Double glazing

CaRoLeAnNeHaLl

do  you think £3600 is expensive for replacement windows for 1 bedroom window and bay window which is of 3 casements?

FreeBear

Yes. Well over the top.

Had a bay and a few other windows replaced last year. From memory, the bay+one large window was just under £2K, but it included fitting of a lintel which bumped the price up.

cattie

Definititely, I had 5 large windows, all with A rated glass for less than that a couple of years ago!

Swasterix

CaRoLeAnNeHaLl said:

do  you think £3600 is expensive for replacement windows for 1 bedroom window and bay window which is of 3 casements?

They’re having your eyes out. I had 7x windows and a bifold door put in for a shade over £6k this summer. Although I am in the north east. Sometimes it ain’t so grim up here 😁

Jeepers_Creepers

Thirded.

We had a bay window replaced around 3 years ago - 2m wide, two fixed side casements and a 2-casement central section with 2 openers, Georgian beads - and a large bedroom window 1.8m wide x ditto high with 2 casements and 2 openers - and the total cost was around £1700. And they did an excellent job. And they cleared out rubble they found in the cavity and stopped a damp patch :-)

I contacted three local companies in all (all with good reputations) and one 'National just for fun. All three 'locals' were virtually identically priced, and I chose the one who showed a genuine interest in arriving at the best style and layout as I wasn't sure what would look best. One made very good suggestions and was at pains to ensure I was happy, and the other 2 were more "What is it you want?".

The 'National' was over 3 times as much, and a king-sized pita.

Swasterix

Jeepers_Creepers said:

Thirded.

We had a bay window replaced around 3 years ago - 2m wide, two fixed side casements and a 2-casement central section with 2 openers, Georgian beads - and a large bedroom window 1.8m wide x ditto high with 2 casements and 2 openers - and the total cost was around £1700. And they did an excellent job. And they cleared out rubble they found in the cavity and stopped a damp patch :-)

I contacted three local companies in all (all with good reputations) and one 'National just for fun. All three 'locals' were virtually identically priced, and I chose the one who showed a genuine interest in arriving at the best style and layout as I wasn't sure what would look best. One made very good suggestions and was at pains to ensure I was happy, and the other 2 were more "What is it you want?".

The 'National' was over 3 times as much, and a king-sized pita.

Good point! I had 3 quotes for mine... £6k, £7k and an eye watering £15k!!

So yeah.... get several quotes!

SameOldRoundabout

Very expensive! I’ve had 9 large windows replaced for £3800. Agree though, find a local company (Local Facebook pages are good for recommendations) and get a couple of quotes. 

Jeepers_Creepers

Swasterix said:

Jeepers_Creepers said:

Thirded.

We had a bay window replaced around 3 years ago - 2m wide, two fixed side casements and a 2-casement central section with 2 openers, Georgian beads - and a large bedroom window 1.8m wide x ditto high with 2 casements and 2 openers - and the total cost was around £1700. And they did an excellent job. And they cleared out rubble they found in the cavity and stopped a damp patch :-)

I contacted three local companies in all (all with good reputations) and one 'National just for fun. All three 'locals' were virtually identically priced, and I chose the one who showed a genuine interest in arriving at the best style and layout as I wasn't sure what would look best. One made very good suggestions and was at pains to ensure I was happy, and the other 2 were more "What is it you want?".

The 'National' was over 3 times as much, and a king-sized pita.

Good point! I had 3 quotes for mine... £6k, £7k and an eye watering £15k!!

So yeah.... get several quotes!

The eye-watering quote would have ultimately come down to £5k. But by then you'd have lost the will to live... :-)

Swasterix

Jeepers_Creepers said:

Swasterix said:

Jeepers_Creepers said:

Thirded.

We had a bay window replaced around 3 years ago - 2m wide, two fixed side casements and a 2-casement central section with 2 openers, Georgian beads - and a large bedroom window 1.8m wide x ditto high with 2 casements and 2 openers - and the total cost was around £1700. And they did an excellent job. And they cleared out rubble they found in the cavity and stopped a damp patch :-)

I contacted three local companies in all (all with good reputations) and one 'National just for fun. All three 'locals' were virtually identically priced, and I chose the one who showed a genuine interest in arriving at the best style and layout as I wasn't sure what would look best. One made very good suggestions and was at pains to ensure I was happy, and the other 2 were more "What is it you want?".

The 'National' was over 3 times as much, and a king-sized pita.

Good point! I had 3 quotes for mine... £6k, £7k and an eye watering £15k!!

So yeah.... get several quotes!

The eye-watering quote would have ultimately come down to £5k. But by then you'd have lost the will to live... :-)

Absolutely! He did spend an extraordinary amount of time in the house. Got to the point where I was sick of him and had to more or less ask him to leave. The firm in question has George Clark in their advertising, so can only assume they’re having to charge extra to pay his salary 😂

ciderboy2009

With bay windows a lot depends on what type of bay you've got - if you've got one (like ours) with a little 'roof' on top of it then the windows have to all be reinforced to support it.  We got quotes (all small independents) ranging from £4k to £12k to replace ours (the average was £5k to £6k). :-(