Random Irritations

[Deleted member 21784]

The first quote we got to put in the downstairs toilet, build the new porch and move the front door was £15k. I know that materials have gone up in price massively but that was about double what I was expecting. Needless to say I told her to get some more quotes.

We were thinking about having the loft converted but when the quotes came in at around £40k for that we decided that we didn't want it done after all.

What exactly are they to do in the loft? Our loft extension without the extra work was about that 3 years ago, one of best decisions we have made

 

[Imurg]

The first quote we got to put in the downstairs toilet, build the new porch and move the front door was £15k. I know that materials have gone up in price massively but that was about double what I was expecting. Needless to say I told her to get some more quotes.

We were thinking about having the loft converted but when the quotes came in at around £40k for that we decided that we didn't want it done after all.

Well what are you doing wasting time on nere.
Get out to work Man.....

 

[ColchesterFC]

What exactly are they to do in the loft? Our loft extension without the extra work was about that 3 years ago, one of best decisions we have made

Put in proper stairs from the upstairs landing, insulate and fit an en-suite.

 

[fundy]

The first quote we got to put in the downstairs toilet, build the new porch and move the front door was £15k. I know that materials have gone up in price massively but that was about double what I was expecting. Needless to say I told her to get some more quotes.

We were thinking about having the loft converted but when the quotes came in at around £40k for that we decided that we didn't want it done after all.

We had a garden quote for more than that

 

[ColchesterFC]

Well what are you doing wasting time on nere.
Get out to work Man.....

I am at work but the weather is rubbish so we can't do anything. I'm being paid to waste time on here.

Looking at the forecast it's possible we might be able to do some work on Sunday. Next week.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Put in proper stairs from the upstairs landing, insulate and fit an en-suite.

That's a decent price tbh . Especially at today's prices, dorma?

 

[Imurg]

I am at work but the weather is rubbish so we can't do anything. I'm being paid to waste time on here.

Looking at the forecast it's possible we might be able to do some work on Sunday. Next week.

Sweet

 

[ColchesterFC]

That's a decent price tbh . Especially at today's prices, dorma?

Nope. Dorma not included in the quote for some reason. We did query it but never got a reply.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Nope. Dorma not included in the quote for some reason. We did query it but never got a reply.

Oh , without a dorma sod that . Ours was to turn the roof into a dorma which makes the space up there massive

One big room and a nice en suite

 

[Asian Dawn]

Nope. Dorma not included in the quote for some reason. We did query it but never got a reply.

You can get one of those from a Japanese car company. A Nissan Dorma .....

sorry it had to be done.

 

[jim8flog]

And another golf one.

GOLF IS NOT A VERB!!!!

You do not go golfing, you did not golf yesterday. You play golf. You will play golf. You played golf.

I will never play golf - it is not a game, it is life

 

[jim8flog]

This is why you should never bother cleaning ...

Found a hole in the washing machine door seal. Repair man called out should be here soon

Dunno how long the hole has been there...... If I hadn't cleaned I wouldn't know lol

There should be a hole in the door seal, I am forever unbunging mine for all the lint that gets trapped in it. It is just that the hole should be in the right place.

 

[jim8flog]

The utter dross that is the H&S/HR learning package that we’ve been sent out. Apparently if your mouse doesn’t work it’s a good idea to check the batteries; thanks for the reminder, I’d never have thought of that… ????

wow you get mice with batteries in. I am forever having to wind mine up.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

There should be a hole in the door seal, I am forever unbunging mine for all the lint that gets trapped in it. It is just that the hole should be in the right place.

No this is a rip, not the hole at the bottom to drain , this is a rip at the top big enough to fit two fingers through

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

You can get one of those from a Japanese car company. A Nissan Dorma .....

sorry it had to be done.

Apparently they are going for a song…sorry…likewise had to be said…

 

[3offTheTee]

Mrs Colch!!!!!

She appears to believe that I have started defecating money. We moved in to the new house two weeks ago after getting a new lounge carpet fitted. Since we have moved in she has now got quotes for all the remaining carpets to be replaced, all the windows and doors to be replaced, remodelling of the bathroom and replacing the hot water tank as "it's not big enough", a downstairs toilet to be put in the existing porch with a new porch built and the front door to be moved, knocking out the chimney to increase the room sizes and knocking out a wall between the kitchen and dining room and replacing the kitchen. And she's got someone coming next week to see about knocking down the summer house and replacing it with a garden room for her to work in. And that's just the quotes so far, she still has plans for the garden that we haven't so quotes for - YET!!!!

Think you should have stayed where you were or found a different house

 

[Orikoru]

Mrs Colch!!!!!

She appears to believe that I have started defecating money. We moved in to the new house two weeks ago after getting a new lounge carpet fitted. Since we have moved in she has now got quotes for all the remaining carpets to be replaced, all the windows and doors to be replaced, remodelling of the bathroom and replacing the hot water tank as "it's not big enough", a downstairs toilet to be put in the existing porch with a new porch built and the front door to be moved, knocking out the chimney to increase the room sizes and knocking out a wall between the kitchen and dining room and replacing the kitchen. And she's got someone coming next week to see about knocking down the summer house and replacing it with a garden room for her to work in. And that's just the quotes so far, she still has plans for the garden that we haven't so quotes for - YET!!!!

This is awkward.. it seems that we have the same wife.

 

[GreiginFife]

Mrs Colch!!!!!

She appears to believe that I have started defecating money. We moved in to the new house two weeks ago after getting a new lounge carpet fitted. Since we have moved in she has now got quotes for all the remaining carpets to be replaced, all the windows and doors to be replaced, remodelling of the bathroom and replacing the hot water tank as "it's not big enough", a downstairs toilet to be put in the existing porch with a new porch built and the front door to be moved, knocking out the chimney to increase the room sizes and knocking out a wall between the kitchen and dining room and replacing the kitchen. And she's got someone coming next week to see about knocking down the summer house and replacing it with a garden room for her to work in. And that's just the quotes so far, she still has plans for the garden that we haven't so quotes for - YET!!!!

Having just built a garden room type building as my workshop, brace yourself for the quotes.

For what is a basic timber structure build I was quoted £27000 for a 6m x 4m with cedar cladding or £24000 for larch.

My response cannot be printed here. That was when I decided to build it myself.

 

[srixon 1]

Replacing an old imperial radiator with a new more efficient one. The person that fitted the old one must have been a bodge it and scarper merchant. The valves were different heights and didn’t align with the new radiator tails.

 

[drdel]

E-Scooter riders: especially the idiot who dressed in black rode out from the right at a junction to join the main road without stopping and no lights. Nearly took him out with the front wing.