Making
Your Choice
It is important to get the perfect product for your needs. Bushboard offers an extensive range of products that cater for a wide range of fitment scenarios. Please use the following chart to find the perfect solution for you.
| High Pressure Laminate - Omega, Prima, Odyssey, Nuance |
Engineered Solid Surface - Encore |
Blended Quartz - M-Stone |
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| The best selling worktops around combining wide design flexibility and superb value for money. | Gives you all the designer styling and high performance of solid surface; Seamles joints, undermount sinks, curves and repairability; with the advantage of being more affordable as they are pre-fabricated and supplied ready to install. | This innovative material is exclusive to Bushboard and offers all the beauty of natural stone at a more affordable price. | |
| Superior engineering and advances in print and texture technology means that laminate can mirror the natural look and feel of wood or stone. Laminate is arguably the most fashion-forward and functional worksurface you can buy. Worktops are made from a chipboard core surfaced in high pressure laminate and sealed on the underside with a moisture resistant kraft material. | Worktops are precision manufactured using a high density particle board and surfaced and edged with a 5mm layer of acrylic material, with the underside faced in high pressure laminate. No templating or waiting as this product, complete with sinks and many other designer touches, has the major advantage of easy on-site installation. | The man-made composite material is a blend of acrylic and quartz stone particles saluting the natural look of real stone. Worktops are made from a blend of quartz stone particles and modified acrylics, fused together into a 25mm solid material. | |
| Price per metre | From £30 | From £150 | From £250 |
| Design Features | |||
| Colour Choice | 120 | 14 | 4 |
| Colour Consistency | Excellent | As a compression moulded product slight variances can occur. Simple pre installation checks will ensure the right result. | As would be expect of a natural material colour variances occur. |
| Surface Textures | 11 surface textures including high gloss, honed slate and ultramatt complement the variety of designs. | Supplied as standard polished to a semi sheen with the final finish created on site by the specialist installer. | Supplied as standard polished to a high sheen requiring no further finishing on site. |
| Shapes | Yes - a clever new development for laminate! Shaped components allow you to be on-trend with curves in the kitchen. Available in a selected choice of designs, the breakfast bar and worksurface are ideal for creating an island unit, a low level table or to finish off corner cabinets. | Yes. Curves can be shaped on site during installation. Perfect for finishing off a simple run of furniture or creating a stunning island unit with fluid lines. | Yes. Curves can be shaped on site during installation. Perfect for finishing off a simple run of furniture or creating a stunning island unit with fluid lines. |
| Seamless joints | No, although a good quality fit bonded with colour coordinated BB Complete adhesive can help. | Yes, one of the major benefits of solid surface is the smooth continuous flow uninterupted by joints. | No, constituted from mainly natural material means a neat grooved joint similar to that found with granite. |
| Sink design options | |||
| Inset sinks | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Undermount sinks | No | Yes, a major benefit of solid surface. Looks great with undermount stainless steel, but particularly beautiful with moulded acrylic sinks | Yes, with traditional undermount stainless steel |
| Moulded seamless sinks | No | Yes | No |
| Belfast sinks | No | No | Yes |
| Integrated drainers | No | Yes. Designed with no natural fall, ideal to collect and wipe away water | Yes, for White and Cream. Darker colours will need specialist fabrication skills* |
| Installation | |||
| Templating | not needed | not needed | not needed |
| Installation | Fast and easily done on site by your kitchen installer. | Fast and easily done on site by your kitchen installer. Do ensure they have been trained as some specialist techniques are required. | Fast and easily done on site by your kitchen installer. Do ensure they have been trained as some specialist techniques are required. |
| Care & Maintenance | Laminate is the lowest maintenance surface there is. Simply wipe down with water and your favourite cleaning product. High gloss worksurfaces require a gentle buffing afterwards. | Requires a little more effort but worth it. Wipe down with water and a mild detergent, then rinse with clean water and gently buff the surface dry. Once a week, apply our Professional Worktop Polish. | Wipe down with water and a mild detergent, then rinse with clean water and gently buff the surface dry. Once a week, apply our Professional Worktop Polish. |
| Functionality | |||
| Stain resistant | Yes - but its advisable to wipe up any spills as they occur. | Yes - but its advisable to wipe up any spills as they occur. | Yes - but its advisable to wipe up any spills as they occur. |
| Water resistant | Yes with normal usage. Spills should be wiped up as they occur. The surface laminate is waterproof, but joints and cut outs are not. Ensure your fitter uses BB Complete adhesive, the only system that warranties the joint against moisture. | Yes | Yes |
| Impact resistant | Yes - tested to FIRA Gold award | Yes - compression moulded solid surface is 5 times stronger than comparative brands. | Yes |
| Scratch resistant | All worktops require treating with TLC. Use chopping boards and avoid dragging items across the surface. Bear in mind that all worksurfaces will scratch, even natural granite. And be aware that fashion items such as high gloss, dark colours, and woodgrains carrying a flat finish will tend to show scuffs and scratches more easily, whilst paler more heavily textured or busier patterned colours will tend to mask scratches. | Solid surface is the only material where everyday scuffs and marks can be polished away by using a care kit. Even deeper scratches or gouges are repairable; just call you original installer for advice. Bear in mind that all worksurfaces will be susceptible to everyday scuffs or scratches and these will be more obvious on darker colours, whilst they may be almost indiscernible on paler ones. In fact over time tiny surface abrasions and wear marks build to a lovely patina. The use of chopping boards and avoiding dragging items across the surface will reduce everyday wear. | M-stone quartz offers scratch and scuff resistance at levels far in excess of high pressure laminate and solid surface. However bear in mind it is possible to scratch all worktops even natural granite or quartz. So please continue to protect your surfaces. Although they are rare, scratches are not easily removed. Always use chopping boards and avoid dragging items across the surface. Any scratches will be less discernible on pale colours and more obvious on darker ones. |
| Repairable | No | Yes. Scratches can be polished out. | No |
| Heat resistant | Up to 180°c but always use a heat protective mat when placing hot items on the worksurface. | Upto 240°c but always use a heat protective mat when placing hot items on the worksurface. | Upto 240°c but always use a heat protective mat when placing hot items on the worksurface. |
