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    Builder tendering for work has paid for estimate himself

    150k seems way ott. I wouldn't pay him £150 for the estimate - it's not the norm and did he ever mention having to pay for one? Are the windows gold plated :shock:
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    New Kitchen - need a budget

    We have a bigger kitchen and were quoted £8500 for a solid wood oak kitchen (second nature), appliances and fitting so 13k should be more than enough Just tile the gaps, don't waste time and money tiling behind the units. So they can be adjusted.
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    £18000 NEW GARAGE DOOR AND ROOF?????????? R U LAFFIN? I WAS

    Have they come back to you yet with their 'special' 50% discount if you sign up today
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    Leaky boiler

    Yep it was installed by a corgi register installer and been serviced yearly. Guess I've just been unlucky. Wocester Bosch are coming out on Monday. Plumber looked at it today who use to fit WB but took one look at it and said to get WB out. He now fits Baxi as he said he was tired of WB...
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    Excel type file needed

    Openoffice, it's free :D [/url]
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    Leaky boiler

    Pressure gauge is under 1
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    Car Turning Space needed

    Just go to a car park at night and try it. Just make sure it's notone known for dogging.....
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    Leaky boiler

    We have a Wocester Bosch Junior 28i boiler and it's dripping around 5l of water in a 24hr period. It started many weeks ago when we noticed water dripping in through the ceiling from the attic (Flue goes into attic and out through the roof). Water was dripping out from the flue. I loosened...
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    extending kitchen into garge??????

    Thought about putting a pitched roof on? We've had quotes of around 4k to replace our flat garage roof with a tiled pitched one. I've never had a flat roof that hasn't leaked!!
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    Up With the Burglars this Morning/Replacing Euro-ProfileLock

    I just wondered whether to go for upvc or wood. You always see in these police programs that when they put in a wooden door it seems to go in with no effort whereas alot of the upvc doors seem to take an age to break down
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    Up With the Burglars this Morning/Replacing Euro-ProfileLock

    Any recommendations of what to go for. We're getting builing work done soon and will be replacing our front and back doors which are upvc at the minute Thanks
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    Canterbury Conservatories

    A quick google brings up some interesting reading, going back to 2008.... lied to throughout the process.. having similar problems going on 25 weeks now.. It's been over 6mths and it's not finished.. canterbury are a terrible firm.. 3 sets of windows and still it's letting in...
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    Which Conservatory Company & Spec?!

    Ant decent local firm will be able to give you the guarantee, all it is is an insurance backed guarantee. I wouldn't trust the nationals with a barge pole. We had several quotes from nationals and local firms. Found a very good local firm who have been operating for 30 years and were much...
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    single pitched roof price

    I've found people don't like to give prices and I can understand that when they can't see a job. I had a quote to put a tiled pitched roof on my garage and to swing round over the front. It was 4k inc vat which included removing the old flat roof, putting up the timber trusses, insulation...
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    2 storey extension cost

    Anything from £750 - £1300 per m2 per floor So at a guess 60k for a finished shell inc materials
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    empire windows

    does sound a bit cheap. get at least 2 more quotes from local firms
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    cost to lay patio

    we had quotes ranging from £50-70 per m2 inc labour and materials
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    Building a garage attached to my house

    Pleny of people on our street have changed their flat roofs for a tiled pitched roof on a single skim brick with piers as well. Some have put up a timber frame on the inside to take some of the weight.
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    Web hosting

    i've used 34sp.com for many years now good service and support, always quick to reply and reliable
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    Building a garage attached to my house

    In terms of price your best bet is to get some local builders round to quote. I've had prices ranging from 12k to 38k to rebuild the garage, install drainage for downstairs bathroom, take a wall out and put a pitched roof on. Size of garage is 8m x 2.6m Most say it will cost a maximum of...
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