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Patio doors £4k
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parkingadvice1212
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Is £4K a reasonable quote in the south east to widen an existing opening (window), install a steel lintel and high quality upvc sliding patio doors?
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Sounds a bit too cheap.Structural engineer? Building control fees?What are the doors made from? How wide an opening?Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Doozergirl said:Sounds a bit too cheap.Structural engineer? Building control fees?What are the doors made from? How wide an opening?
The opening is going to be widened to around 1.9m- White acrylic modified PVC tested to BS 2782 for colour fastness, tensile strength, and elasticity.
- BS 476 for resistance to fire, and BS 5368 and BS5675 for watertightness and wind resistance.
- “A” Rated
- 5 chambered profile for strength, sound insulation and thermal insulation
- Internally beaded.
- Lowline gaskets
- Double glazed sealed units Argon-Krypton gas filled warm edge spacer bar
- Multi point shoot bolt espagnolette locking system with the facility to lock in a partially open position for ventilation, manufactured to “Secure by design” standards.
- Removal of old units from site
- 10-year insurance backed guarantee.
- FENSA Certificate.
- Brickwork Removal and Lintel
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Maybe. I still think it's a bit cheap. There's a lot of making good to be dine, inside and out.Struggling to see the value in a sliding door with a maximum of a 90cm opening. Why not french doors?Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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decent price for a difficult job inc materials
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Doozergirl said:Maybe. I still think it's a bit cheap. There's a lot of making good to be dine, inside and out.Struggling to see the value in a sliding door with a maximum of a 90cm opening. Why not french doors?0
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