Hi,

A bit of a broad question, but I wondered if anyone knew a rough price guide
for the below:

1975 2 bedroom house, replace existing gutters, one downpipe, fascia and
sofit boards - about 5m front and 5m back.

Also any of reputable firms or specifications I should be asking for ect..

Many thanks

Jim

Forgot to say with UPVC

Thanks

Jim S wrote:

A bit of a broad question, but I wondered if anyone knew a rough price guide
for the below:

1975 2 bedroom house, replace existing gutters, one downpipe, fascia and
sofit boards - about 5m front and 5m back.

Also any of reputable firms or specifications I should be asking for ect..

What sort of guttering (i.e. uPVC, cast Ali etc)
Where in the country?
DIY or have done?


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UPVC , Worcestershire, have done by somebody else - dont like heights!

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:36:21 +0000, Jim S wrote:

UPVC , Worcestershire, have done by somebody else - dont like heights!

Close to Worcester ?. I am in Worcester and recently had my semi done.
Total cost came to around £800 in upvc.

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On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:36:21 +0000, Jim S wrote:

UPVC , Worcestershire, have done by somebody else - dont like heights!

Close to Worcester ?. I am in Worcester and recently had my semi done.
Total cost came to around £800 in upvc.

I suppose it depends on where you live and the style and size of your house.
Two years ago we had our 3 bed semi in Leeds, with separate porch and
gutters on three sides, in continuous aluminium done for £200.

It's a superb job, done in a few hours, coloured black so not noticeable, no
creaking from expansion and contraction and a guarantee. Ladders can be put
against it, it has a deep profile ... what more can you want? We're pretty
fussy but we're also happy. There's no dripping, it copes with the heaviest
downpour.

We wanted to do it ourselves but the company doesn'tallow that, although we
did take down the existing wooden guttering and prepared the fittings.

The existing down pipes are cast iron and didn't need replacing.

Mary

Mary Fisher wrote:

I suppose it depends on where you live and the style and size of your house.
Two years ago we had our 3 bed semi in Leeds, with separate porch and
gutters on three sides, in continuous aluminium done for £200.

It's a superb job, done in a few hours, coloured black so not noticeable, no
creaking from expansion and contraction and a guarantee. Ladders can be put
against it, it has a deep profile ... what more can you want? We're pretty
fussy but we're also happy. There's no dripping, it copes with the heaviest
downpour.

We wanted to do it ourselves but the company doesn'tallow that, although we
did take down the existing wooden guttering and prepared the fittings.

The existing down pipes are cast iron and didn't need replacing.

Mary



Hello Mary

£200 for aluminium? sound of jaw hitting floor

3 bed detached. No difficult access.

Black UPVC facias and soffits to front. Gutters and two downpipes to
front. Gutters and one downpipe to rear.

That'll be 1500 of your English pounds if you live in Sevenoaks. 4
years ago the same firm quoted £3000!!!!!


BTW Mary, my grandparents lived in Shipley and my uncle lives in Morley.
Will that have any effect on what is put on my postal voting paper?

Richard ;-)






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Mary Fisher wrote:

I suppose it depends on where you live and the style and size of your
house. Two years ago we had our 3 bed semi in Leeds, with separate porch
and gutters on three sides, in continuous aluminium done for £200.

It's a superb job, done in a few hours, coloured black so not noticeable,
no creaking from expansion and contraction and a guarantee. Ladders can
be put against it, it has a deep profile ... what more can you want?
We're pretty fussy but we're also happy. There's no dripping, it copes
with the heaviest downpour.

We wanted to do it ourselves but the company doesn'tallow that, although
we did take down the existing wooden guttering and prepared the fittings.

The existing down pipes are cast iron and didn't need replacing.

Mary

Hello Mary

£200 for aluminium? sound of jaw hitting floor

3 bed detached. No difficult access.

Black UPVC facias and soffits to front.

Blech!

Gutters and two downpipes to front. Gutters and one downpipe to rear.

That'll be 1500 of your English pounds if you live in Sevenoaks. 4 years
ago the same firm quoted £3000!!!!!

Serves you right for living in Kent. We prefer to use our disposable income
in other ways.

BTW Mary, my grandparents lived in Shipley and my uncle lives in Morley.

My maternal great grandmother lived in Saltaire and worked in the mill. We
buy brass rod and tube from Morley. I have a friend in Five Oak Green.

shrug

Will that have any effect on what is put on my postal voting paper?

My crystal ball is in a safe place and therefore not to hand.

Mary

Richard ;-)






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On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:44:15 GMT, "Jim S"
babbled like a waterfall and said:

Hi,

A bit of a broad question, but I wondered if anyone knew a rough price guide
for the below:

1975 2 bedroom house, replace existing gutters, one downpipe, fascia and
sofit boards - about 5m front and 5m back.

Also any of reputable firms or specifications I should be asking for ect..

Many thanks

Jim

This will give you an idea. It is very cheap.

http://www.fascias.com/

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Hi,

A bit of a broad question, but I wondered if anyone knew a rough price
guide
for the below:

1975 2 bedroom house, replace existing gutters, one downpipe, fascia and
sofit boards - about 5m front and 5m back.

Also any of reputable firms or specifications I should be asking for
ect..

Many thanks

Jim


My neighbour had his gutters, replaced, and fascias and soffits clad in
upvc,
cost £1200, location Devon. The people who did it were sh*te though, they
actually put the wrong slope ( I think they wanted to put *no* slope on at
all
but couldn't even do that right ) on the guttering so practically all the
water from
my neighbour's gutters came down my downpipes ( semi detached ). I put
gutter dividers in at the junction of his and my guttering so now his
gutters
are a swimming pool and mine ( with a decent slope on them ) are dry.

Also, they had to handle a height difference in fascias because my
fascias are the original wooden ones whereas they clad over his wooden
fascias with new upvc, and instead of asking me if they could ease my
gutters
into alignment they just bust off a gutter clip at the front and back of my
property
and strained the gutters into alignment. They didn't even use the correct
joining pieces or the gutters where his met mine, just laid one gtter
overlapping
another and quirted with silicone.

The motto is, make sure these people know that you expect the items
I have
mentioned to be done properly, and watch them, and get them to do a final
commissioning test with water ( better still, get up the laddder and do it
yourself
before you pay them!

Andy.

Mary Fisher wrote:

Black UPVC facias and soffits to front.


Blech!


Possibly true but not entirely out of character with the rest of the house.

Serves you right for living in Kent.

But we can't all live in God's own county, unfortunately.

My maternal great grandmother lived in Saltaire and worked in the mill.


Ever travel on the 'toast rack' railway at Shipley Glen or visit the
funfair?


Happy days long past.

Small world!

Richard :-)

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Mary Fisher wrote:

Black UPVC facias and soffits to front.


Blech!


Possibly true but not entirely out of character with the rest of the
house.

Eeek ...

Serves you right for living in Kent.

But we can't all live in God's own county, unfortunately.

You'll always have a welcome here if you come to visit.

My maternal great grandmother lived in Saltaire and worked in the mill.

Ever travel on the 'toast rack' railway at Shipley Glen or visit the
funfair?

Oh sixty years ago I loved that funfair, the rickety wooden thingy which
always looked as though it was falling down. And the swing boats which
always made me sickbut I insisted on going on them. The tramway was and
still is a favourite. It was saved from destruction fairly recently by
volunteers.

http://www.glentramway.co.uk/


Happy days long past.

Indeed ...

Small world!

Welcome to mine :-)

Mary

Richard :-)

Mary Fisher wrote:


You'll always have a welcome here if you come to visit.

Thank you kindly

My maternal great grandmother lived in Saltaire and worked in the mill.

Ever travel on the 'toast rack' railway at Shipley Glen or visit the
funfair?


Oh sixty years ago I loved that funfair, the rickety wooden thingy which
always looked as though it was falling down. And the swing boats which
always made me sickbut I insisted on going on them. The tramway was and
still is a favourite. It was saved from destruction fairly recently by
volunteers.

IIRC a trip on the suspended seats down the frightening aerial trackway
cost a threppuny bit.


http://www.glentramway.co.uk/

Excellent


Indeed ...

My grandparents actually lived in Baildon (sp?) Green - not that far
from Shipley Glen. It was our treat to visit the funfair every time we
were staying with the grandparents.


Small world!


Welcome to mine :-)

Ta much

Richard :-)

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andrewpreece wrote:
( I think they wanted to put *no* slope on at
all
but couldn't even do that right )
Andy.



AIUI a slope is not mandatory. My gutters are perfectly level and drain
very quickly.

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andrewpreece wrote:
( I think they wanted to put *no* slope on at
all
but couldn't even do that right )
Andy.



AIUI a slope is not mandatory. My gutters are perfectly level and drain
very quickly.

Richard

Not mandatory no, but a good idea. Also, mine DO slope ( slightly ), so I
would
get the bulk of next doors' water. Another problem with having no slope is
that it
is easy to get a variation in guttering slope if the installer isn't
diligent where he puts
the clips: this has happened with my neighbours' gutters, and his gutters
actually go
uphill slightly at one clip location, when they should be going downhill (
or at least level ).
Net result is a lake for the birdies to bathe in, and even more water coming
my way.
In fact I stopped getting any of his water by putting dividers in the
guttering front and
back, where mine met his: his gutters have about 3" of water in them front
and back
where they meet mine after a rain shower.

Think about paths and patios,
they would drain eventually if there were no slope on them and they were
dead flat,
but in practice a 1:60 slope ( or thereabouts ), helps them drain
efficiently and avoid
little pools of water where the paving has irregularities in it. The slope
on my gutters
is less than that, maybe 1:200ish.

If I had a detached house and deep ogee gutters I wouldn't be too concerned
if they were
dead level , if done accurately, but that isn't my situation.

Andy.

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Oh sixty years ago I loved that funfair, the rickety wooden thingy which
always looked as though it was falling down. And the swing boats which
always made me sickbut I insisted on going on them. The tramway was and
still is a favourite. It was saved from destruction fairly recently by
volunteers.

IIRC a trip on the suspended seats down the frightening aerial trackway
cost a threppuny bit.

I never paid for it, my parents did but if I knew it was of no lasting
interest to me. It was part of the overall treat of going to Saltaire. I
felt proprietorial about it, what with the family link and then Robert's
Park - my brother ws Robert.Not the same one but in those innocent days a
small child didn't understand that ... there was/is even a Mary Street.

We had very few treats in those days. My other favourite trip was to the
cemetary where mymother's mother was buried. All I remember about it was
playing in the enormous concrete tunnels which were, apparently, yet to be
used drains but if asked where to go today I'd say the cemetary.


My grandparents actually lived in Baildon (sp?) Green - not that far from
Shipley Glen.

Spouse used to fly his planes on Baildon Moor ... it was always cold and
windy, not suitable for a little woman :-)

Mary

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AIUI a slope is not mandatory. My gutters are perfectly level and drain
very quickly.

Perfectly level gutters, as with perfectly level roofs, will drain. The
problem arises when thery slope ever so slightly in the wrong direction or,
with roofs, when they develop bumps and hollows. That's when there are
potential nightmares.

Mary

Mary Fisher wrote:
n.


Spouse used to fly his planes on Baildon Moor ... it was always cold and
windy, not suitable for a little woman :-)

Mary




I remember trying to fly the unzipped anorak, hands in pockets
holding it open like a V bomber, run down the hill into the wind and
/almost/ become airborne.

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I remember trying to fly the unzipped anorak, hands in pockets holding
it open like a V bomber, run down the hill into the wind and /almost/
become airborne.

LOL!

We watched someone with a hang glider thingy take off from there. Daft I
call it, a few seconds, minutes if you're lucky, flight and then the slog
back to the top of the slope. Carrying the thingy.

Mary

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I did my 1974 bungalow 7 metres by 7 metres in UVPVC from facia.com.
Replaced all soffits- replaced horizontal facias-clad the front and back
sloped facias-replaced crap cheapo nasty plastic gutters with very smart
ogee-£100 including downpipes.Total cost £800 the lot including plastic edge
protection-a must have item.
Renewed the last metre of the horizontal roof deck in ply and covered with
dpc-belt and braces total cost £200.
Quotes varied all over the place all were incomplete especially not quoting
for the pain in the ass soffits.
I bought £300 of scaffold which has come in very handy--for all and
sundry--since.
I would say plastic replacement is well within your average d-i-yer-I am a
fat unfit disabled 59 year old and the quality of finish I achieved is way
above your travelling mans level-not biased of course.

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Hi,

A bit of a broad question, but I wondered if anyone knew a rough price
guide
for the below:

1975 2 bedroom house, replace existing gutters, one downpipe, fascia and
sofit boards - about 5m front and 5m back.

Also any of reputable firms or specifications I should be asking for
ect..

Many thanks

Jim


My neighbour had his gutters, replaced, and fascias and soffits clad in
upvc,
cost £1200, location Devon. The people who did it were sh*te though, they
actually put the wrong slope ( I think they wanted to put *no* slope on at
all
but couldn't even do that right ) on the guttering so practically all the
water from
my neighbour's gutters came down my downpipes ( semi detached ). I put
gutter dividers in at the junction of his and my guttering so now his
gutters
are a swimming pool and mine ( with a decent slope on them ) are dry.

Also, they had to handle a height difference in fascias because
my
fascias are the original wooden ones whereas they clad over his wooden
fascias with new upvc, and instead of asking me if they could ease my
gutters
into alignment they just bust off a gutter clip at the front and back of
my
property
and strained the gutters into alignment. They didn't even use the correct
joining pieces or the gutters where his met mine, just laid one gtter
overlapping
another and quirted with silicone.

The motto is, make sure these people know that you expect the
items
I have
mentioned to be done properly, and watch them, and get them to do a final
commissioning test with water ( better still, get up the laddder and do it
yourself
before you pay them!

Andy.