[Greenbuilding] PaperStone Counter Tops or Richlite Countertops ormaterials

[Irina Golfman]

I am also looking at the various counter top materials and would love to 
hear feedback on the materials already mentioned as well as Syndecrete 
http://www.syndesisinc.com/
3form www.3-form.com,
Icestone www.icestone.biz, and
Alkemi www.renewedmaterials.com

Any wisdom on pros/cons, installation, durability, etc., would be very much 
appreciated.

Irina Golfman Rosenblum
Belmont,
MA

At 05:22 PM 9/22/2006, Stephanie Merchant wrote:
>What's the cost comparison?
>
>What about Verrazzo?
>
>On 9/22/06, Tom Angell <tomangell at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > Here is an environmental comparison of Richlite and Paperstone that I
> > received from Joel Klippert, the founder of both companies.  He assured me
> > that the "other" composite is Richlite.  Paperstone is prone to warping
> > (not
> > sure about Richlite), so you need to mechanically fasten it.  We have
> > friends that have installed both (color black), and both get a slight
> > weathered look (no longer jet black, more of a mottled black) after
> > constant
> > water and cleaning.  These are not polished granite, which they are not
> > trying to be. We are about to remodel our kitchen, and we are going to use
> > Paperstone.
> >
> > "Environmental Impact Statistics
> >
> >
> >
> > A 1" by 5' by 12' sheet of PaperStone Certified (versus a regular phenolic
> > composite manufactured from virgin fiber and a regular, commercially
> > available, solvent-based resin) saves:
> >
> >
> >
> > ·        1233 gallons of water
> >
> > ·        2.03 million BTU's of energy
> >
> > ·        131 pounds of solid waste
> >
> > ·        254 pounds of greenhouse gases
> >
> > ·        55 pounds of petroleum-based phenol
> >
> > ·        22 pounds of natural gas-based methanol
> >
> >
> >
> > Regular PaperStone, with a 50% post-consumer recycled content product
> > (versus 100% for PaperStone Certified), saves a similar amount of phenol
> > and
> > methanol but only 50% of the water, energy, solid waste and greenhouse
> > gases
> > listed above.
> >
> >
> >
> > In either case, purchases of PaperStone products, versus the competitive
> > products, have a surprisingly large impact on our environment."
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards, Tom
> >
> > Thomas W. Angell, Architect, AIA
> > 621 South F Street
> > Spokane, WA 99224
> > ph: 509-747-7647
> > fax: 509-747-5979
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Carl Peters" <cpeters at osvold.com>
> > To: <greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org>
> > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 11:10 AM
> > Subject: [Greenbuilding] PaperStone Counter Tops or Richlite Countertops
> > ormaterials
> >
> >
> >
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