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Alternative Kitchen Carcasses.

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  • 06-11-2011 8:58pm
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    papac
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    I am planning to build my own kitchen from scratch and I have an aversion to MDF/Chip/Melamine.

    I noticed that in the US they use a prefinished ply for carcasses which look good imo and should be far more durable. (Stuff I saw seemed to have a polyeurathane (sp?) coat on it and was really tough.) Anybody know if that ply can be bought in Ireland.??

    Any other suggestions for material for carcasses??
    Thanks.


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    earpiece
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    I'm personnaly a big fan of Birch Plywood, it's strong, durable and finishes well.... the down side is it's expensive, about €50 per 8x4 sheet of 18mm, but in my book, worth it.


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    Outkast_IRE
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    papac wrote: »
    I am planning to build my own kitchen from scratch and I have an aversion to MDF/Chip/Melamine.

    I noticed that in the US they use a prefinished ply for carcasses which look good imo and should be far more durable. (Stuff I saw seemed to have a polyeurathane (sp?) coat on it and was really tough.) Anybody know if that ply can be bought in Ireland.??

    Any other suggestions for material for carcasses??
    Thanks.
    I have actually seen the ply material you are on about , i was working in a house recently where one was installed the supplier was from belfast, excellent solid stuff , pricey but gives the impression its super tough and would last.


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    papac
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    earpiece wrote: »
    I'm personnaly a big fan of Birch Plywood, it's strong, durable and finishes well.... the down side is it's expensive, about €50 per 8x4 sheet of 18mm, but in my book, worth it.

    Yep. Should have said that Birch Ply is my current thinking. I am a fan of it also. Just wondering if there were any alternatives I wasn't aware of.


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    earpiece
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    you can't beat birch ply, i always encourage clients to spend that bit extra for quality. MDF is such a curse.... but that said, it does have it's place.


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