FIREPLACE UPGRADES: KNOW YOUR OPTIONS
FEB 28th
THE UNIQUE VALUE OF BUILDER OPTIONS
By: Austin Harril
Large scale builders offer homeowners incredible convenience when selecting fireplace upgrades to their home. When it comes to deciding on a mantelpiece, picking the design that is best for you is as easy as picking up a catalogue, leafing through it, and pointing. If you aren’t sure what you like, it’s often possible to compare different options in-person by touring display homes. Large-scale builders are uniquely capable of delivering an extremely convenient upgrade process, but it’s important to understand this convenience comes at a cost, one you ought to recognize to get the best value from your investment.
The Cost of Convenience
Large-scale builders have business models that emphasizes cost management. When it comes to your fireplace upgrades, they manage their costs by purchasing materials in bulk, and designing a range of options that use those materials. What isn’t often known is that these designs, much like Ikea furniture, are specifically designed such that anyone can put them together. By not requiring skilled labour to install a mantle upgrade, your builder is further able to drive down their costs.They don’t do this simply to extract money from you. As a business, your builder must recoup its investment in the creation of catalogues, the supply chains required to store and move massive quantities of materials, the creation of display homes, etc. Everything a builder does to provide the convenience they are uniquely capable of providing comes at a cost. In this case, that cost is the quality of your fireplace materials and design.
Integrity Masonry
When upgrading with a builder, you trade quality for convenience. When upgrading with craftsmen, you trade convenience for quality. Smaller-scale craftsmen can provide homeowners a broader range of options because they are not ‘locked in’ to a defined
selection of materials and design. While not as straightforward as leafing through a catalogue, custom masonry in no way is a difficult or complicated process. Consider our gallery of completed work as an equivalent to a catalogue, but don’t feel required to stop there. You can cruise the internet far and wide in search of inspiration. Consider Bookmark a few examples that inspire you, tell us what you like about them, and we can design a custom fireplace that suits your needs.
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