Home improvements - time the house had some TLC!

[cyberknight]

update , yes we still need a door into the kitchen

 

[geocycle]

Just had a quote for a 2.3 x 2 m sliding patio door, triple glazed upvc, made to measure and including VAT and fitting £7k! Having a lie down.

 

[Drago]

Just had a quote for a 2.3 x 2 m sliding patio door, triple glazed upvc, made to measure and including VAT and fitting £7k! Having a lie down.

Depleted uranium fittings and solid gold glass, I presume?

 

[gzoom]

Just had a quote for a 2.3 x 2 m sliding patio door, triple glazed upvc, made to measure and including VAT and fitting £7k! Having a lie down.

Someone is making a lot of ££££ on that quote. I’ve just checked what we paid end of last year, half that for aluminium doors. Triple glazing shouldn’t add that much. UPVC 2 meter slider should be around £2.5k fitted at most, at a push £3k, no where near £7k!!!

 

[bikingdad90]

@geocycle can you get top spec double glazing. It performs very similar to triple glazing but is much cheaper?

 

[cyberknight]

Piddling it down all day so no riding
Resorted to cleaning the oven and steam cleaning the sofa arms , i will do the seat pads tomorrow when i am on lates and no one else in the house so they have more chance to dry .

 

[MrGrumpy]

Just had a quote for a 2.3 x 2 m sliding patio door, triple glazed upvc, made to measure and including VAT and fitting £7k! Having a lie down.

That’s criminal , £2.5k maybe with fitting . Is probably more realistic . Thats what my Mother paid, think my Mother in law was a wee bit less . All in the last few years btw .

 

[CXRAndy]

A neighbour of mine, widow in her late 80s wanted an awning for her kitchen south facing window, being originally from Spain

She was quoted £4k . Thankfully she asked me and my wife was this reasonable. I told her I would do some research. I ended up doing the job for her and the 10ft remote electric awning cost £600 pounds at the time. I charged her nothing for my time.

She still going strong, just celebrating her 90th last year.

 

[Drago]

Her kitchen window was from Spain?1

 

[JhnBssll]

The patio is now underway

 

[CXRAndy]

John are you going to rotate the drain cover to match the line of the paving, I presume you have already decided?

 

[icowden]

The patio is now underway

I see you have managed to get the services of the invisible man to help with the wheelbarrow...

 

[JhnBssll]

John are you going to rotate the drain cover to match the line of the paving, I presume you have already decided?

Yeah the cover is just loosely placed over the inspection chamber at the moment, I'll fettle that and get it as nicely aligned as I can before it's cemented in place

 

[lazybloke]

I see you have managed to get the services of the invisible man to help with the wheelbarrow...

Or Kate Middleton helped out with editing...

 

[JhnBssll]

Bit more progress with the patio today A few more slabs laid and a new manhole cover set in place, I'll carry on tomorrow