Worktops for garage

[Mad Mart]

My garage is near-as-damn-it finished so I want to get some kitchen worktops ordered. I've found some in Homebase for £79 per 3 metre length (I need 9 metres altogether) plus delivery. Not many of the DIY places will deliver.

Before I go ahead, does anyone have any suggestions for a better, cheaper solution for a worktop?

[dollyman]

Depends on what you are going to do on it the Mart? I had kitchen worktop on my bench but they "bounce" if you are hitting anything with a hammer, more so if if you have a vice mounted on it?
I ended up buying 6inch x 3 inch timber to put underneath to get it solid. I got all my stuff second hand and the whole lot was under £100 and the bench itself was made of dexion heavy duty shelving again second hand and bolted it all together there are plenty of second hand worktops about, you will also find it chips very easy as well.

Tony.

[Matt Cotton]

Anything kicking around on Gumtree or ebay Mart? I appreciate you won't want any old offcuts in your new garage but you may find some good sections. What's the worktop like in the house?!

[Mad Mart]

I don't mind off cuts as long as they match. We have a place near me that sells off cuts etc. but he only has five 3m. lengths in stock which are seconds but all different. £25 each plus delivery. I suppose I could by some planks & glue/screw them together.

[dollyman]

What length are you looking for Mart? I found my problems were when Knocking bearings or ball joints out, hense i was loosing something solid to hit against.

Tony.

[Tony Burd]

I used scaffold planks then screwed a sheet of steel to the top, but my bench is only about 2m long.

[Reg]

Hello Mart. B&Q sell solid beech worktops. I think they are 20mm high rather than the laminate 25mm..quite a bit cheaper too!

Once oiled, they have a lovely natural look and feel to them.