ss wrote:
On 22/09/2016 20:02, Phil L wrote:
So excluding any screws, nails or other fixings, and obviously
excluding scaffold, the stuff for the job is going to cost well over
£200...somehow i don't think you'll get labour down to eighty quid.

my guess is that they have only priced for one or the other, either
the eaves protectors or the dry verge, but not both.

Update:

As it turned out the final cost was £450, when he quoted he only
included the eave that was disintegrating, apparently he charges £200
per eave + dry verge so should have been in the region of £500
however I got him down to £450 in the end.

He just used ladders plus some access from the roof and took approx
3.5 hours.
We did discuss the issue of scaffolding and he reckoned on £1200
minimum if scaffolding were used but as far as he is concerned
scaffolding is a last resort hence he gets a lot of business as it
keeps his prices lower.
Being selfish I am happy if they feel comfortable to use ladders if it
keeps my price down as I now live off savings and pensions. 18 months
back I was quoted £500 just for the dry verge from another company.

He's not done too bad then if he's got parts of it from the roof. I've
installed dry verge myself from the roof of a three storey building - it was
scaffolded front and back but not at the sides, it was a bit hairy leaning
over the edge but i got it all done in the day easily enough, that said,
there were 23 up each side plus the top '50p' shaped shenanigans.
On a property with easier access, bungalow or, as in your case, (probably?)
access from a side building like garage or extension saves hours of farting
around up and down ladders.
Also, if this kind of thing is all he does, he'll be well geared up for it,
it's the kind of thing i get asked to do maybe 3 or 4 times in a year

There's lots of tradesmen use ladders, even today with all this H&S
hysteria...obviously not if there's a full roof to be done, but if it's a
half or one day job, 90% of people do it off a ladder, gutters, fascias,
small roofing repairs etc. Cavity wall insulation is less than half a day
and they all still work off ladders just like they did when I was doing it
16 years back. Scaffolding's great but it's overkill for the majority of
jobs.