Costs to fit telebeams?

[Nicoli08]

Hi,

We are looking at purchasing the telebeams system for our loft conversion, but we are struggling to find someone to fit it. We had one builder quote £10,000 just to fit which was more than double the system cost itself!

Has anyone else had this fitted, and what did it cost to fit?

 

[tony1851]

Why not just build a normal floor supported off steel beams? Probably a lot cheaper.

 

[Nicoli08]

It would be a lot of disruption to bring steel beams in, plus we want to do as much as possible at our own pace, so just need the structural work done first. We liked the telebeams system due to how quick it is to install. The price of the telebeams isn't an issue, but considering it says it can be fitted by a diy'er with carpentry/roofing experience it's seems it's hard to find someone out there like that who can fit it!

 

[Static]

Why not ask the telebeam supplier for recommended installer..

Non traditional methods of building often come with a price tag to build due to lack of experience from the person doing the work, they will make costly mistakes and are unable to predict difficulties before they encounter them..

Why not get a few quotes doing it the beam and timber flooring way?

 

[Nicoli08]

We've had a few quotes around the £16000 mark for the traditional steel beam system (structual work only), which is fine but there will be a lot of mess, plus we will loose a bit of floor space. If we can't find a telebeam installer we will have to go with the steel beam option.

Thanks all.

 

[tony1851]

It would be a lot of disruption to bring steel beams in,

You can have the beams cut in sections and then bolted together in-situ.