Granite is the most hard wearing and durable kitchen worktop?
Renowned for its durability and beauty, granite worktops are one of the very best stone material options available for kitchen worktops. Windsmere Stone are proud to offer one of the largest collections of large format natural slabs of any manufacturer in the South West, all available to view in our yard. This gives you the opportunity to see, feel and absorb the beauty of these natural stones and get a real impression of how they will fit into your home. Each sheet tells its own story and offers the opportunity for you to have a unique and magnificent stone in your property.
Kitchen JewelleryGranite is an igneous rock formed by the slow crystallization of magma below the earth's surface. Composed mainly of natural quartz and feldspar with minor amounts of mica, silica and amphiboles granite can also contain semi precious stones such as garnets that can be seen scattered across granites from India such as River White and Cloud Burst. It is this natural mineral composition achieved over millions of years of volcanic activity that gives granite it's unique beauty.
A victim of it's own success granite has, to some, a dated image but look a little further and today there is a huge range of colours and movements available, all suitable for a modern kitchen. Whether you are looking for worktops to suit a large country kitchen or an ultra modern kitchenette, light and neutral colours or something more dramatic we have a granite to suit your project. Some granites' movement resembles that of a dry river bed and some resemble a stormy sky, the variations can be enormous. Granite continues to bring a depth and richness that is unequalled. We work hard to ensure our range offers the best granites available at any time, but we can also source granites from around the world if there is something we don't already stock.
Granite is an easy stone to look after - so whatever the worktop choice there is a suitable granite. Particularly good for every kitchen, no matter how busy! Installed fully sealed, these surfaces are almost indestructible, and one major plus point of any natural material over it's man made competitor is that you can put dishes and pans directly from the oven or hob unto the work surface.
Day to day cleaning is easy using a simple soap and warm water solution although you can buy specialist cleaning solutions if you prefer. We recommend resealing your worktops every few years and this is something that is easy to do without specialist equipment. For more information on the use and care of granite please follow this link.
