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Ideal Star HE30
Just got a quote from the gas sales adviser for £4023.10 for an Ideal Star HE30 combination boiler. Does the price seems reasonable? Apparently our 14 yrrs Elan 2 does not meet certain regulation and the new boiler has to be fitted in a different location either in another part of the kitchen due to house design or in the…
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Double Glazing Quote
Had a quote for double glazing in London suburb. 2 x Large square style bay windows Secondary glaze landing window 2 x normal windows Total = 3.8k very large patio area with French doors 2 x rear windows with French door Total = 2k Small bay windows at rear of property normal straight window for small bedroom Total = 1k So…
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Gardening quote
Hi all, I would just like a bit of feedback on a quote. Garage with asbestos roof to be dismantled and removed. 6 ft fencing panels to be erected around 2 side of garden (approx 10/11 panels) 1 tree to be removed 20ft conifer 2 trees to be trimmed from 20ft to 10ft Lawn returfed (around 20ft by 8ft)...ish Quote received…
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Tiling Quote
Hey had a quote to tile the kitchen, corridor and utility floor. 66m2 £1200, our builder reckons it would only take 3 days and reckons it is expensive, just wondered what you thought. Everything is provided, this is purely a labour quote. The tiling is very straightforward, as we are tiling the floor before the kitchen is…
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Electrical rewiring quote -fair?
Is this electrical rewiring quote fair? We have a 1960s 4-roomed flat that needs a complete refurbishment which is being done by our general builder. We have reached the rewiring stage and our builder doesn’t do electrics. We asked 2 electricians to visit and quote for the job. Our builder has stripped out all old…
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Replacing a bathroom suite
Hi Everybody What is the average cost of removing the old and installing a new bathroom suite ? The items are all staying in the same place we are suppling the suite no tiling involved Many Thanks
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Reactfast plumbing service
Last December we had a blocked toilet, we called Reactfast for an emergency plumber. The problem was fixed and we paid £152.75. The next day we had floods of water through our bathroom floor to our kitchen, after five hours of waiting the plumber returned and attached the toilet properly. By then we had a fair bit of…
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Quote to paint 7 sash windows and 5 swing windows in London
Hi, I have been quoted £2000 to paint 7 sash windows and 5 swing windows, inside and out. Details as follows : each window to be made good where necessary i.e removal of flaky paint , rubbed down , filled(wood filler) , caulked , primed (if needed) , 2 coats of Weathershield Ext. Undercoat then finished of with 1 coat of…
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quote to paint 12 doors?
Hi there, Just got 12 new mahogany internal doors fitted with architrave and door frames. I want to get the doors varnished and have been advised by some of the good people on the boards here that it might be better to get a good decorater in as they probably will do a better class of finsih than even I'd hope to achieve.…
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Massive cost of new boiler
My mum is getting a new boiler put into the house. It is going to cost around 4 and a half grand. Is this normal? Our house is fairly small. Apparently the boiler costs around 1400pounds (british gas serias 5 high efficency boiler or something similar, apparently he showed her two, this was the cheapest), and for them to…
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Plastering quote - Edinburgh
I was quoted £400 today for filling and skimming three walls and the area around the bay window in my living room. It's quite a large room (42 square meters of plastering), but I have already stripped the walls and will sand them before they start work. It's a cash job, and the guys thought that it would take them most of…
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Boiler quote
Hi all Quote is £2500. This includes Removal of old boiler Removal of hot water, cold water and expansion tanks and pipes Install new Worcs Bosch boiler (awaiting confirmation of model) Upgrade 15mm pipe from meter to boiler to 22mm Mechanical timer (assuming analogue time switch thing) Wireless room stat Flush Inhibitor…
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plans for a conservatory? is this fair?
right before i start,iam not trying to get something for nothing,but dont appreciate being ripped off,i just want a good price iam building a conservatory,sent of a drawing conservatory company gave me mnoths ago,and building control replied back asking for clarification on 7-8 points,and wanted detailed plans,so i got a…
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Stripping & Waxing doors - Glasgow
I just called about getting 13 (and a half) doors stripped and waxed. The quote given was £180-250 a door, I thought that was pretty expensive, but the guy said that the cost was all in the waxing part as the stripping was fairly straightforward. any thoughts? Thanks for your help in advance.
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Combi boiler installation
Hope someone can give an opinion please: newly acquired 4-bed Victorian semi with old traditional boiler (previous owner said 13 years old but survey said over 20!). Both quotes will update the main gas pipe to 22mm and the situe of the boiler will be moving about 8-10 feet from its current location - it's curently hidden…
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Quote for laying circle patio
What could I expect to pay for having a 3m circle patio laid? I'd be supplying the actual patio stones from a site I've found online but would need the base ballast and sand, plus of course labour, supplied by whoever took on the job. The area is fairly flat so not much, if any, digging out to do, pretty straight forward…
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Kitchen worktop
I have saw Caesar Stone worktops, and they showed me a lot of different designs - which been made from a big collection of stones. At the fellas in CS they got Quartz surfaces and it is looking nice, the "Caesar" worktops got also models of Concetto which looks better, but costs more. Is the Concetto got any advantages?…
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What bolier and hot water tank? Help!!
What is the difference between direct and indirect tanks? I am developing a 2 bedroom coach house with no loft space. The house is gutted and has no mains gas. We have a bonded plastic tank for heating oil that looks to be relatively new that I would like to use, although the previous boiler has been removed. It is just…
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3m by 3.5m room - plastering
Hi All, I've just had a quote for the replastering of the walls and ceiling of our spare room. It was quoted at £395. That quote seems pretty good to me and it includes plaster coving, the building of a new frame and drywalling for two of the walls. These are currently larch walling and weren't done right originally. The…
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quote to put flat pack together
Have been quoted by a carpenter £150 to put together some Next bedroom furniture 2 bedside cabinets bed and bedhead one chest of drawers You can see bed and chests in this picture from the Next catalogue Also screw legs onto a tiny dining room table. The carpenters dayrate is £150 which I think perfectly reasonable. But a…