The right worktop
is half your kitchen.
At least

In many ways, the worktop you choose will set the scene for family life in your kitchen for many years to come.

So there are a few important questions you should ask yourself about your worktop. How does
it add to the kitchen’s overall design and look? How does it feel? How hard-wearing is it?
How easy is it to keep clean? How and how often should it be maintained? And so on.

Three important considerations when choosing a worktop

1 Design

The worktop can have a huge influence on your kitchen’s overall appearance, and there are several options to choose from to create the style you want. For example, the material itself and the surface structure can play a key role. And the colour naturally helps define the design, in interaction with the shape and colour of the kitchen elements.
Another important design feature is the thickness of the worktop and the way it is fitted. The look will be affected by the appearance of the worktop. Should it be thick and striking or thin? And how should it be fitted? Perhaps to look like it is floating above the kitchen elements?

2 Function

Your kitchen worktop will have to put up with a lot over the next many years. Therefore, it is not usually a good idea to choose a worktop solely based on its design. Factors such as durability, hygiene, cleaning and maintenance are of key importance. The same applies to the worktop’s ability to resist heat and spills. In many cases, it can be a good solution – from both a design and a functional perspective – to combine two different worktops for different areas of the kitchen. And your kitchen specialist will help you with advice and guidance.

3 Sink

The third important factor, when selecting a worktop, is the kitchen sink. The options are countless, and if you allow DFI-Geisler to fit your sink in your kitchen worktop, you are sure to end up with a solution that will make daily use and cleaning wonderfully easy. Your choice of material determines how we fit the sink. For instance, the sink is always undermounted in a laminate worktop, so that the laminate covers the edge of the sink. If, on the other hand, you select a stone product, there are several options for fitting a sink. There are further details under the individual materials later in the guide.

Material types:

Fibertops®

Fibertops®

A great choice, if you want the best of both laminate and compact laminate.
You get the stylish look of compact laminate and the durable, hygienic and easy-care properties of laminate.
With Fibertops®, you’ll have plenty of options to find a design that matches your style – and at a reasonable price.

Keramik & Dekton

Ceramic
and Dekton®

A great choice; if you want an exclusive, stylish worktop with all of the features you could dream of. Ceramic and Dekton® worktops are colour-fast, easy-to-clean and thoroughly robust. You will have a worktop that is beautiful to look at – and a joy to work in – for years.

Natursten

Natural stone

A great choice, if you want a worktop created by nature over millions of years – which is completely unique. Natural stone gives you a worktop with an incredibly beautiful surface and with individual detail – colour, grain and shrinkage cracks – that gives it a personality of its own. And makes it your very own.
Natural stone is also perfect in combination with other materials such as solid wood and steel.

Laminat

Laminate

A great choice, if your worktop needs to suit active family life – and still be affordable.
Laminate is heavy-duty, very hygienic and easy to clean. And the sky’s the limit when it comes to colour, design and edging.

You can even choose a special laminate with a silk-matt finish that prevents reflections from the sun and greasy fingerprints.

Kompaktlaminat

Compact laminate

A great choice, if you want a kitchen with a light, furnished look. The 12 mm thin worktop is very suitable for ‘floating’ installation. The worktop is fitted so that it looks like it is floating above the kitchen elements, giving a sophisticated and distinctive look. Compact laminate is also almost indestructible and it will give you pleasure for many years – both to look at and to use in busy kitchen.

Massivtræ

Solid wood

A good choice, if you want to give your kitchen natural glow and warmth.
And due to the broad selection of wood and finishes, it will be no trouble to find a shade and look to complement the rest of your kitchen.
Solid wood is also suitable for combining with other worktop materials, such as natural stone and steel, and with a solid wood bridge solution, you can create a beautiful focal point for your family's shared kitchen experiences.

Kompositsten

Composite

A great choice, if you want the best of both worlds. Composite makes a beautiful worktop. It is made of miminum 90% quartz minerals and, aesthetically, has the look of a genuine natural product.
Pulverised stone is mixed with an artificial resin adhesive and cast in moulds. Contrary to natural stone, the surface is completely sealed, preventing grease and other substances from penetrating the material and causing stains. In other words, you get the exclusive look of natural stone and innovation’s effective product features, in one worktop.

Linoleum

Linoleum

A great choice, if you want an elegant surface, which is renowned for its durability and is the epitome of high quality, design and natural ingredients. Linoleum is a sustainable choice. Linoleum combines a satin-matt finish with a delicate, warm texture, giving each worktop a very characteristic, individual and quite unique design and look.
And the structure and surface of the linoleum give the material an attractive sheen with time.

Stål

Steel

A great choice, if you want a super-hygienic, highly practical and eternally modern worktop, which gets more beautiful almost day-by-day as scratches appear and the steel takes on its natural patina. Steel is also an environmentally friendly material, which never perishes – a steel worktop will cope with almost anything and screams out to be used.
Day after day.

Preferences and needs vary.

And so do our worktops.

Tip:

The table gives you an idea of pricing and the main features of the ten types of worktop material DFI-Geisler offers.

Compare all the materials:

Materiale	Price	care	Resistance to wear	Heat	Can be repaired
Laminate	Low	Easy	High	Briefly	No
Fibertops	Low	Easy	High	Briefly	No
Compactlaminate	Medium	Easy	High	Briefly	No
Solid Wood	Medium	Medium	Medium	Not resistant	Yes
Linoleum	Medium	Medium	Low	Not resistant	No
Natural stone	High	Medium	High	Briefly**	Yes*
Dekton®	High	Easy	High	Resistant	No
Ceramic	High	Easy	High	Max 250°	Yes*
Composite	High	Easy	High	Briefly	Yes*
Steel	High	Easy	High	Not resistant	No
* Minor repairs such as edge damage can be carried out by a trained professional. **Marble is not heat resistant.

Sustainability report 2022

At DFI-Geisler we work with sustainability on a day to day basis. It is a naturel part of our DNA – both in the production and product development. As a part of the Ballingslöv International AB Group we have described our work here: Sustainability report.

Sustainability report Sustainability report

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We take your worktop very personally

We are DFI-Geisler, and we custom-make kitchen worktops to the requirements and preferences of our customers.

We sell our worktops through dealers who are passionate about kitchens – and as Scandinavia’s leading worktop manufacturer, we are the easy choice. Because we strengthen our dealers’ market position and attract even more discerning buyers; buyers who have high expectations when it comes to range, quality and care. And, because we are worktop experts, our customers can trust us to fulfil their dream of the perfect worktop.

We are Danish through and through, with our roots firmly planted on the Limfjord island of Mors. Decency permeates both our thoughts and our actions. We have 225 employees. We have a high level of job satisfaction. We have our own
FSC® certified forest. And we are all proud to be able to make a difference. As a company, as a workplace and as a reliable supplier of customised and sustainable dream kitchens to more than 90,000 European homes – every year.

We are DFI-Geisler. And we understand that the worktop is half the kitchen. At least.

Vi tager din
bordplade
meget
personligt

Uanset hvilket materiale du vælger til din nye
bordplade, og uanset hvilke særlige ønsker du
måtte have til mål, forarbejdning, kanter og vask,
kan du roligt begynde at glæde dig til et perfekt
resultat. Og til en bordplade, der er skræddersyet
til netop dit køkken.

Som Skandinaviens største og førende
producent af bordplader til køkken og bad har
DFI-Geisler nemlig lagt bordplade og køkkenlivet i
mere end en million hjem siden vores start i 1976.
Altid produceret individuelt og efter ordre. Helt
personligt. Tablet

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