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Sievers Benchwork, worth the price?
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Well, I roughly priced out what I would need through them.... since I'm doing a 21x16 foot bonus room as an entire layout (E style) I would need approximately 14 of their 36"x48" modules, 4 24x48" modules, 2 24x36" modules, 17 36" wide leg assemblies (48" high), and 6 24" wide leg assemblies.... Grand total including estimated shipping (10% of total as per the website)..... I'm looking at around $2000 just for benchwork..... I pretty much made up my mind that whether I'm good at carpentry or not, I can do it (and still make alot of mistakes) for about 10% of that price if I buy the lumber myself and get my dad to do the cuts (he's got a nicely equipped wood shop) but it's gonna be a pain taking all the lumber to his place, cutting it and preassembling everything to make sure it fits, then dissassembling it all and setting it back up in the bonus room. I guess the time/labor/gas it'll take to do that though still won't add up to $2000, it'll just take longer to do. I hadn't really factored in that it was going to cost as much as it would when I posted the question. Their website shows several large layouts but they don't list price costs except for one, and it's really not even a comparison to the size I'm taking on.
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