What are the Benefits of a Granite Worktop?
Granite is a great choice of material for your kitchen worktop. Its ability to withstand high temperatures, scratches and stains makes it a long-lasting investment to improve the aesthetics of your kitchen.
Alongside marble and quartz, it’s one of the best materials to use for your kitchen work surfaces, but there are unique properties that may make a granite work surface the best choice for you. So what are those benefits, and why should you consider granite for your kitchen?
It’s Durable and Long-lasting
Granite is an extremely long-lasting natural stone as it’s incredibly tough. It falls between the 6-8 rating on the Mohs scale (depending on the cut of granite), which is a scale from 1-10 on how hard a material is (1 is the softest, 10 is the hardest).
Wood laminate sits at around a score of 3, with diamond being 10. This shows the true strength of granite stone, making it the ideal hard-wearing choice for your kitchen worktop.
It’s also resistant to heat, scratches and stains. This means you can prep food on the surface without damaging your worktop. It’s convenient as you can place hot pots and pans straight onto the work surface, without requiring a trivet or pan protector like you would for a laminate or wooden worktop.
With proper maintenance and care, a high-quality granite worktop can last at least 20-30 years, making it an excellent choice for your kitchen and a worthwhile investment.
It’s Very Aesthetic
Granite is a beautiful stone which comes in many different colours, patterns and textures, making every worktop unique. A granite worktop will add elegance and sophistication to your kitchen. Due to the range of different colours that Aspire Stone Fabrications offers for granite worktops, there’s a style and colour suitable for every type of kitchen design.
Choosing a colour of granite may depend on the current or planned aesthetic of your kitchen and should look to complement the current style and design. If you want to achieve a more airy, open-spaced feeling, then a lighter colour would be best. If you want to create contrast in a modern kitchen for a quality finish, then you may consider a darker colour.
Our specialists can help you to decide which granite worktop would look best in your kitchen.
It’s Easy to Clean and Hygienic
Granite worktops are very easy to clean as they don’t absorb germs like other worktop material choices. All that’s required to clean a granite worktop is warm water, a surface cleaner and a cloth. This will remove any bacteria currently sitting on the surface, resulting in a clean area to prep or eat food.
Due to the nature of granite material being non-porous, this prevents bacteria from absorbing into the stone. The smooth surface makes it easy to wipe away any dirt, bacteria or any other contaminants.
It’s Sustainable and Eco-Friendly
If you care about your carbon footprint and sustainability, then granite should be a material to consider for your kitchen worktops. Granite is a stone retrieved from the Earth’s crust and isn’t synthetically made using harsh and damaging chemicals like other materials. Granite is also recyclable and can be used for other purposes, reducing the need to extract new raw materials as frequently.
Granite can be locally sourced from most areas across the world, significantly decreasing transportation emissions that come with long-distance shipping, especially for heavy materials like granite. Granite can be sourced from local quarries which will reduce the carbon footprint of the consumer’s worktop.
Granite Worktops at Aspire Stone
If you appreciate sustainability and longevity whilst transforming the look of your home, then a granite kitchen worktop is perfect for you. Its long-lasting ability, aesthetically pleasing and elegant look, easy maintenance and eco-friendliness make it a great choice to consider for your home.
At Aspire Stone Fabrications, we offer a wide range of granite worktops with a number of different colours to choose from. We can help you choose the right colour and style to match your kitchen interior if you are unsure of the style you require.
Contact a member of our team to enquire about our granite worktop collection today.
