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3m sq floor tiling
Had a quote of £240 inc VAT to lay just under 3m sq of floor tiles, which involves lifting the loo basin, putting some underlaying sheet to prevent cracking from moving floor boards, and a new strip between the floor and the adjoining floor carpet. The work is in a samll bathroom.
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Replacing back boiler with combi quote?
Hi all - Just got a quote and I am thinking it is on the high side...can anyone advise?: To drain down the heating system. To disconnect and remove from site the existing boiler, cylinder and gas fire. To disconnect but leave in the loft the cws tank and the expansion tank. To supply and fit a new Vaillant ecotec plus 831…
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Central heating quotes - need help
I need help! I have had a couple of quotes and I am fairly happy with both prices but just don't know if I am comparing like with like. Both have recommended we don't got for a combi because of concerns re: water pressure and also the gas flow (I think). I checked with a neighbour and they had same advice when they were…
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Price for painting windows and doors.
My mum needs some window and door exteriors painting, when the weather improves slightly. Normally I would do it for her, but since she has moved 150 miles away, that isn't very practical. I always do my own DIY, so have no idea what would be a fair quote, hopefully a forum member will be able to give me some idea. The job…
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Just wanted an opinion please!!!!
Hi, this is my first post, so please excuse me, if I do anything wrong!!!! I just wanted some advice on a bill I recieved today from a plumber. Our boiler broke down and the plumber (just a local sole trader) came to fix it! It is a worcester oil bolier nad he replaiced the pump coil. He was in my house for an hour and 5…
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Lintels for 2 windows and 2 French doors, £3500?
Hi I had a qoute for cuting bricks out and fitting lintels as follow: * Existing window 1800 x 1200 to be made bigger to 2600 x 1800 using a catnic lentel and cutting the extra brick work * Existing window 1800 x 1200 to be made bigger to 1400 x 1800 by bricking up a bit and cutting the side a bit with a 2100 catnic *…
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Gas Related Work - Thoughts on prices?
Hi all, I'm in the process of negotiating on a house purchase. It's early days and I'd like to get some local tradesmen to quote on work, but thought I'd ask here first. There is gas in the street but not in this house, there is no central heating, just two open fires. The bathroom is derelict. The list below is work I…
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Fit an internal door?
How much roughly should I be looking at to get an internal door fitted if I supply the door and also the handles? Ive had one quote back which was £85. I have since emailed back asking how much the quote would be if I was to have 4 internal doors fitted. Not sure if it would work out better in the long run to get all the…
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Structural engineer to expose, inspect and advise on existing RSJ
Had RSJ put in to opening between dining room and lounge by a firm of not very good builders. They told me they used Engineer's Calcs but despite numerous requests have not supplied anything (tried to trick me by giving docs from another job instead) so I suspect they were lying. They also did not involve Building Control.…
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carpet clean
Hi what sort of price would I be looking at to get proffesional cleans in to clean my living room carpet@ room is approx 20foot by 10 foot. or failing that how much does a rug doctor cost to hire. thank you hopefully
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Cost of various electrical works
Hi Have been quoted £640 incl VAT to upgrade my fuse boards. I currently have two - one standard and one old economy seven. A couple of my old economy seven switches have been converted to sockets so the plan is to remove the economy seven board, and replace the standard one with a 10 way board and put the converted…
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Renavations
Hi am renovating a houses it's a small terrace house I.would be looking for new bathroom tiled and plastered Large bedroom slit into two fully plastid Sky light 3foot by 2foot put in hall also hall fully plastid Wall taking down in living room to make open plan kitchen area and whole room plaster new kitchen and French…
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How much to fit a toilet?
We have bought a new toilet from B&Q and were going to fit it ourselves. After looking at the old one and the fittings for the new we have chickened out and want to get a plumber to fit it for us. Could anybody give us an idea of how much it would cost to fit it? Thanks in advance.
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Costs for groundworkers for patio removal?
Would be grateful for an idea of the cost for a couple of groundworkers for a day to take up a load of crazy paving. Many thanks, Murph
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Boiler installation - engineer asking for deposit via bank transfer
Hi all, I have accepted a quote on a boiler installation. The engineer has asked for a 40% deposit via a bank transfer. This gives us no protection whatsoever and we have to trust that we'll receive a receipt/contract after payment has been made. He can't accept credit cards, which would at least give us some comeback if…
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How much to remove part of chimney breast?
Hi. We have a chimney breast in a downstairs room which doesn't continue all the way up through the room above so it has no support function. We want to retain it but knock the central part out and put two large cupboards there. When I mentioned this to the builder he raised his eyebrows and said knocking out and removing…
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Quote for replacement ridge tiles
Hi there, I'm feeling a bit sick at the moment as I think I may have signed something I shouldn't have. I'll try to keep this short.... At around 3am this morning I heard a loud rumbling noise but being the time that it was I just drifted off thinking I had imagined it. Well, this morning when I left for work I noticed a…
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Central heating installation cost help please?
Hello there, I have recently moved into my first flat and unfortunately it is plagued with awful and useless storage heaters! Therefore, I am thinking about getting central heating installed at some point this year (then hopefully more than 2 rooms will be warm at once!!). It is a conversion flat, first floor and there is…
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How much for replacement fencing
After the recent high winds I've lost part of my fence which is larchlap with wooden posts. Five 6 foot high panels need replacing and 6 posts have snapped off at the base so will need to be dug out and replaced. Does anyone have an idea of how much this work would cost? The ground is level and the fence is easily…
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Fixing broken door frame
The door handle on my daughter's bedroom door broke while she was in there and we ended up having to kick the door in. The door survived but the door frame broke, with one of the long sides coming away from the wall. The property is rented and the landlord has apparently been quoted £300 to have it fixed, to come out of…
