On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:36:53 -0600, "DanG" wrote:

You might be quite shocked to find out what toilet partitions
cost. Gibraltor brand are solid phenolic capped with a melamine
final surface. Santana is solid plastic . Bobrick is a hybrid
fiberglass/plastic type product. Stainless steel, marble, etc
round out the possibilities. At the bottom end are painted steel
and Formica clad particle board.

Painted steel is the cheapest. $50-75 per surface - each door,
pilaster, side wall and additional money for hardware and clips.
Santana well over $200 per surface. Gibraltor and Bobrick quite a
bit higher.

Santana partitions are pretty good and reasonably priced compared to
competition. The School District I work for has used it extensively as
it does a good job of resisting the efforts of the little bast... er,
little darlings to write on it, carve on it, burn it and otherwise
trash their schools. It also doen't rust (even when regularly peed
upon), doesn't absorb odors, is easily installed, holds well to
fasteners, etc. I have a nice sheet of their stuff in black from when
a renovation was done. Many years old (I think it was in that restroom
for about 25 years) and still in great shape. Have had it for several
years and haven't quite decided what to use it for... For the prior
poster, a decent set of stalls in a reasonably sized public restroom
that are designed to take this kind of abuse for 30 to 40 years will
most definitely cost more than $5,000 when you include hardware and
installation. Material cost differences between a good product like
Santana and some painted steel stalls that will be ready for the
dumpster in 5 years (if they can even last that long) is really
minimal to the overall project cost.

On Jan 24, 4:42*pm, dhall987 wrote:
On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:36:53 -0600, "DanG" wrote:
You might be quite shocked to find out what toilet partitions
cost. *Gibraltor brand are solid phenolic capped with a melamine
final surface. *Santana is solid plastic . *Bobrick is a hybrid
fiberglass/plastic type product. *Stainless steel, marble, etc
round out the possibilities. *At the bottom end are painted steel
and Formica clad particle board.

Painted steel is the cheapest. *$50-75 per surface - each door,
pilaster, side wall and additional money for hardware and clips.
Santana well over $200 per surface. *Gibraltor and Bobrick quite a
bit higher.

Santana partitions are pretty good and reasonably priced compared to
competition. The School District I work for has used it extensively as
it does a good job of resisting the efforts of the little bast... er,
little darlings to write on it, carve on it, burn it and otherwise
trash their schools. It also doen't rust (even when regularly peed
upon), doesn't absorb odors, is easily installed, holds well to
fasteners, etc. I have a nice sheet of their stuff in black from when
a renovation was done. Many years old (I think it was in that restroom
for about 25 years) and still in great shape. Have had it for several
years and haven't quite decided what to use it for... *For the prior
poster, a decent set of stalls in a reasonably sized public restroom
that are designed to take this kind of abuse for 30 to 40 years will
most definitely cost more than $5,000 when you include hardware and
installation. Material cost differences between a good product like
Santana and some painted steel stalls that will be ready for the
dumpster in 5 years (if they can even last that long) is really
minimal to the overall project cost.

I have installed 3/4" Corian as partitions. Can be refinished,
impervious to acidic fluids,
easy to clean. Mind you, the installations were in a community
college, so the abuse was somewhat less than
the abuse younger, more energetic little snowflakes seem to impart on
****houses.
No more pricey, at the time, than phenolic. I'm not even sure DuPont
makes 3/4" anymore.
I also installed some smaller partitions at a Holiday Inn. The were
1/2" material and were installed between urinals.
Colour matched to a series of 4-bowl vanities. Looked great years
later.