Infinity vs Infinity white quartzite
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Comments (12)Hi Selb, You made a mistake. We actually installed our windows in Sept. 2003, it has been three years. Nope, I am a software engineer in the Silicon Valley. I do not sell windows. I can carry on a long Object Oriented Design conversation longer than I can say much about Sash and frame, just read some of my very none-technical window responses. I registered here in 2003 to ask for help and advice just like other consumers. Unfortunately, no one here answered my questions then. So I decided to be as helpful and as truthful as I can once we have experience with the windows we looked at and purchased. So, just like others here, I am trying to help. I never posted any "response" or "advice" until this year. Even then, I do not dare call my responses "advice" because I am not professional windows person (except Microsoft Windows :-)). They are just personal experience and what we learnt from local windows retailers. I understand many here want to "out" windows salesmen, I applaud your effort. In my case, you are wrong. I challenge you to find a post from me dating to 2005, 2004, 2003. And I challenge anyone to find any of my current posts that "sells" Marvin. We like what we like, we dislike what we dislike, that is not selling, that is telling it like it is. I will continue to share experience good or bad as we have them. You can choose to read them or ignore them....See MoreMarvin's Infinity vs Next Gen Ultimate Clad for new construction
Comments (9)I'd take a look at the wood ultrex intergrity. Completely different look than the all ultrex model. The next gen Ultimate is beautiful as well. Ultimately, you are talking about a couple different choices here that despite being made by the same company (Infinity vs Ultimate), really have very different pros and cons. If a synthetic interior surface is acceptable to you, and performance is more than a passing concern, you'd be well-suited to look at some other options like high end vinyl and other composites. If otoh, you place more importance on the rich look and feel of the real wood interior, the wood/ultrex integrity and the ultimate will deliver that... I don't think that the Infinity is half bad as a window, it just doesn't necessarily do anything better than other options IMO. It is more of a compromise than a "best of both worlds" proposition IMO, and therefore hard to justify a price premium....See MoreWhirlpool "Pantry" fridge with infinity shelf WRF993FIFM
Comments (31)Appliances nowadays can last as long as they did in the past ... except that people now are loath to repair them largely due to service costs. The 1962 Whirlpool washer that started my family needed *many* repairs in the 15 years we had it, including the bearings replaced. Bearings bad again is what led to a new machine ... which was another Whirlpool that had considerably fewer repairs (no bearings) in its 18 years of use ... which led to another Whirlpool (also 18 years) which also had considerably fewer repairs than the 1962. Newer machines, design improvements, longer service life. My GE refrigerator being 13 years old and still running in my kitchen doesn't mean there haven't been repairs. The typical consumer would have thrown it out 7 years ago when the motherboard went bad and complained "arggghhh, it only lasted 6 years" ... but I am not a typical consumer, and I can DIY almost any repair (got the board for $125 from an eBay seller). Assuming someone else would have opted to have the first repair done (probably ~$300+), then perhaps it would have been tossed 3 years later when the ice dispenser chute solenoid malfunctioned because "that's two problems in 3 years, it's no good." I got the part from an online vendor for $24. Then two months later the ice maker water inlet valve went bad ($22). So yeah, it's 13 years and still running. And I haven't spent $1500+ for a new SxS stainless steel finish refrigerator like most other people would have done. My EnergyStar dishwasher is 14 years old. I don't know what are the current requirements on power consumption for EnergyStar qualification on refrigerators. I have clocked the GE with a Kill-a-Watt meter as pulling only 100 watts with the compressor running (throttled down to low speed). A compressor properly sized to the load will run close to 100% of the time, maintain a more consistent temperature, and pull lower wattage when running than one that's oversized and runs for shorter periods with wider temperature swings. This also applies to home air conditioning, and is the premise of two-speed systems. Story: My parents 15-ish years ago had a Lennox two-speed heat pump installed to replace a 1972 York. Electric bill dropped enough that the electric provider came to check if there's a problem, LOL. One of their neighbors decided to have his system replaced with the same after talking to dad, then got upset because the new system ran for much longer periods of time (at low speed). He had the installer rewire it to run only on high speed, so it would "cool down and shut off like my old one did" which completely negates the benefits of the two-speed system....See MoreQuotes on Quartz, Quartzite, Granite...thoughts?
Comments (19)"Shannon, you are right on point. Another way to say what you have written is that the stone counter fabrication market is rampant with obfuscation." NO. That is NOT what I said at all. I do not know how you got that from what I wrote. You missed entirely my point. The theme throughout my post was that stone pricing is a matter of supply and demand. I said that every which way. Your outrage and paranoia ignore that you and everyone else are free to go to as many stoneyards as you want, and as many fabricators as you want, and get quotes until you find one that is the right combination for your budget and what stone you like. You are also free to seek out other materials like wood, formica, Corian, stainless steel if you don't like stone pricing. If the stone you like is out of your budget, that is not anyone "manipulating" the customer. Again, that has to do with supply and demand. What you like may be what everyone else likes at that point in time, and if there isn't a lot of it, the price will go up and may be more than you are willing to pay. You also ignore the idea that the more skilled fabricators charge higher prices for their expertise, as they should. Do you know how many hack jobs of counters we see on this forum from people who hired fabricators based on their low cost? Hundreds. You wrote "some of the providers are making out like bandits" - what? People are entitled to make a living and put food on the table for their families, and if they are very good, they should make more. Again supply and demand - if people aren't willing to pay, the price would go down. "the marketers and other entities can charge whatever the market will tolerate." Yes, that is called a free market. It happens for everything you purchase every day. Food, furnishings, housing, gasoline, entertainments, electronics, airfare, etc. If you don't like those charges, you are free to look at all the other choices available to you. I am disappointed you misinterpreted what I said. I want the readers of this forum to know that what you are saying is not what I was saying....See MoreSun
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agomaybe it's just your lighting. Or maybe you got a slab that leans a little greener. remember, they are natural, so nothing will be consistent.
I believe (I could be wrong, but I've seen both) Infinity and infinity white are interchangeable.
these are all infinity/infinity white
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