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Was hoping to get the thoughts of professional builders on this...
A house I'm hoping to buy currently has a storm porch with a roof and one side has a full height brick wall - see pic at end of post.
I'd like to get an enclosed porch built, hopefully using the existing roof and wall. I can see that a new upvc door could easily be £500+
As a builder, would you entertain me supplying a second hand door (and frame) to cut back on material costs? Happy to pay the going rate for the building part of the job so not looking to do it on the cheap in that sense but it seems madness to pay £500+ for a door when I could probably get a second hand door with frame for £50 from eBay!
If it's something you would allow, any rough idea on the overall cost?
Thanks in advance for any input
A house I'm hoping to buy currently has a storm porch with a roof and one side has a full height brick wall - see pic at end of post.
I'd like to get an enclosed porch built, hopefully using the existing roof and wall. I can see that a new upvc door could easily be £500+
As a builder, would you entertain me supplying a second hand door (and frame) to cut back on material costs? Happy to pay the going rate for the building part of the job so not looking to do it on the cheap in that sense but it seems madness to pay £500+ for a door when I could probably get a second hand door with frame for £50 from eBay!
If it's something you would allow, any rough idea on the overall cost?
Thanks in advance for any input