I offer runnels for around 350, but I often offer discounts for a 'cash' discount around 300 for obvious reasons. I'm still a small shop so I crunch when I need to. I would find it hard to make it worth the investment and the work to offer it for under that. You have to rememember I'm also in a down market so we tend to operate at bottom line.

Also make sure you see an example of the runnels that people offer, some are not worth a dime. . .

I wouldn't judge runnels by exact measurements but by how they perform and how they look. Someone who knows will know . . .lol

I'm looking at a quote by my contractor who I imagine marked up the quote by their fabricator of around $750 each for 1 runnel and 1 sloped drain. Maybe they marked it up more than they should have. Hmm. Thanks.

Maybe I should raise my price. . .lol. I must say if I was only doing this one time I would be a lot more expensive, I get this detail alot. . . . and I'm set up for it.

Again I stress see their work and get them to at least show you what they can do. . . My shop is pretty primitive but if you walk away feeling I can't do what I tell you, I haven't done enough. . . . A good job is worth it's weight in gold. . . .I would rather pay too much and get a job done right than a deal and have to live with a job done wrong. . .

I checked with 2 other well-regarded soapstone places and they both were in the $300-$350 range. This other one comes from a general stone place, mostly granite so either they are ripping off my contractor, or my contractor is ripping off me! Now I have to be careful about flooring and tiling, too. What a pain.

Yes--be sure to see their runnels!

I just assumed that all runnels were created equal. Wrong! I paid 350 for mine, and they are odd indeed. They look very charming, but they are very shallow, and the bottoms are SQUARE. They don't drain worth a darn.

But they look cute and rustic...

Actually, come to think of it, I don't think I paid anything. After the non-repairable, non-replaceable 20 inch crack in my soapstone, the fabricator refunded my installation costs.

But I would have been charged 350 for lousy, non-functioning runnels....

Francy