Key Information
Ceramic/Porcelain, sintered stone or ultra compact materials are probably the ultimate when it comes to durability in work surfaces or cladding etc.
Essentially a ceramic product made from high quality minerals, compressed and fired at a very high temperature creating a material highly resistant to heat, scratching, chemicals, frost and UV Light.
The surface can be digitally printed so any design or natural stone can be replicated and is often hard to tell from genuine marble. This enables book matched or pattern matched slabs to be produced, giving stunning results to large showers etc.!
Very high gloss, satin, honed, matt and textured finishes are available.
As with quartz there are many manufacturers and materials just a few examples are below.
