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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14 years ago
Conservatory legislation changing?
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14 years ago
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
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14 years ago
I agree.
OP - name n shame em!!
JimK
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14 years ago
and a lot of conservatories use polycarbonate instead of glass
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14 years ago
Only for the roof.
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14 years ago
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
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14 years ago
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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14 years ago
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.
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14 years ago
If it was you'd surely expect a closer date than October