Monday, March 31, 2008
Pricing the roof
Well when it came to this aspect of the build i left the carpenter calculate up a cutting list for timber required for the roof and sent out the list for pricing to 8 local suppliers. Prices returned varied from €8,750 to €10,800 as per the pricing list on the Google pages link in the tool bar items 14 and 15. I spoke to the local hardware who i have been using all along they were second cheapest and the hardware at home had asked to price it they came back the cheapest i negotiated with both of them and the hardware at home were very keen to win it, and so they did. The timber was delivered on Friday along with all the nails and felt. I have also been negotiating prices with slate suppliers and i priced the thrutone with the hardwares for the roof. None of them could match Capco roofing though and i am buying a natural Brazilian slate Novo Black with a 25 year guarantee for €1.53 per slate excl vat.
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Jollyman, I have been pricing slates recently for my own build. I also was going to go with Brazilian slates but was advised against them by every roofer & slate manufacturer that I spoke to. They seem to be very brittle and require an extra hook fixing. Also there is a lot of waste with them. I am just letting you know just in case nobody advised you on this. If you got different advise then please let me know as I would be interested to hear new input.
Hi there mountain Pole, well the salesman had his usual spiel anything for a sale, but to be fair to him he told me they need the point hook and will have to be cut with a consaw to prevent serious breakages. He gave me a list of several houses in the locality and i spoke to one of them he is a carpenter he loves them, got my brother to bring them to his office where the architectural technicians looked at them and were impressed with them, the carpenters started the timber work on Monday and by just looking at the sample are ordering 4000 of them for their own house! Ill let you know moe when we hae them up could be a disaster!!! :)
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