Concrete Countertops

This is the sort of book that you would pick up even if you didn't know what it was about. A lovely cover with high quality paper and loads of really good quality colour photographs.The content is easy to read and really interesting for someone like myself who just wanted to know something about the practicalities of using concrete as a decorative product.The book does not contain huge amounts of text nor lots of technical detail (e.g. down to the chemical level). It does however give you all the detail and knowledge that you need to know to get you going. Cheng also includes plenty of practical hints and tips to help the beginner overcome some of the basic mistakes which may be offputting. If like me you didn't know anything about making concrete worktops, this book is ideal. If you do already know something about the subject, then it may still be worthwhile for a bit of inspiration.Overall I found this book a really pleasant read with plenty of great pictures to back up the text. It would make a great coffee-table book as even the non-engineer will find the artistic side and innumerable photographs interesting.

I have not made any worktops yet, but this seems to have all the information you will need, it is an american book, (this seems to be more of an American trend that hasn't really taken off in Britain yet), so it isn't easy to source some of the products in the book, but that isn't the books fault. I think it will be really useful. If I had built some worktops successfully I would have given it 5 stars but I have to build the house first! Again no fault of the book.

This was bought as a present for someone who lost their original copy of it. He loved it, couldn't fault it and said he'd forgotten how good it was.As described, in good condition and arrived quickly.

excellent ideas and how to.

I was hoping to take on one or two projects and even though you probably can with this book, there is a lot to get up to speed with and of course buy, the expense will make me fine tune my projects and I have since bought another book by the same author Fu-Tung