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Brixton tradesmen recommendations: plumbers, electricians, locksmiths, van drivers etc

Smick said:
We have a basement which I reckon we could turn in to a usable bedroom if it were to have the floor dropped by 18".

Does anyone know of a trustworthy and competent builder who would be able to come round and quote?
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Don't know anyone I could personally recommend. If I recall you don't have side or rear access to y our garden (?) so everything that is dug out would have to come through your flat... and do not under estimate the amount of stuff that will have to come out! It fluffs up (not a technical term!) amazingly.

Client of mine had hers done out a few years back - huge job involving 2 ground pumps (1 in case the other failed), specialist tanking with membrane etc etc. Admittedly it was mahoosive - she had a gym, sauna, swimming pool and kitchen in there!
 
sparkybird said:
Don't know anyone I could personally recommend. If I recall you don't have side or rear access to y our garden (?) so everything that is dug out would have to come through your flat... and do not under estimate the amount of stuff that will have to come out! It fluffs up (not a technical term!) amazingly!
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We've got a door opposite the basement entrance in to the side alley although that alley is about the width of a wheelbarrow so the ground couldn't be taken directly from the basement to a skip. It would need to be transferred at that side door as you couldn't get the barrow turned going out the door. Alternatively, if we are making a window / French door at the back, make a hole first and take it out there.
 
Can anyone recommend someone to get rid of some trees from a garden (a largish sycamore tree, a 10 ft bay tree, an ash which is just a 4ft stump, but appears to be coming back from the dead, and a 5ft evergreen tree)
 
ohmyliver said:
Can anyone recommend someone to get rid of some trees from a garden (a largish sycamore tree, a 10 ft bay tree, an ash which is just a 4ft stump, but appears to be coming back from the dead, and a 5ft evergreen tree)
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http://www.prestigetreecare.co.uk/ I have used these a couple of times now and recommended them to others - cover all se london and came in much cheaper than other quotes, also really pleasant team and took all the debris away with out any disruption/mess.
 
shakespearegirl said:
We used: Paul Clarke (07946 506 909), he was brilliant, not a spot of dirt left in the house.

His friend was meant to be fitting a wood burning stove for us, but isn't returning my calls..
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Chimney sweep told us today that the fitting of woodburning stoves has become quite a racket.

Whole deal should cost around £2.2k, he reckoned, but, with inflated labour charges, some customers pay £4k.
 
leanderman said:
Chimney sweep told us today that the fitting of woodburning stoves has become quite a racket.

Whole deal should cost around £2.2k, he reckoned, but, with inflated labour charges, some customers pay £4k.
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Yep, one of our neighbours recommended Paul (Paul the chimney sweeps friend) as they saved a couple of thousand compared to other quotes. But I think he's just too busy..
 
Hello everyone. Just joined up to the forum as I will be moving to Brixton from Camberwell. I am a carpenter/builder with a small company. Check out my website:
WS Joinery and Construction.com to have a look at my work.
Tel: 07846731489
I will be happy to come and have a look at any jobs you may need doing, large or small. Very reliable with a long list of references if you need!
Thank you, Will Shaw.
 
Boudicca said:
Reporting in to the thread with my recent experiences with boiler plumbers recommended on this thread.

I initially called CW Services, Colin seemed very personable but not particularly knowledgeable as he said he had to go back to the office to look up the manual. He returned later, said the boiler needed a new PCB, but he had checked and Worcester were not making the parts any more as the boiler was too old. He said he would get me a quote for a new boiler.

I decided to ring Worcester, they said there should be no problem getting parts. I rang Parts Center and they had it in stock. :mad::mad::mad:

Then called James Barlett as recommended by Crispy. He said it was nothing to do with the PCB, the system needed flushing - he has spent the last three hours doing this and it is now working. James is great.

So a vote for James and a thumbs down for CW Services.
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Wanted to add to this post that, mainly on the strength of positive reports from previous posts, we contacted James Bartlett and asked him to quote for replacing our clapped-out central heating boiler. His quote was similar to other quotes we'd had, but we decided to ask James to do the job because we were impressed because he seemed to have such an in depth knowledge of boiler and pipework issues.

James completed the job last month and we would unreservedly recommend him to anyone looking for an engineer to replace an old CH boiler and update the system. The job in our house turned out to be quite difficult - the boiler had to be relocated and this involved drilling through a series of solid concrete walls and rerunning the pipework. James wasn't at all phased by this. The cherry on the cake was that he turned up on our doorstep a fortnight after the job had been completed asking if the system was working okay.

Eamil address:

bartlettplumbers <bartlettplumbers@msn.com>

So, another big thumbs up for James.
 
We have a parquet floor in a room 17 feet by 15 feet which needs sanding and revarnishing. I looked at earlier posts on U75 but only seemed to be one recommendation for sanding/varnishing floors. I contacted this firm and they quoted me £800, which is way outside my budget. Any other recommendations?
 
High Definition said:
We have a parquet floor in a room 17 feet by 15 feet which needs sanding and revarnishing. I looked at earlier posts on U75 but only seemed to be one recommendation for sanding/varnishing floors. I contacted this firm and they quoted me £800, which is way outside my budget. Any other recommendations?
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Hire and sander and do it yourself?
 
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