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Price of pointing brickwork
I got a price for pointing the rear of our 2 up 2 down terrace.
The kitchen is an extension. The gap in the brickwork is quite narrow. £1700, seems like a lot to me. Rick |
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R D S wrote:
I got a price for pointing the rear of our 2 up 2 down terrace. The kitchen is an extension. The gap in the brickwork is quite narrow. £1700, seems like a lot to me. Rick It's a con, I don't know anyone who charges more than £25 per m2, your exterior brickwork can't possibly be 85m2, most mid terraced houses are 45m2 in total, meaning about 23m2 per elevation, you can subtract a few metres off for the extension so the total should be about 20m2, which should come to about £500, even if he has to hire zip up scaffold (cue the 'not allowed to' brigade) then it can only be another hundred....don't pay more than £700 |
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"R D S" wrote in message ... I got a price for pointing the rear of our 2 up 2 down terrace. The kitchen is an extension. The gap in the brickwork is quite narrow. £1700, seems like a lot to me. Rick Why not do it yourself? It's not difficult, the materials are cheap and you don't need special tools except, perhaps, scaffolding. It does take time of course ... what's your time worth? Mary |
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writes I got a price for pointing the rear of our 2 up 2 down terrace. The kitchen is an extension. The gap in the brickwork is quite narrow. £1700, seems like a lot to me. Rick - get those glasses on .... uk.DIY ! get your trowel out -- geoff |
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"raden" wrote in message ... In message , R D S writes I got a price for pointing the rear of our 2 up 2 down terrace. The kitchen is an extension. The gap in the brickwork is quite narrow. £1700, seems like a lot to me. Rick - get those glasses on ... uk.DIY ! get your trowel out I had a go a while ago. I am really **** at pointing. Maybe it is in the mix, I may have another do next year. |
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"R D S" wrote in message ... "raden" wrote in message ... In message , R D S writes I got a price for pointing the rear of our 2 up 2 down terrace. The kitchen is an extension. The gap in the brickwork is quite narrow. £1700, seems like a lot to me. Rick - get those glasses on ... uk.DIY ! get your trowel out I had a go a while ago. I am really **** at pointing. Oh come one! Spouse and I once pointed a large house in Bournemouth aided by a 12 yo and a 14 yo son. Mary |
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On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:49:06 GMT, "Phil L"
wrote: R D S wrote: I got a price for pointing the rear of our 2 up 2 down terrace. The kitchen is an extension. The gap in the brickwork is quite narrow. £1700, seems like a lot to me. Rick It's a con, I don't know anyone who charges more than £25 per m2, your exterior brickwork can't possibly be 85m2, most mid terraced houses are 45m2 in total, meaning about 23m2 per elevation, you can subtract a few metres off for the extension so the total should be about 20m2, which should come to about £500, even if he has to hire zip up scaffold (cue the 'not allowed to' brigade) then it can only be another hundred....don't pay more than £700 At 25 quid a meter it's an absolute bargain! It's the most mind bending **** job you can tackle. |
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On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:49:06 GMT, "Phil L" wrote: R D S wrote: I got a price for pointing the rear of our 2 up 2 down terrace. The kitchen is an extension. The gap in the brickwork is quite narrow. £1700, seems like a lot to me. Rick It's a con, I don't know anyone who charges more than £25 per m2, your exterior brickwork can't possibly be 85m2, most mid terraced houses are 45m2 in total, meaning about 23m2 per elevation, you can subtract a few metres off for the extension so the total should be about 20m2, which should come to about £500, even if he has to hire zip up scaffold (cue the 'not allowed to' brigade) then it can only be another hundred....don't pay more than £700 At 25 quid a meter it's an absolute bargain! It's the most mind bending **** job you can tackle. A few years ago I was doing it for a tenner a metre...it's not bad providing you have a radio and a flask of tea, I can point about 15m2 in a day and I'm not very fast, I know blokes who can do 20m2+, not bad money at all @ £25 per m2 |
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from Owain contains these words: Maybe R D S has other talents - looking up things in Google for example :-) Would you like your milk in a saucer? -- Skipweasel Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. |
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"Owain" wrote in message ... Mary Fisher wrote: I had a go a while ago. I am really **** at pointing. Oh come one! Spouse and I once pointed a large house in Bournemouth aided by a 12 yo and a 14 yo son. That's like assuming that just because a six-year-old Italian child can eat spaghetti neatly, or a 12-year-old ned pick locks, I should be able to too. I don't know any of those :-) But pointing really isn't a high level skill! Mary |
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"EricP" wrote in message ... On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:49:06 GMT, "Phil L" wrote: R D S wrote: I got a price for pointing the rear of our 2 up 2 down terrace. The kitchen is an extension. The gap in the brickwork is quite narrow. £1700, seems like a lot to me. Rick It's a con, I don't know anyone who charges more than £25 per m2, your exterior brickwork can't possibly be 85m2, most mid terraced houses are 45m2 in total, meaning about 23m2 per elevation, you can subtract a few metres off for the extension so the total should be about 20m2, which should come to about £500, even if he has to hire zip up scaffold (cue the 'not allowed to' brigade) then it can only be another hundred....don't pay more than £700 At 25 quid a meter it's an absolute bargain! It's the most mind bending **** job you can tackle. That's what I thought when I started for first time I did it then I realised that it gave time to think, ponder, even dream. There aren't many tasks which don't demand concentration but allow the mind to wander. I'd do it for £25 a square metre. Mary |
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"Owain" wrote in message ... Mary Fisher wrote: I had a go a while ago. I am really **** at pointing. Oh come one! Spouse and I once pointed a large house in Bournemouth aided by a 12 yo and a 14 yo son. That's like assuming that just because a six-year-old Italian child can eat spaghetti neatly, or a 12-year-old ned pick locks, I should be able to too. Maybe R D S has other talents - looking up things in Google for example :-) Owain If Google is your thing then go for it. I would prefer to ask in a newsgroup and get a current answer, in real time from real people. |
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"R D S" wrote in message ... If Google is your thing then go for it. I would prefer to ask in a newsgroup and get a current answer, in real time from real people. No, you're not allowed to do that. Well, unless you're a man that is :-) Mary |
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