Comments on: Alkemi countertop: a recycled metal surface http://www.getwithgreen.com/2008/10/14/alkemi-countertop-a-recycled-metal-surface/ Green Home Improvement Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:59:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Carroll Brennan http://www.getwithgreen.com/2008/10/14/alkemi-countertop-a-recycled-metal-surface/#comment-370 Carroll Brennan Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:29:49 +0000 http://www.getwithgreen.com/?p=590#comment-370 Hi David. This is a little imprecise, but I think it will give a pretty good idea of some comparisons. We were looking for a countertop for a media room counter and hoped to use Alkemi. The estimate for product, shipping, fabrication, and installation was about $5000. The same countertop in a high-end Wilsonart granite-look laminate on "green" board with low-VOC adhesive and a rounded post-formed edge was about $1100. Not as unique, but a green product and it looks great. An estimate for an Icestone vanity top (product, shipping, and fabrication) was about $1700 - we went with EcoX for about $700 (and the product had to travel fewer miles to get to us!). A Shetkastone vanity top was about $200 - it is a fun product and a really nice group of people work there ("Minnesota nice")- fewer color selections than Paperstone or Richlite, but a little more economical too. Hi David. This is a little imprecise, but I think it will give a pretty good idea of some comparisons. We were looking for a countertop for a media room counter and hoped to use Alkemi. The estimate for product, shipping, fabrication, and installation was about $5000. The same countertop in a high-end Wilsonart granite-look laminate on “green” board with low-VOC adhesive and a rounded post-formed edge was about $1100. Not as unique, but a green product and it looks great. An estimate for an Icestone vanity top (product, shipping, and fabrication) was about $1700 - we went with EcoX for about $700 (and the product had to travel fewer miles to get to us!). A Shetkastone vanity top was about $200 - it is a fun product and a really nice group of people work there (”Minnesota nice”)- fewer color selections than Paperstone or Richlite, but a little more economical too.

]]> By: David Putnam http://www.getwithgreen.com/2008/10/14/alkemi-countertop-a-recycled-metal-surface/#comment-361 David Putnam Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:18:53 +0000 http://www.getwithgreen.com/?p=590#comment-361 Hi Carroll, Thank you for contributing your experience! We will providing some ballpark pricing shortly on the site. If you have some from your experience 'on the street', please share with our readers!! David GetWithGreen.com Hi Carroll,

Thank you for contributing your experience! We will providing some ballpark pricing shortly on the site. If you have some from your experience ‘on the street’, please share with our readers!!

David
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]]> By: Carroll Brennan http://www.getwithgreen.com/2008/10/14/alkemi-countertop-a-recycled-metal-surface/#comment-359 Carroll Brennan Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:00:56 +0000 http://www.getwithgreen.com/?p=590#comment-359 Yes, Alkemi is pretty cool, BUT exorbitantly priced. More reasonable, also cool, green products include Shetkastone and EcoX from MeldUSA. And don't forget good old laminates in a huge assortment of patterns - when used with formaldehyde-free "green" board and low-VOC adhesives, they are the best deal around, even better if you find a fabricator who can do post-formed edges! Yes, Alkemi is pretty cool, BUT exorbitantly priced. More reasonable, also cool, green products include Shetkastone and EcoX from MeldUSA. And don’t forget good old laminates in a huge assortment of patterns - when used with formaldehyde-free “green” board and low-VOC adhesives, they are the best deal around, even better if you find a fabricator who can do post-formed edges!

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