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 The simple beauty of Encore lies in the seamless flow of the material, especially around joints, corners and edges. The ready-made worktops are finished on the short edges as well as the long front edge. Breakfast bars are edged on all four sides integrating a contemporary square end as well as a classic bow to make a real design statement.
Encore comes with a lovely semi-matt surface finish as standard which reduces the on-site finishing time making it more fitter
friendly than some of its competitors.
- Worktop
4100 x 650 x 44mm – edged one long edge – two short
Boxed
- Breakfast Bar
2400 x 900 x 44mm – edged all four edges – one end square – one end bowed at 1000mm radius
Boxed
44mm thickness – designers will need to consider dresser units designed with tall housings
- Splashback
4100 x 600 x 5mm – midway panel
1200 x 1200 x 5mm – hob panel
Both boxed
- Upstand
3600 x 100 x 12mm – Thicker material
Polythene tube as current upstand offer
- Edge strips
1350 x 45 x 5mm
2400 x 45 x 5mm
- Installation kit
Sufficient for two joints or two end caps or one of each – no adhesive, bolts or biscuits included
- Colour matched adhesives
One tube will complete two joints or two end caps or one of each
- Care kits for consumers
Including Countertop Magic, cloths and Scotchbrite sponges
- 38mm high quality chipboard to BS EN 312 Type P3: 1997 tested to E1 grade
- Exactly the same high quality easily machined core as used on Prima and Omega worksurfaces
- Backed with 0.8mm white HPL to BS EN438
- Excellent moisture barrier especially over appliances.
- Specialised edge construction
- Machined and inlet chipboard to chipboard bond – very different to competitors
- A strong belt and braces approach
- Assures an excellent pressed bond between the front face and the core exactly as the top face
- Extended core to core gluing area
- Specialist solid surface adhesive to solid surface and HPL faces for improved strength
- Strong PUR bond chipboard to chipboard
- All short edges factory finished to save the installer time
- Profile 3mm radius top – 1mm bottom
- Produces a square design statement
- Easily replicated on site with a standard 3mm cutter or even careful use of a sander.
- Surface PC film protection on top face
- Extra protection against transit damage on top face to protect the surface finish
- Surface finished to a very high standard ex factory
- Surface supplied finished to a fine 320grit linear sanded finish
- This finish cuts down on on-site finishing to the main surface areas
- Simply convert to a random orbital finish to match any sanded joint areas
- Joints are simple – no additional skills required
- Cut a normal butt and scribe joint ( router cutter will cut around 4000mm of material )
- Fitter must use biscuits to assure a strong and level finish
- Bond joint using special adhesive – close joint to 2mm – add more adhesive – nip joint fully closed
- After around 40 minutes sand the joint using a random orbital sander to180grit – 240grit and finally 320grit.
- Sand in the other worktops to 320grit random orbital finish to complete
- Installers will need a good quality random orbital sanding machine
- Jointing kit available
- Includes all sanding, cleaning and finishing materials to complete two joints and finish 8m of surfaces (or two short ends or one joint and one short end)
- Colour matched adhesives available
- Finishing short ends
- Both sizes of surface include short ends finished at both ends
- Reduces on site finishing
- Additional short ends required are easily finished on site
- Edge strips available 1350mm or 2400mm
- Simply cut to size – glue up with joint adhesive-clamp with A clamps – profile and sand
- Use either 3mm radius for open ends or square if butting up to tall housings
- Hob and sink cut-outs can be completed as laminate surfaces
- Use 10mm radius corners to introduce a jig saw
- Cut out with a jig saw fitted with an easily available Bosch special blade
- Seal sink cut outs with silicone as normal laminate surfaces
- Use heat reflective tape from the joint kit on hob cut-outs
- Final finishing
- We estimate an additional 1-2 hours finishing time is necessary over normal laminate worksurfaces
- Sand joints to an inconspicuous finish – sand the entire job to a 320grit random orbital finish
- Finish with a good coat of Countertop Magic (preferably applied with a sander and supplied Scotchbrite pads)
- Aftercare
The consumer must use Countertop Magic to maintain the surface finish (exactly as our competitors recommend)
A consumer care kit is available to ensure encore remains as good looking as new
- Scratches
Light scratching can be concealed with Countertop Magic
Medium scratches can be polished out using a pad supplied with the care kit
Deeper scratches may need refinishing all over by an installer
- Heat
Whilst encore has excellent heat tolerance – consumers should always use a trivet. (no-one is ever sure of the temperature of a pan or dish )
- Repair
Repairs should not be necessary due to the strength of the product.
However a repair and patch kit is available on an extended lead time (short shelf life)
- Warranty
Ten years
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