Lately, have been learning a lot of building materials.

Due to budget, was advised by contractor to go for reconstituted veneer instead of natural veneer. I have a couple of questions for situs here in the forum:

1. What is the average price difference between that of reconstituted and natural veneer?

2. Any pro and cons between the two types of veneer?

3. If reconstituted veneer is man-made, then how is it different from laminates then? What would be the 'value proposition' for using reconstituted veneer as compared to laminates?