Cost of moving a window

littlened · 28th January 2011, 10:14 AM

We've just had a rough cost from a builder to do the following;

Remove a window and brick it up. Create a new hole for a window on another wall, then supply and fit a new kitchen window and door.

around £2k

does that sound about right?

Pell · 28th January 2011, 10:15 AM

littlened littlened what are they feeding you littlened littlened its not your fault

Daddyo · 28th January 2011, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Pell

littlened littlened what are they feeding you littlened littlened its not your fault

super-niall · 28th January 2011, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by littlened

We've just had a rough cost from a builder to do the following;

Remove a window and brick it up. Create a new hole for a window on another wall, then supply and fit a new kitchen window and door.

around £2k

does that sound about right?

Seems a decent price to me like. The new door & window will cost the best park of a grand. New lintel for the new opening about £150-200 and then the cavity closers, insulation, new brickwork etc.

Hetzkes Ballet Teacher · 28th January 2011, 10:33 AM

Can't you just persuade the family with the teenage daughter to change bedrooms?

Pell · 28th January 2011, 10:48 AM

or turn ur furniture round so you think the windows already m oved then give 2k to a charity

Hetzkes Ballet Teacher · 28th January 2011, 10:56 AM

Stick 4 iPads together and hang them up, then by the "Naughty Neighbours" app I'm now furiously writing.

EDIT: cancel that, cheaper to move house.

PTR · 28th January 2011, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by littlened

We've just had a rough cost from a builder to do the following;

Remove a window and brick it up. Create a new hole for a window on another wall, then supply and fit a new kitchen window and door.

around £2k

does that sound about right?

So its 2 separate jobs?

1 is to brick up an existing window and then put another window in somewhere else.

What size is the window?
Will the new window be the same size, in fact, do you need to buy a new window, or can you re-use the one you have?

The 2nd job sounds like one of those PVC panels with a door and a window as one unit. Is this right?

Let me know and I'll ask these folks for you (Brother-in-law) - http://sandjbuildersandcontractors.co.uk/

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Originally Posted by Hetzkes Ballet Teacher

Can't you just persuade the family with the teenage daughter to change bedrooms?

Used to have one of those who loved sunbathing in next to nowt next door to us. Sadly it was the summer when it did nowt but rain.

By next summer, they'd moved out and 3 teenage lads had moved it - gutted

super-niall · 28th January 2011, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by PTR

Used to have one of those who loved sunbathing in next to nowt next door to us. Sadly it was the summer when it did nowt but rain.

By next summer, they'd moved out and 3 teenage lads had moved it - gutted

Hetzkes Ballet Teacher · 28th January 2011, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by PTR

Used to have one of those who loved sunbathing in next to nowt next door to us. Sadly it was the summer when it did nowt but rain.

By next summer, they'd moved out and 3 teenage lads had moved it - gutted

Other way round for me - gorgeous 21yo blonde sunbathing topless every day opposite me bedroom window when I was trying to revise for me O-levels (the first time).