Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Mar 19, 2008 6:26 pm Hi everyone,
I'm new to the "kitchen corner", quite amazing how much information found on this forum..... Anyway, my question is, is it possible to replace the laminate/formica layer on your kitchen cupboard and door in case you got bored with the colour with another laminate colour without changing the actual cupboard and door? I know that there's a laminate paint but that won't help if we want to have the woodgrain laminate..... Thanks guys Start: 15 May 08, Current: Handover inspection 19/09 after that, the house is ours!! Visit our blog: http://loveourgerbera.blogspot.com/ Re: Replacing laminate 2Mar 19, 2008 6:51 pm If your doors are actually laminated as opposed to cut from coloured board then it might technically be possible to remove and re laminate them...but it certainly won't be cheaper than buying new doors...in fact it might even end up costing the same as replacing the entire kitchen.
Cheers, Earl Re: Replacing laminate 3Mar 19, 2008 8:35 pm Thanks Earl, i didn't know that replacing the laminate could be more expensive.....i thought it was the opposite.
Surprising, i thought that laminate such as formica are just a small fractions of the overall cost of building a new kitchen compared to the material for the cabinets and labour costs. Start: 15 May 08, Current: Handover inspection 19/09 after that, the house is ours!! Visit our blog: http://loveourgerbera.blogspot.com/ Re: Replacing laminate 4Mar 19, 2008 10:26 pm The actual process of laminating and edging boards for doors and drawers is not that common any more, as it has been superceded by the more cost effective process of cutting the boards from large sheets of pre coloured material (colourboard) and edging them by machine with a matching edge strip.
Laminating boards for doors and drawers is quite labour intensive and only really done when a finish is required that is not available in colourboard. My comment about laminating doors costing more than a new kitchen was in the context of actually laminating doors - not replacing the doors with colourboard. Having said that, the greater part of a kitchen cost these days is in the finished boards not the carcasses. In the most basic designs the cabinetry might represent 40% of the overall cost but with some of the more refined finshes this can be even less. If you are thinking about getting a new finish on your doors try getting a quote on replacing all the boards, and then, if you can, get a costing for replacing the entire kitchen - you might be suprised at how small the difference is. Cheers, Earl 2 8366 Yes, get a builder, make sure he is experienced and a registered building practitioner 5 8979 Hi, we live in an area where the black soil is prone to a lot of movement. We have an old 50's house with masonite everywhere and nails popping out, warping, rusted etc.… 0 4515 |