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RE: 1,497 and counting - DogwoodTales - 08-06-2025
(08-05-2025, 08:38 PM)Cabinet Monkey Wrote: I don't inherently, but your refusal to answer makes me think you're conveniently ignoring the $3.5k you spent in material that would be included in the outsourcing price.
Making your "savings" a lot less than 5,200.
I would certainly not try to put a price/value judgement on your time or enjoyment of pursuing a hobby. I am just finding hard to understand your math.
Oh I think I see where the misunderstanding is and I don't mean to come across as ignoring or mitigating my material cost or time.
I'm guesstimating the outsourcing cost to be in the neighborhood of $9-10k. The difference, therefore, between my material cost and outsourcing being $5,200.
RE: 1,497 and counting - fredhargis - 08-07-2025
(08-04-2025, 09:21 AM)stav Wrote: Saving money and enjoying yourself in the process seems to be a win win.
Exactly right, Ray has it figured out.
RE: 1,497 and counting - kurt18947 - 08-08-2025
(07-21-2025, 04:33 PM)fredhargis Wrote: We did the current kitchen about 6 years ago and I tried my best to sway the countertop decision to HPL. They really do some nice stuff with that, much nicer than, say, 30 years ago. I lost, someone in the house seemed to believe that only quartz or granite (or solid surface) is worth having. Meanwhile all the other other countertops in the house (utility room, baths, etc. ) are HPL
We did solid surface countertops. SWMBO found a source and after a little studying and reading it worked out pretty well. There is a company that sells overstock and discontinued solid surface sheets from different manufacturers. www.solidsurface.com. DuPont used to have their fabrication manual online, I don't see it now at my bookmark. It looks like they've replaced the manual with a series of bulletins. https://www.corian.com/-documentation-#-fabrication-bulletins-