gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Just had a first somewhat scary quote.
Roughly 2 metres by 1 metre. Fully glazed.
£948
Roughly 2 metres by 1 metre. Fully glazed.
£948
Anyone had a uPVC back door fitted recently ?
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Presumably they are ripping out the old one, installing the new one and sealing, making good? What's the cost of the door?
blairsh
pale knuckle grip on this steering wheel
Sounds about right for supply and fitting. Shit but true.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
It wasn't itemised
It's a new opening we made...
20 years ago I had a whole house done for £2500
They were a bit shit though
Had the whole roof stripped leaded and felted for a similar price.
I bought a small window from them last year self-install
It was very good quality and roughly the same as one of the national suppliers
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
There's yer clue.
Face it, we're getting old. We'll be at the "HOW MUCH??? I used to be able to get 3 for a shilling, and still have change from a farthing" stage soon enough...
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Sounds about right tbh.
High Voltage
In the top 97% of Urban's most interesting posters
Remember, nearly £200 of that is VAT
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
We had our balcony door replaced and that was about the cost of it. We got a few quotes and one wanted two and a half grand for it so we fucking noped out of that one.
Entire door and frame was swapped out and it made a massive difference to the heat and warmth of house so it was worth it in the end. The old door was simple wood and non-double glazing
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gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Perhaps for perverse comedy I got Anglian to quote..
The chap seemed embarrassed to do all the discounting bollocks on the laptop in front of me and the email with the £1300 quote was a mile long and in the forefront was the offer to pay over 96 months at 12 percent APR !
As my brother put it, Anglian and their ilk are for "Acacia avenue"...
As it happens it did me a great favour as it made me radically change my plan.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
I don't know if it's still the case, but some years I was told by someone that worked for one of the big national firms, that they tend to pay 25% commission to the sales people, a 5% override for the sales manager, plus they tend to spend a lot on marketing, hence why they come out so expensive.
I was talking to the people next-door over the weekend, they are getting some new windows fitted, apparently they asked for recommendations on a local facebook page, and picked a highly recommended local builder, as brickwork is involved to increase the size of one window, that work plus 4 windows has come in at £2500 inc. VAT, which seems very reasonable.
Agrippa57
Still European. And Richie Blackmore is God
Sore point... Supposed to be fitting a new composite door and windows tomorrow. Spent much of the day preparing, moving things out of rooms and generally making thngs ready. Received a text this evening to say they haven't actually received the windows. Job delayed by a week. So we'll have to do it all again next Thursday.
