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cworkshop do a sheet of double sided white laminated 18mm birch ply for £177 inc VAT, or £198 cut up. I've used them for bespoke doors and sides for ikea pax wardrobes (incl hinge cutouts and edge-banding) see photo. They've a lot more finishes and a decent online pricing tool.
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meneer
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More info / photos please! What height cupboards, how much bigger are the doors too and bottom than the cupboard? I assume that’s what you’ve done - some sort of overhang?
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white laminated 18mm birch ply
Can you help me understand the rational for laminated birch ply?
If you're not seeing the wood, and damage to the lamination will make it look tatty and be unrepairable (vs paint), why not use laminated chipboard or mdf?
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That’s a normal price across all the custom fronts purveyors, even the Poland-based ones aren’t much cheaper. Hipster tax is real.
Even if you go semi-DIY, Fenix is expensive: we were considering doing some of our fronts in Fenix, buying the Fenix sheets direct from manufacturer and getting a friend who has a laminating machine to stick them on. They cost £115+VAT per sheet, so double that as you need to laminate both sides to avoid warping. Plus the cost of an 18mm sheet of ply to go in between, and mates-rates for doing the lamination, and you’re looking at £700 per sheet inc VAT before you’ve even cut it up into cabinet sizes, routed the hinge cutouts/handles, tidied up and oiled the edges, accounted for waste/damage etc…