best ideas (price) for a kitchen work top

[Crofter]

2 hours ago, lord mud of the flyes said:

How thick do you think the ply wood should be?

Depends on how far apart the supports are. 

Kitchen worktop is normally 44mm thick for stiffness. You don't want any bounce as you're chopping onions with all the ferocity of an aggrieved Gordon Ramsay. You'd probably be fine with thinner stuff, but at a guess I'd say half an inch would be minimum for a well supported worktop.

[lord mud of the flyes]

13 minutes ago, Crofter said:

Depends on how far apart the supports are. 

Kitchen worktop is normally 44mm thick for stiffness. You don't want any bounce as you're chopping onions with all the ferocity of an aggrieved Gordon Ramsay.

But they use stainless steel in commerial kitchens

 

So where is the best place to look for waste?

Edited 7 hours ago by lord mud of the flyes

[Crofter]

1 minute ago, lord mud of the flyes said:

But they use stainless steel in commerial kitchens

 

So where is the best place to look for waste?

That's a good point. I've worked in a few kitchens over the years and the stainless counters don't seem to flex that much.

Maybe domestic ones are thicker because we tend to have them installed with a tiled splashback above, so any flex would eventually break the seal and lead to water damage. Commercial kitchens use freestanding units so don't have the same problem.

 

Best place to find an old length of worktop is probably your local Facebook group or maybe Gumtree.