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What am I missing? Roof replacement cost
I’m somewhat confused and can only conclude the quotes I’m getting for a roof recoding are somewhat egregious given the amount and hope the collective mind can clarify. It’s a roof recovering for a 3 bed semi in South London so has hips and my simplistic breakdown was: Skip = £1000 Scaffold = £1500 Tiles and sundries £4000…
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Price of boiler spare part
I was told I needed a new pump for a boiler that had stopped working. It's a Vaillant ecoTEC pro 28. It was either pay for the pump or have no heating. The pump cost £350. I thought that a new boiler cost was about £2000 - £3000, and so £350 is a good proportion of this. Was that a reasonable price?
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Electrics (1930's house)
I had an electrician do a survey on my house and he identified the following Just would like to know what it means really in simple language and how urgent each is that it is done? Faults from testing/remedial work required to pass test and inspection: Low insulation resistance kitchen ring - this needs fault finding and…
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Loft insulation scam ???
Hi , I wonder if someone could tell me if I am trying to be scammed , I had a Surveyor come round from a goverment site for my loft insulation yesterday they said they could not install loft insulation in my loft as I have downlighters in the bedrooms below and it would not be worth it as you would have to leave a gap…
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Chimney Stack Removal - North London
We've been having issues with water ingress via the chimney since the chimney breast removal a few years ago (gone through numerous attempts to fix by different people without success). It's a chimney stack shared with neighbour in a Victorian house, which made it more complicated to diagnose and address it. So after so…
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Furniture disposal / removal
Hello I wondered whether anyone has advice on costs for furniture removal /disposal in London. I checked fantastic services who overcharge a bit usually and they quoted £233 for: 1 3 seater sofa 1 armchair 1 2 seater sofa 1 single bed with mattress Can this be done cheaper?
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Gutters cleaning and window cleaning
Paid somebody who knocked on the door to clean gutters and windows for a competitive price of £130, 2 semi. He did ask £50 for gutters only and if doing it with neighbour will be cheaper .When he left noticed he only cleaned the outside of the gutters, no way of knowing whether he did clean the gutters when challenged…
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Would you replace a 22 year old boiler?
Moved into my first house in July this year, the house is 22 years old and still have the original potterton suprima boiler. Boiler works absolutely fine apart from thermostat system which only has one 7 day setting for presets (therefore cannot set a separate weekend schedule). Boiler been serviced every year by previous…
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New double glazing quote
Hello Just wondering if this is a fair price 3 bedroom 1970's semi so a lot of very big windows and also a porch down stairs including front porch :- 5 windows , 3 doors ( 2 pvc & 1 composite) and 1 double french doors upstairs 6 windows price £11k Thanks
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Is this quote fair?
Hi, I have 3 quote to compare which there might be light different in between. 1. supply and fit water proof layer to asphalt box gutter (15kg) . seal corner where render meets brickwork which shows signs or deterioration and to rake out and point area which shows cracks by roof edge (total 400£) 2. fix solid edge tiles to…
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Roof Valley Replacement Quotes - Are they reasonable?
I have a leak through the roof into the room below.I have been told the roof valley needs to be replaced with the following done:scaffoldingremove old valley and tiles either side to about 1/2 a metre take out any rotten felt and replace with new felt where needed, under that area where tiles removedput in new fibreglass…
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New bathroom
I've had a quote for renovating a bathroom, and just wanted to check it was reasonable. Waiting for a second quite to come in too. Bathroom is 3x3m. New shower unit with sliding door, new basin, new toilet, tile all walls, tile floor, board over ceiling and install spots, some electrical work to move a socket. The current…
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Fitted Sliding Wardrobe Bedroom Doors
Hi, I'm think of buying my bedroom doors from fitted sliding wardrobes 3 doors with custom size extra tall but I need to fit it myself or get someone to fit £1455. Please let me know, thank you.
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Chimney Stack Repair Quote
Hello all! Have been having some leaks in our property. Roofer came out to do a Quote and took some pictures showing cracks along the top of the chimney stack. Has given us a quote of £850 to remove and recement the stack. The chimney stack is on the second floor, so it is relatively high up and on quite a steep incline.…
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Converting eaves storage
Hi, currently sizing up a budget to convert our eaves storage to make our two bedrooms larger. We have a cat slide roof with some decent eaves storage off the back of the bedrooms. There has been prior planning permission to convert it and we think now is the time to do it. Approx eaves is 30ft by 8ft with probably 4ft…
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Guttering , facials and clading
Hello Just received a quote of £2k supply and fit for 3 bed semi house All guttering and facias , ridge caps , cladding ( under 3 windows ) Parts approx £1k , labour approx £1k ( 3 days ) Thanks
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Roof Valley - just had a quote for re-concreting, is this a reasonable price?
Got roofer to come and look at a leak coming through the roof, through the loft, and dripping into the bedroom below. He said the concrete under the roof valley tiles is pulling away from them and letting water in.He said he would take out the old concrete along the roof valley, and put new concrete in. No tiles need to be…
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Roof Valley Repair Price Reasonable?
Just wondering if this price was reasonable.There was a leak from the roof into loft and bedroom below.Man came and looked at the ceiling where the water was dripping down, and went into the loft to have a look where the leak was coming from. Went outside and went up with a ladder to the roof ridge (2 storey house).Climbed…
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Fit new ignition switch to a Beko dual fuel cooker
The dual fuel (bought in 2022) cooker needs a new ignition switch. I have sourced one on the internet & know that is approx £10. My quote for buying said switch & fitting is £117. Is it approx 2 hours work?
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New Windows in Tenement Flat
I'm looking to get some very old windows replaced and I'm wondering what I should be looking out for. I stay in the Southside of Glasgow and saw a 2 vans in the area replacing windows, so I called them for quotes. One is just shy of 7k, the other just shy of 10k. 9 windows on the 3rd floor and approximately 1m x 2.3m each…