The toughest surfaces we fabricate — Dekton, Techlam and porcelain. Heat, UV and scratch resistant, and the only family we will put outdoors. Cut and installed by our own team from Oxley, right across South East Queensland.
Sintered stone and porcelain are made by firing natural minerals under extreme heat and pressure — a process that mimics, in hours, how stone forms in the earth over millennia. The result is an ultra-compact, non-porous surface that is exceptionally hard, and highly resistant to heat, UV, scratches and stains. It never needs sealing, and it comes in marble, stone and concrete looks.
Dekton, by Cosentino, is our flagship — an ultra-compact sintered surface that is as at home on an outdoor kitchen as an indoor island, in a wide range of colours and finishes. Techlam brings large-format porcelain panels, ideal for slim, seamless benchtops, splashbacks and wall cladding. Alongside them we fabricate a broad range of porcelain surfaces to suit look and budget.
Because these surfaces come in large formats, we can run a benchtop, waterfall and matching splashback from the same panel with minimal joins — for a clean, continuous look.
This is the one family we will confidently put outside. Sintered stone and porcelain are UV-stable, so they hold their colour in the Queensland sun instead of fading, and they are unaffected by rain, frost and heat. That makes them the natural choice for alfresco kitchens, BBQ areas and poolside benches — as well as any hard-working indoor kitchen where you want to put hot pans straight down without a second thought.
Porcelain comes in a slim 12mm that is perfect for splashbacks, wall cladding and light benchtops, and in 20mm for standard benchtops. Either can be mitred to read as a solid 40mm-plus slab where you want a substantial edge, while keeping the panel light and the joins nearly invisible. The large-format sizes also mean fewer seams across an island or run.
Sintered stone is superbly hard, which also makes it demanding to cut — it needs specialist tooling and an experienced hand to mitre cleanly and support edges properly. That is precisely why it is worth having it fabricated in-house by a team that works with it every day. We template on site, then cut, mitre and finish in our Oxley workshop, with edge profiles including pencil round, aris, bullnose, half bullnose, lambs tongue, shark nose and mitred, and 40–100mm apron build-ups.
See how sintered stacks up against the other two.
They are close cousins. Both are fired under extreme heat and pressure into an ultra-compact, non-porous surface. Porcelain is a large-format ceramic panel, often slimmer; sintered stone like Dekton uses a broader mix of natural minerals. In practice both are heat, UV and scratch resistant and suit the same jobs — we help you pick between them on look, thickness and budget.
Yes — it is one of the best. Sintered surfaces are UV-stable, so they will not fade in the Queensland sun, and they are unaffected by rain, frost and heat. That makes Dekton, Techlam and porcelain the family we recommend for alfresco kitchens, BBQ areas and poolside benches.
Sintered stone and porcelain are highly heat resistant and you can place hot cookware straight on them without marking. They are also very scratch and stain resistant. As always we suggest using a board for cutting to protect your knives.
Porcelain comes in a slim 12mm for splashbacks, cladding and light benchtops, and in 20mm for standard benchtops. A 12mm or 20mm top can be mitred to look like a solid 40mm-plus slab where you want a chunkier edge, keeping the surface light and seamless.
Sintered stone is extremely hard, but like any very hard material it can be brittle at unsupported edges if mishandled. It needs specialist tooling and experience to cut and mitre well — which is exactly why it is worth having it fabricated in-house by a team that works with it every day, as we do at Oxley.
Send through your plans or a rough idea and we will match you to the right sintered or porcelain surface and quote it clearly.