First Name | Tom |
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Last Name | Sherman |
Email Address | tom@cabinetmen.com |
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Subject | A Couple of Points--------- |
Comment | As the owner of a small cabinetshop (under $1 million/year volume)I'm watching this issue with a some interest. Despite your assurances, I see a larger than comfortable potential for damage to small shops like mine in several possible ways: 1. The proposal will still allow the importation of non-compliant panels for use in fabrication of products whose eventual destination is outside the state. Just as there are unlicensed, uninsured shops in operation despite the best efforts of the CSLB, these same shops will likely find ways to procure and use these non-compliant panels for in-state distribution. Not only does this have the potential to undercut the small shops with whom these noncompliant shops would be in competition, but we compliant shops will be squeezed from the other side as well, sharing the costs of inspection/compliance/enforcement. Further obfuscating the impact of this issue is a statement on Page 212, subsection titled "Cabinets", which seems to imply that compliance with this program might be voluntary, an unlikely premise given the intent of the proposal. 2. On page 215, under the subsection titled "Remodeling Project", you suggest that the panel costs for a $25,000.00 kitchen are $600.00. This subsection refers to Tables VIII-18 & 19, which appear to have been omitted from the proposal. Using Table VIII-17 as a reference, one can extrapolate that a $25,000 kitchen, using 3/4" maple plywood pre-compliance pricing of $38, should only require 15-3/4 sheets of plywood for the entire job, including countertops. Both the price per sheet and the number of sheets are understated here, likely by around 20-25% at a guess. This obviously understates, then, the cost impact of the subsequent implementation of Phase 2 standards. I recently read an article in one of the trade journals (I will be happy to hunt this up and send it along to you, although I suspect you already have it) which contends that the average person emits more formaldehyde from his body than do all the wood products combined in his residence. I mention this, assuming it is true, as a point of interest and reference. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2007-04-09 11:35:12 |
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