[NSC] Help please: any Builders on NSC that fix damp?

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portlock seagull

Well-known member
Jul 28, 2003
17,777
Hi, would love to know if this is a fair price or a bit on the steep?

1st floor bedroom has damp coming through the wall. Will need scaffold putting up therefore.

Remove old plaster and allow to dry, rig up scaffold, remove old damp blown render and allow to dry, tray areas with sealer, replace render, replace plaster and clean up / remove debris.

£1400 total for labour and materials - is that about right? He’s been recommended by another tradesman and not sure if there’s a bit of referral commission perhaps going on!

Anyway, as usual the sage advice of NSC shall determine where I go from here! :) Thank you in advance!
 






I now have an advert for Jackwells plastering and another for second hand portable buildings .

No help granted but thought I'd mention it
 


Foul Play Rocks

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NSC Patron
Feb 23, 2013
5,181
I reckon it’s about the right price if scaffolding is involved. It’s what I’d expect to pay however obviously I’ve no idea how much plaster and render is being removed and replaced.
 


CAPTAIN GREALISH

Well-known member
Jan 6, 2010
2,625
Hi, would love to know if this is a fair price or a bit on the steep?

1st floor bedroom has damp coming through the wall. Will need scaffold putting up therefore.

Remove old plaster and allow to dry, rig up scaffold, remove old damp blown render and allow to dry, tray areas with sealer, replace render, replace plaster and clean up / remove debris.

£1400 total for labour and materials - is that about right? He’s been recommended by another tradesman and not sure if there’s a bit of referral commission perhaps going on!

Anyway, as usual the sage advice of NSC shall determine where I go from here! :) Thank you in advance!
price sounds about right but happy to quote if want another price??
 




Triggaaar

Well-known member
Oct 24, 2005
53,135
Goldstone
How big is the area to be re-plastered and re-rendered?
 












AmexRuislip

Retired Spy 🕵️‍♂️
Feb 2, 2014
34,752
Ruislip
Hi, would love to know if this is a fair price or a bit on the steep?

1st floor bedroom has damp coming through the wall. Will need scaffold putting up therefore.

Remove old plaster and allow to dry, rig up scaffold, remove old damp blown render and allow to dry, tray areas with sealer, replace render, replace plaster and clean up / remove debris.

£1400 total for labour and materials - is that about right? He’s been recommended by another tradesman and not sure if there’s a bit of referral commission perhaps going on!

Anyway, as usual the sage advice of NSC shall determine where I go from here! :) Thank you in advance!
Hi, I can give you the name of a guy I use :)
 














hitony

Administrator
Jul 13, 2005
16,284
South Wales (im not welsh !!)
Hi, would love to know if this is a fair price or a bit on the steep?

1st floor bedroom has damp coming through the wall. Will need scaffold putting up therefore.

Remove old plaster and allow to dry, rig up scaffold, remove old damp blown render and allow to dry, tray areas with sealer, replace render, replace plaster and clean up / remove debris.

£1400 total for labour and materials - is that about right? He’s been recommended by another tradesman and not sure if there’s a bit of referral commission perhaps going on!

Anyway, as usual the sage advice of NSC shall determine where I go from here! :) Thank you in advance!

Where do you live? PM me if you don't want to say on main board.
 




B-right-on

Living the dream
Apr 23, 2015
6,722
Shoreham Beaaaach
WIll cost best part of £500 for scaffolding one elevation of a 3 bed semi but depends on how much blown render there is and what needs to come off on the inside etc.. if its a couple of patches, its a lot, if its half the house it sounds about right. Are they recomended and not just a cowboy that works for Bodgit and Scarper....???
 




The Antikythera Mechanism

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Aug 7, 2003
8,085
Four days for a tradesman and labourer - £1,200.00
Scaffold tower / Mats - £200.00
No VAT?
I’d say it’s a fair price.

The only thing I would be concerned with is the drying out time. It won’t dry overnight and you don’t want to seal the damp in the wall
 


portlock seagull

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Jul 28, 2003
17,777


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