened in Pattaya. Their bonded tops are very good quality indeed.

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From your picture it looks like plain old Chinese Granite doubled butted at the front edge, 1600 baht a meter run cut and fitted from any granite shop in the high street. You bought it from Home Pro err.. good choice Sherlock :o

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To try and order a custom fit top as per the display unit in the corner of the shop is virtually impossible, don't care how many Thai speakers you got with you.

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That may be what it looks like to yourself. But it is not Granite, nor was it bought from Home Pro.

It is laminate worktop, available all over Thailand, including Home Pro. Just like the laminate worktop that was been sought. The "impossible" took a couple of days from ordering to complete.

You have, accidentally perhaps, come up with another good suggestion for the OP.

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Thats a laminate counter? Looks very nice. :o

Lets try to discuss this without being aggressive, shall we? It is, after all, a countertop, not solving the middle East crisis :D

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Thats a laminate counter? Looks very nice. :o

It does not look so nice after a couple of years of attack by Thai kitchen utensils :D

An alternative is the copy of Corian, which looks more or less the same but is solid. Its made by LG in Korea as I recall, and would be a more durable, but more expensive, choice.

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Yes,just to confirm that I was really looking for the chipboard / laminate type of worktop found in all the DIY superstores in the UK. It's displayed in big rack's and comes in 3m lenghts, it's also pretty cheap.

I've never seen it over here, not sure why it's not popular.

Thanks for all the suggestions lads, I'll give my blood pressure another workout with a trip to Homepro.

Regards

Jaiyenyen

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I'll give my blood pressure another workout with a trip to Homepro.

Regards

Jaiyenyen

:o

Go there, find what you (or SWMBO) likes, and then talk to your builder/kitchen installer/general factotum who will get it for 1/3 of the price.

Done, installed, easy. This is a minor blood pressure raiser if you want a house built in Thailand.

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