> zxcvbob writes:
>
>PENMART01 wrote:
>>> "Christopher J. Webster" says:
>>>
>>> While formica is not particularly indestructible, it's cheap enough
>>> to replace every 5 years.
>>
>> And that's exactly what I do, gives my kitchen a fresh new appearance
>> for very little money, and other than for futzing with the sink I can
>> remove the old and install the new myself with little more than a
>> screw driver.
>
>I thought it took a bucket of contact cement and a router. Or do you
>mean a prefab countertop and you replace the whole top?

I replace the whole top... last time I replaced a counter top a few years ago
the price was like $20 or so a running foot depending on which laminate -- Home
Depot will supply counter top to your measurements in a vast array of
laminates. This kitchen has 24' of counter top (would cost about $500), a fully
covered backsplash up to the bottom of the cabinets (three full sheets 4' x 10'
should do it, about $100 worth), and one 8" x 3' windowsill (about $50).. well
under $1,000. How many thousands would I need to spend for stone?

>> I really don't see the point in spending what amounts to a year's
>> worth of groceries on a stone countertop just to impress the
>> neighbors...
>
>It's so you can break dishes and cups whenever you sit them down too
>hard or they tip over.
>
>> Hopefully in about a week my kitchen will look like this:
>>
><http://www.woodfloors.org/consumer/d...p?action=post&
rm1=ki&sp1=bc&di1=ve&rm2=dr&sp2=ac&di2=ho>
>>
>Looks nice (but dark). What kind of finish does it have?

That's the natural wood, no stain is used on brazilian cherry, and it gets a
bit darker with reddish purple tones over time when exposed to light. I wanted
something dark and with some character... it will get four coats of some
expensive ($80/gal) urethane type finish made in Sweden... used the same stuff
to refinish the living room when I first moved in, beautiful job. The entire
rest of the house is floored in a light colored oak, this area will have a very
different look, I chose wider boards too (3"), all the rest is 2" width. The
original owners used commercial grade vinyl tile, 12" squares, in a *horrid*
green and white marblized pattern... they lived with that grotesque kitchen
flooring some 41 years, I don't know how. And all the rest of the kitchen is
beautiful custom cherrywood cabinets and wall paneling, all from the same tree
that was cut from the property... in fact all the doors in the house are from
that same tree. The fellow who is doing the floor now, his father did the
original woodwook, Norwegians do gorgeous wood working, perfection fanatics who
take great pride in their work, they work alone, takes a little longer, but no
stinkin' illegal alien minimum wage helpers to fercockt things up and steal
stuff.

I haven't checked stone recently but I'm positive a stone countertop will cost
more than my entire 70 sq. yd. flooring job ($3,300).


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