three weeks to change a window?

Dave_the_Ginger_Cat

I've had dormer windows take that long to order - depends on the size and if they have them in stock. I personally would not have taken the old one out once it was measured up

Look on the bright side - it's summer and you're safe and secure

leveller2911

ACG wrote: »

I dont understand how it can take 3 weeks.

3 days would be a long time in my books. I would be fuming to be honest.

I used to be a landlord, tenant told me that the wood in one of the windows had started to rot. Called a joiner i know and he went in 2-3 days later took out the window MADE a new frame for it and fitted it within the day. I went down the next day and painted it. 2 days work at most - and even that is pushing it.

I make wooden windows for a living and it can take over a week just to make a single window depending on size,style and number of openers, then you may have to wait 5 working days for a toughend double glazed sealed unit........Then it should be primed at least before fitting so I don't really see a 3 week wait as too much.They shouldn't have taken the old one out and boarded up before the replacement had been made.

Horses for coarses.........;)

leveller2911

fart wrote: »

One day is far too long to fit a window. I've seen joiners on site that can fit 6/7 a day easily.

sweeping statement.............. If I make a boxframe sash window I always allow a full day to fit and this includes inside linings and making good... I have also fitted 5 casement windows in a single day...Without knowing more details no one can say how long it should take..

FWIW I would have carried out a site survey without removing the existing window ,construct the window and return to site to fit.. Really don't understand why they took the old one out and boarded up ,unless it was a complex window to make...

ACG

I think thats the point.

It might take a day, a week or a month to fit a window but removing one window without having the new one ready is the bit that is a P take.

pmlindyloo

lilavienna wrote: »

I live in a rented attic flat, and the living room dormer window has been in a bad state for quite a while (rotten frames, drafty etc.) Now the landlord has finally decided to put a new window in.

Yesterday, the old window was taken out, and it is now all boarded up with wood. Initially, I was told ordering the new glass would take a week, and that everything should be finished within ten days or so..

But now I'm being told that part of the glass will be fitted on August 19th, and that only once that is done, the remaining part can be ordered, which will take another week, which means I can't expect everything to be finished before August 28th, at the very earliest, so that's three weeks to change one window.

It's not great looking at boarded up wood for three weeks, plus it's drafty and noisy, plus it's a hassle to move furniture backwards and forwards for the days when work is actually done on the window, but I can put up with that.

The real problem is that I've got family coming to visit at the end of the month, and I'm really not sure how I'm going to fit them in if work on the window is still on-going. I've got a one bedroom flat, and with people coming to stay I really need the full use of the living room. What makes it worse is that my parents already suffered a lot of disruption when they visited two years ago, and part of the kitchen ceiling fell down.

What I'm wondering is, do I have any grounds to demand a rent reduction if they don't finish the work within a reasonable time, and I cant' put my parents up in my flat? I don't understand why my window is so much more complicated than the one in the first floor flat, which was changed within a day.

Thank you very much!

I am sorry that you feel my reply was arrogant. It was certainly not intended to be.

If you reread your original post (the bits I have highlighted) there is no mention of your family flying here to visit. Also, you do ask if you have grounds for a rent reduction if they don't finish the work in a reasonable time and because you can't put your parents up.

The trouble with posting on an open forum is that there is little 'room' for reading between the lines and no immediate knowledge of all the facts by questioning and answering. I took the post to mean exactly as you wrote it.

Now I know your parents are coming a long way to visit then obviously that makes a difference to the situation and clearly it is a very annoying situation to be in.

Sadly, your comment about landlords can sometimes be correct - he does sound incompetent - equally there are some very decent ones - you just seem to 'meet' a lot of the bad ones on here.

Dave_the_Ginger_Cat

pmlindyloo wrote: »

Sadly, your comment about landlords can sometimes be correct - he does sound incompetent - equally there are some very decent ones - you just seem to 'meet' a lot of the bad ones on here.

Those of us who (I hope) are nice offer advice rather than get complained about!