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9th August 2011, 11:46 AM #1Intermediate Member
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MDF/chipboard/plywood prices
Just wondering what people have paid for MDF/chipboard/plywood sheets (especially in adelaide)
Asking becuase the local timber supplier wants $200 for a 16mm MDF pine veneer sheet at 1200x2400 and 250 for Jarrah.
Seemed exessive to me and im looking for what is a normal price to pay.
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10th August 2011, 02:38 AM #2GOLD MEMBER
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What you are paying for is the labour in selecting, cutting, matching & glueing the veneer. The base board of MDF/chipboard is less than $50 on a bad day, the rest is the veneer.
Those prices compare fairly with the prices that were being charged by Brims when they were still in business a few years ago in Sydney & Brisbane.
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29th August 2011, 01:32 PM #3Intermediate Member
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This sounds a bit high to me. I can get pine for about $100 and jarrah for about $180. That's on MR MDF. Maybe you could find a direct distributor whe could give you a better price.
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29th August 2011, 01:51 PM #4Senior Member
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If that are prices for pine veneered MDF, aren't you better of buying appearance grade pine plywood?
Also look at if it is both sides high grade veneer.
If you only need one good side that is available as well, cheaper.
I have noticed big differences between suppliers, in Tassie I found if I buy straight from Gunns a lot cheaper. Prices Ken-67 mentions sound about right.
In my eyes they do the veneering almost for free for you, the price of sheet material plus veneer for both sides (inluding waste you would have had) and glue is not much less then buying veneered sheets.
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29th August 2011, 09:04 PM #5Intermediate Member
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Im going to have to give a few places in Adelaide a ring I think and see what the prices are down there.
Plywood is an option but MDF is more stable since i dont have a place to properly store plywood currently
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