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New Boiler / Plumbing / Fire & Cooker Installation Quote
I wonder whether anyone can tell me whether they think this is a fair quote. He hasn't advised what make of boiler or radiators this might include though or a breakdown of the costs. I live in a 2 bed bungalow (South Coast) and we currently have an old one pipe central heating system and a floor mounted boiler. Removal of…
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Unblocking a drain
Hi All, Does anyone know how much it would cost to unblock a blocked drain? Mine seems to be sealed up - looks like someone has thrown concrete down it, and it's set!! and the water from the sink and washer/dryer goes down the pipes and onto the garden!!!:mad:
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Vinyl for kitchen/bathroom - Fair ?
Local flooring shop in central London. Kitchen 250cm * 70cm, Bathroom 150cm * 130cm. So both tiny rooms. The good vinyl there is about £25 per meter. The stuff I picked is about £18 per meter , down from £25 cos it's end of line. Verbal quote there was £250 + VAT. He did say the vinyl cost was prob £80, the rest was the…
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How to fix a broken concrete floor?
My kitchen floor is breaking up and it might be quarry tiles underneath it. What needs to be done to fix it?
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Asbestos roof - how to dispose of
Reading a thread on here has made me wonder whether asbestos MUST be removed by a professional. We have an asbestos roof on an outbuilding. How much would it cost for this?
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tiling quote almost doubled!
I'd be interested in your thoughts. We had a tiler round who quoted £640 for the job which we agreed to. The person who recommended him said he charged about £33 per sq m and as the room and floor are 16 sq m I thought this obiously allowed about £100 for adhesive and grout. He has amost finished the job and his bill is…
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Bathroom quote - fair?
Hi I've been quoted £3,500 for the following work to be done in my bathroom, and the guy that gave us the quote says it will take him approx 2 weeks to do. Rip out old suite and remove old tiles from walls and carpet from floor. Remove old radiator Replaster walls as needed and retile shower area and splashback for new…
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roofing and guttering work
Remove chimney down to just below roof level. re tile and neccesary work. skip for rubble. Soffit boards to be fixed onto already asbestos in new pvc. Also 6 hip tiles (resecuring) and irons need replacing it is a 3 bed semi. cost £1250 Is this a good price??????? they reckon 3-4 days work? Im in north london
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New combi boiler for 3 bedroom house
Hello there, We've had what I feel is a rather large quote - £2,500 - to fit a new combi gas boiler (condensing now, obviously) in our 3 bedroom house. We have 8 radiators and only one bathroom. The installer wanted to install a Worcester-Bosch, which I know is the most expensive make. Plumber insists they're also the most…
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Fit New Shower Tray
Been quoted £400 to remove old tray and tiling etc to be able to fit a new tray and re-tile. Thanks
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Plumber for kitchen taps - fair ?
Replacing the tap in the kitchen. ( single kind that does both hot & cold ). Plumber quoted £120. This is a price for Central London. I haven't a clue if this is about right. Tbh I was so glad to find a local plumber that I've already booked him. But I'd still like to be reassured that this price is reasonable ?
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re-securing radiator to wall price £600
My sister in Edinburgh was verbally quoted "around £200" for re-securing a radiator to the wall. the system needed to be drained, the wall plaster cut back, 2x 4 fitted to cover the wooden battens behind , support struts fitted and the radiator re-fitted and some twisted pipework running from the bottom of the radiator…
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bathroom quote - reasonable?
Hi I've been quoted £1400 for the following work: • Remove existing bathroom suite • Remove all wall tiles • Remove existing radiator • Install new pipework for shower • Re-arrange / renew pipe-work to fit bath in new position • Re-arrange / renew pipe-work to fit basin in new position • Fit new w/c as close to soil pipe…
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external render
Hi all I need to get the render looked at on one of the walls of my house. It's a small Victorian house (the wall's approx 10m x 10m)but as it's on the end of the terrace it gets the brunt of the wind and the rain and is letting in a bit of penetrative damp. The first quote we got was £4500 which is way beyond what we can…
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new double electrical socket fitting?
Hiya all you electrians etc what is a good price for a double electric socket to be fitted?
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New Boiler . .fair quote?
We need to replace a 30 year old boiler in our bathroom. Apparently, it has limed up and the plumber has already fixed the immersion and put in a new element which has blown once. He said it had touched the build up and over-heated (??). Anyway - he has quoted about £ 1,500 to fit a new one which I think seems a bit steep.…
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Corner of a loft conversion!!!!
I really don't know how to explain this - so please bear with me. The plaster on the walls of our attic bedroom is crumbling away, and I was quoted about £450 to board and skim the room, without removing any of the old cr*p I was up there today and I realised that the problem walls are just lathe and crumbled plasterboard…
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New Detached Garage
Hi all, Looking at building a new detached garage in my flat grassed garden 7m x 6,5m trussed roof. including foundations / block walls / harling. Everything else will be doing my self ie drainage /electrics / roof trusses / tiling roof. Have had 1 quote of £13,000 which also includes re-harling 3 sides of my semi-…
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Garden/Landscaping Quote
Hi Can you help to see if this price is about right:- We are having our patio and drive replace with 1 level drive and paito and some retaining flower beds put in one one side to help retian the dry stone wall: - we are in south cumbria the quote is as follows Excavating and Tippin £600.00 5 ton of Sand £160.00 5 ton 20mm…
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Plastering quote..is this right?
Hi Wanted to run this past everyone before committing... we have approached a builder to skim 3 bedroom ceilings to cover horrible 1970's artex. The rooms are approx 12' 8'' by 9' 10'', 15' 1'' by 10' 7'' and 12' 9'' by 11'' 7' - we have been quoted about £ 680.00 per room. Does this seem too high or about right? Having…
