Recent content by Dougalmcdougall

Hi, this is a question to see if anyone does this or knows people that do. I am looking to do a ground floor extension in North London and having spoken to local architects including the one who submitted my plans I have an idea of the very rough cost per sq m to build (~£1700). However, I have...

This feels a little circular - looking at your website given the significant number of products you supply you don’t manufacture them I assume? Therefore it’s who manufactures them that I want to know. Lithuanian by any chance?

Yes I have a quote for timber alternative (Bygone) and it’s 1k more than the most expensive full service all timber replacement... this is part of why I’m trying to get more knowledge and even speak to an actual manufacturer as given the huge sums I am being quoted some feel like people are...

Another thought I had was to put an advert on a job board website and effectively employ a joiner for 3 or 4 months full time. No idea of salary required but I would hope for a third of a year 25k would go a long way (I may be way off the mark though) The double glazed units I can find online in...

Yes the boxes are all set behind the brickwork and there are big liners and architraves inside. And you are right that the numbers I am getting back is 30k to refurb or 50k to replace. In my view I would prefer to spend more to get new than spend 30k refurbing and then put scaffold up every two...

Yes I have had one place round but their reaction wasn’t good and it’s taking them ages to get back to me. One thing worries me is via my armchair research there are lots of horror stories about things going wrong and people spending a fortune to not get good work. BUT I am fully aware people...

Hi, I have recently moved to a house that has 24 large timber sash windows (example being biggest window 2.8m x 2.6m in three sash’s) that are in various states of repair. Many painted shut, some frames cut to include vents, the odd half replacement, cracked glass etc etc. One option is totally...

Yes it turns through a right angle at the corner of the house and then slopes down along the drive at the side to the road. The man hole at the front of the house is pretty deep but the one at the back is near the surface. At the back of the house the sewer runs parallel to the houses about 4ft...

Hi, I am looking at building an extension at the back of our house but the area where we would build has the public sewer that runs along the back of the terrace of houses. At the back of my house it’s very close to the surface and then goes down the side of our end terrace house to the road...