Think the door was a grand extra.
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tommye
Player Valuation: £100m
Only metal should be hinges and espagnolette (lock mechanism)
A regular blast of WD40 will be enough to keep them in good nick.
tommye
Player Valuation: £100m
It's a lovely door. Decent price that too.
tim gabbott
Player Valuation: £30m
All ways get equal side lines or dummy vents. Cost a little bit more but so worth it . That way u can’t tell which window opens. Take a look in your street and use will notice the difference
If the frames are ok then it’s considerably cheaper (at least 60% cheaper!) to replace the glass.
I’ve been on hundreds of building sites and have seen windows installed in every way imaginable, normally the people fitting them would struggle getting halfway through a crossword puzzle in the daily sport. The most recent lot I saw installed were all without a single screw being used and the window being held in position with no nonsense expanding foam, they charged £14.5k (2 bay windows, patio door, front door, 4 small windows, 3 medium windows, 3 large windows all with opening mechanisms) and the 3 of them took 2 days to fit all of them. The silicone sealant was applied and finished with one of their chubby little digits after a good licking and looked about as neat as Susan Boyles lady garden.
Absolutely avoid Zenith, Anglian, Safestyle, Everest and any of the other big boys, you will be paying at least 50% more than if you used a local reputable tradesperson.
I’ve been on hundreds of building sites and have seen windows installed in every way imaginable, normally the people fitting them would struggle getting halfway through a crossword puzzle in the daily sport. The most recent lot I saw installed were all without a single screw being used and the window being held in position with no nonsense expanding foam, they charged £14.5k (2 bay windows, patio door, front door, 4 small windows, 3 medium windows, 3 large windows all with opening mechanisms) and the 3 of them took 2 days to fit all of them. The silicone sealant was applied and finished with one of their chubby little digits after a good licking and looked about as neat as Susan Boyles lady garden.
Absolutely avoid Zenith, Anglian, Safestyle, Everest and any of the other big boys, you will be paying at least 50% more than if you used a local reputable tradesperson.
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We recently did a full terrace rebuild - tear down all old panels etc., new Ytong structure, removed old metal-framed noisy rattling windows - and replaced the trash with brand new double glazed windows, opening/tilting every odd window etc., a total of 3 units of those, so 3x3 windows + PVC frames and all that for like €2.5k.
I read the second post here that someone got a quote for marginally less work that somehow will be 17k quid and was close to throwing myself out of above-mentioned terrace tbh.
I read the second post here that someone got a quote for marginally less work that somehow will be 17k quid and was close to throwing myself out of above-mentioned terrace tbh.
Ours are of a similar vintage but the frames are still very fresh and look almost as new, it's a 100 year old bay windowed house so replacement of frames is not cheap. Only issue we've had really is that all the glass panels started "blowing" steaming up within a very short space of time of each other.
Local double glazing chap known to us and a great bloke agreed it's a shame to junk the frames and said he could replace all glass cost effectively, which he did. Most expensive window as it's the biggest was the kitchen which cost just over 200 quid fitted, the other glass worked out at between 50-120 quid a panel dependant on size. All good and snug again now for just over 1k.
Local double glazing chap known to us and a great bloke agreed it's a shame to junk the frames and said he could replace all glass cost effectively, which he did. Most expensive window as it's the biggest was the kitchen which cost just over 200 quid fitted, the other glass worked out at between 50-120 quid a panel dependant on size. All good and snug again now for just over 1k.
A lot of the big companies subcontract out too, so if anything goes wrong, it can be very difficult to get anyone to fix the problem or accept responsiblity too.
cooperman
Player Valuation: £10m
Just avoid the big companies full stop.
Huge mark up in price. Hard sell tactics. We had all ours done in our old house, first quote about 15k, we said this is about 8k more than the other quotes so he immediately gets his calculator out and knocks about 6k off. Had to ring his boss a lot to try and get us a price we'd agree to there and then. Pretty much had to force him out in the end, just wouldn't go away.
As someone said they out source installations as well, so some poorly trained prepubescent fitter will do them with lots of foam and plastic trims to cover up the pigs ear they've made of it.
I've always gone to sole traders who've been in the game for a while and do the lot themselves. Generally no messing about with the prices.
The fensa thing can be taken care of with by the buyer taking out indemnity insurance if you sell the house
Huge mark up in price. Hard sell tactics. We had all ours done in our old house, first quote about 15k, we said this is about 8k more than the other quotes so he immediately gets his calculator out and knocks about 6k off. Had to ring his boss a lot to try and get us a price we'd agree to there and then. Pretty much had to force him out in the end, just wouldn't go away.
As someone said they out source installations as well, so some poorly trained prepubescent fitter will do them with lots of foam and plastic trims to cover up the pigs ear they've made of it.
I've always gone to sole traders who've been in the game for a while and do the lot themselves. Generally no messing about with the prices.
The fensa thing can be taken care of with by the buyer taking out indemnity insurance if you sell the house
Alanbileysfeathercut
Player Valuation: £80m
And easy to fit. I would have done my windows but I wanted the guy to do the bays as they were really tricky.. Which proved right. He said they were a nightmare.. haha
Good tip that!
tommye
Player Valuation: £100m
Trifle
Tripple glazing only if exposed location or a noisy road nearby - otherwise double should be surface make sure they Insulation is spot on on all windows with insulation foam- which sounds like the last firm who fitted them did not do!
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