Why we template worktops on site
24 July 2026
Because walls are not straight, and a worktop cut from a drawing will show you exactly how not straight yours are.
A wall that is 8mm out of true over three metres is completely normal in an English house, new build or Victorian. Nobody notices until something perfectly straight is placed against it.
A worktop is perfectly straight. Cut it from the drawing and the gap between the back edge and the wall opens up along its length, widest at one end. It gets filled with sealant, and a 6mm bead of sealant is the thing you look at every time you wipe the surface for the next fifteen years.
Templating means coming back after the cabinets are installed and levelled, laying thin ply across them, and scribing the actual shape of the actual wall. The worktop is then cut to that. It adds roughly a week to the programme, because the template goes to the fabricator and the piece comes back.
That week is the difference between a kitchen that looks made for the room and one that looks delivered to it. We have never had a client who, having seen both, preferred the faster one.