John K Posted July 22, 2014 Posted July 22, 2014 Gents, Posting this question here might not be as stupid as it sounds. Having a Westie puts us in the "appreciate engineering and probably have money to spend on quality stuff, but we don't want to waste money (so we don't buy Caterhams)" demographic. So I am looking to get replacement DG for... 10 windows (normal sort of house mix of openers etc) 1 bay 2 doors (for composites, not the ones based on double glazing frames) Hoping to find a decent local company so I can talk to them direct. Want to avoid the major national chains who have to support big overheads and can hide behind lawyers and the travelling bodgit and scarper merchants. Any folk offer some between X and Y figures? Appreciate this is massive finger in the air stuff. Cheers 1 Quote
pistonbroke 2 Posted July 22, 2014 Posted July 22, 2014 Local firm near here has just quoted me tor 9 widows and one bay. No doors just the above . Was expecting around 3 to 4 thousand. quoted £10031.00. which included muliiple buy discounts Shoved the guy through the door a.s.a.p. Quote
Captain Colonial Posted July 22, 2014 Posted July 22, 2014 Ha - wait until you get quotes for sash double glazing because you live in a live in a semi-detached Victorian house located in a conservation area. Next door neighbour replaced upper and lower bay windows and standard size upper floor slash window. He's a keen shopper and no fool, so did his homework. £12,000 Bear in mind the house has seven other sash windows as well and it soon becomes a mug's game to replace the lot. Good luck - I'd certainly do my homework and use a trusted, long-established local company. Check with Trading Standards as well to see if there's any red flags. Quote
BudSlater Posted July 22, 2014 Posted July 22, 2014 Double glazing is one circumstance where you can barter hard providing you can move quick. I had initial quotes of 14k for 9 windows and 1 door. Was told 11k first of all, told him I wasn't born yesterday and that I'd do it by the end of the month. They have sales target to hit so this guy clearly wasn't near them and cue 15 minutes of "best price is" and "let me talk to my manager" got it for 3.4 k in the end Quote
Kit Car Electronics and Essex AO Posted July 22, 2014 Posted July 22, 2014 Rough top estimate would be £300 per window, 1k for a bay and 750 for a composite door, so 5.5k for your job. Quote
alexander72 Posted July 22, 2014 Posted July 22, 2014 Richard Botterill is the man :-) Northants ao Quote
SootySport Posted July 22, 2014 Posted July 22, 2014 I'll do it for £20k. if you sign up tonight . Sorry the offer is not available tomorrow Quote
pistonbroke Posted July 22, 2014 Posted July 22, 2014 double glazing has to be the worlds biggest rip off since Christine Keelers drawers Quote
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted July 22, 2014 Posted July 22, 2014 About £4800 for ten windows and two doors (one as part of a porch add-on). Quote
John K Posted July 23, 2014 Author Posted July 23, 2014 Many thanks for all the guidance. The quote came in overnight, £7.8k without any fancy option like laminating the frames. A bit of haggling to get him to six and a bit and I think I will be ok with that. I would like to use him as he is local I know where his factory is and most importantly was recommended to me by a chippy I really rate and trust. I do know a few other trades in the area so I will get some more character references. Cheers Quote
Bigjas Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 Just had 10 windows and 1 composite front door fitted for 5.5k. I used a local firm, so no pushy salesman, just a great service. They were on checkatrade. I had 3 local companies round to quote for the work, went with the cheapest. Jas Quote
Lawrie Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 I spent a bit more for Monarch Aluminium. The frames are thinner and it doesn't start to look tatty after a few years. Quote
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