We had a quote for a conservatory over xmas and the guy, who was the
installations manager said that the cost of new ones was going up
about 50% after october 2010 due to tighter glass specs.

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We had a quote for a conservatory over xmas and the guy, who was the
installations manager said that the cost of new ones was going up
about 50% after october 2010 due to tighter glass specs.



Sounds like a dodgy ruse to get you to accept the quote.

If you take into account the cost of building works, electrics, installation
costs etc., the glass is a small percentage of overall costs and even if it
doubled in price wouldn't push the project cost up by 50%.


mark

On Jan 14, 11:34 am, "mark" wrote:
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We had a quote for a conservatory over xmas and the guy, who was the
installations manager said that the cost of new ones was going up
about 50% after october 2010 due to tighter glass specs.

Sounds like a dodgy ruse to get you to accept the quote.

If you take into account the cost of building works, electrics, installation
costs etc., the glass is a small percentage of overall costs and even if it
doubled in price wouldn't push the project cost up by 50%.

mark

I agree.

OP - name n shame em!!

JimK

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:34:05 -0000, mark wrote:

wrote in message
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We had a quote for a conservatory over xmas and the guy, who was the
installations manager said that the cost of new ones was going up
about 50% after october 2010 due to tighter glass specs.



Sounds like a dodgy ruse to get you to accept the quote.

If you take into account the cost of building works, electrics, installation
costs etc., the glass is a small percentage of overall costs and even if it
doubled in price wouldn't push the project cost up by 50%.

and a lot of conservatories use polycarbonate instead of glass

"pete" wrote in message
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On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:34:05 -0000, mark wrote:

wrote in message
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We had a quote for a conservatory over xmas and the guy, who was the
installations manager said that the cost of new ones was going up
about 50% after october 2010 due to tighter glass specs.



Sounds like a dodgy ruse to get you to accept the quote.

If you take into account the cost of building works, electrics,
installation
costs etc., the glass is a small percentage of overall costs and even if
it
doubled in price wouldn't push the project cost up by 50%.

and a lot of conservatories use polycarbonate instead of glass

Only for the roof.



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We had a quote for a conservatory over xmas and the guy, who was the
installations manager said that the cost of new ones was going up
about 50% after october 2010 due to tighter glass specs.

As currently the glass can't be more than about 10% of the total cost, that
has to be a bloody big upgrade in the spec.

tim

On 13/01/2010 22:27, wrote:
We had a quote for a conservatory over xmas and the guy, who was the
installations manager said that the cost of new ones was going up
about 50% after october 2010 due to tighter glass specs.

Did he tell you what law/regulation/whatever is having this effect? If
not, don't believe him. If so, look it up, prove him wrong, and don't
believe him.

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Rod

The only possible change re glass could be a requirement to use 22mm
air gap in place of 6mm. That is only going to have limited effect, so
a certain unit material cost may go up 50% - but not the overall cost.

Typical "bang the biro on the clipboard impatiently" to get a sale.

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:34:05 -0000, "mark"
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We had a quote for a conservatory over xmas and the guy, who was the
installations manager said that the cost of new ones was going up
about 50% after october 2010 due to tighter glass specs.


Sounds like a dodgy ruse to get you to accept the quote.

If it was you'd surely expect a closer date than October


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