Top of the kitchen: choice guide

Il top of the kitchen represents a fundamental element in the design of the kitchen.

In fact, it is the most exposed and most used part of the whole cuisine: This is where we prepare, let's cook, We get dangling and serving our dishes.

In this article we have developed a small choice guide of this work plan.

In addition to the design and aesthetic aspect, it is necessary to consider different characteristics including:

• Measure
• Thickness
• Type
• Material

How long it must be the top of the kitchen?

The calculation of the work surface essentially depends on how the kitchen is arranged.

In a linear kitchen of 3 A lot of meters a lot of space must be dedicated to the work plan. In fact if you consider that 60 cm must be reserved for the refrigerator, 60 centimeters on the hob e 60 cm to the sink remain 120 centimeters to be divided into two indispensable support plans to prepare the dishes.

If, on the other hand, the surface occupied by the kitchen is of 4 meters you can reserve more space for the support of small appliances.

The cuisine that allows the greatest personalization is certainly the angular one. In fact, it will be possible to divide the cooking area and the washing area by reserving a support surface for both functions.

The corner can instead be reserved for small appliances, such as microwave or coffee machine.

Of how much the thickness of the top must be?

When we talk about the thickness of the top of the kitchen On the one hand we must consider the purely aesthetic taste and on the other the type of material chosen.

In fact, the modern and contemporary style kitchens tend to present top with a minimum thickness, come 1,2 o 2 centimeters, or on the opposite plans with an important thickness, come 6 centimeters.

If we talk instead of kitchens with a more classic style, the choice of thickness can vary from 3 ai 4 centimeters.

Typologie in Top: island and peninsula

Both types are ideal for those who own a little support floor, In fact they represent really excellent solutions to increase the support space in the kitchen.

It should not only be considered the operational side, which therefore houses a hob or sink or both but it must be thought that penisolles are often used to increase the containing space as well as the support surface.

Depending on the use that is intended to make of the island or peninsula the top of the kitchen can have the size of the bases that make it up (always adding the protruding centimeter on each side), or if we want to use the island's plan also as a support surface for fast snacks, We can make it protrude from one side more to place the stools.

Which materials to choose for a resistant top?

The main feature that must have a good one Top for the kitchen It is certainly the resistance to impact and scratches.

Materials consisting of laminates, quartz and ceramic plans are certainly the most resistant to this type of damage. The natural materials for kitchen top and the stainless steel top are more delicate, that scratches and easily marks.

Heat resistance indicates how much a material bears heat as well as thermal shocks.

The materials for i kitchen top more suitable are: Fenix, Neolith, Dekton e acciaioio inox.

As regards the resistance to absorption of spots or water, it would be better to opt for synthetic materials as natural materials have limits.