Worktop Advice Please – where to get?

Anyone got a good suplier.

The Mrs wants approx 6m of "dark solid wood" worktop for new kitchen. One of the kids has a nut allergy (not a bad one), so have been advised against walnut (thankfully as it is expensve).

She wont be swayed by my protests that it wont be hard wearing. She's having slate near the sink as wood tends to not mix with wet.

Do I get something like beech and get joiner to stain it?

Any good online sources that could deliver in a week? No cutouts required. The joiner will sort.

I'll get joiner to supply if I can't get my confidence levels up.

Thanks for looking.

Try HOWDENS,always have good stock.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Solid-Iroko-Kitchen-Worktops-3m-X-620-X-40mm-A1-Grade_W0QQitemZ370278766156QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Kitchen_KitchenFurniture_EH?hash=item563655964c#ht_1827wt_1165

got mine there and its really good.

I'll give them a try.
Many Thanks.

Try IKEA there wood worktops are very good and good prices,fitted quite a few of them

Ikea hardwood work tops are excellent units, hardwearing and pretty easy to work with.

They need a good sand, and DONT use Ikea's own treatment "oil". Its rubbish, is soluble in water and so lifts off when wet for just short amounts of time IMO.

I use 7 or 8 coats of Danish oil applied with a kitchen sponge using the green scourer in between coats when soft. Gives an amazingly strong finish – resistant to stains and heat and keeps the wood looking great as long as its not left under standing water for ages.

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/10123675

2.46m for £170, 1.86m for £140, 1.26m for £90.
All 62cm deep
Great VFM

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