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Me, but I retired from that game thirty years ago. Don't know anyone who is left, there was a decent joiner on Norton green but they have long gone and another on Blue House Point road but John is probably long dead.
Having had a quick look around in Stockton and a quick call to an old pal of mine you are going to struggle to find anyone, all my pals are retired or dead now and I cannot recommend any that I see as I don't know any of them. You need someone with a good Joiners shop and transport. Perhaps @brightspark might know someone. The last time one of my relatives had a "joiner" build them a large-ish shed I had to go sort it out, the morons thought a flat roof meant flat and level, no pitch on it at all.
I don't think they had ever done one before.
Having had a quick look around in Stockton and a quick call to an old pal of mine you are going to struggle to find anyone, all my pals are retired or dead now and I cannot recommend any that I see as I don't know any of them. You need someone with a good Joiners shop and transport. Perhaps @brightspark might know someone. The last time one of my relatives had a "joiner" build them a large-ish shed I had to go sort it out, the morons thought a flat roof meant flat and level, no pitch on it at all.
I don't think they had ever done one before.Thank you.Me, but I retired from that game thirty years ago. Don't know anyone who is left, there was a decent joiner on Norton green but they have long gone and another on Blue House Point road but John is probably long dead.
Having had a quick look around in Stockton and a quick call to an old pal of mine you are going to struggle to find anyone, all my pals are retired or dead now and I cannot recommend any that I see as I don't know any of them. You need someone with a good Joiners shop and transport. Perhaps @brightspark might know someone. The last time one of my relatives had a "joiner" build them a large-ish shed I had to go sort it out, the morons thought a flat roof meant flat and level, no pitch on it at all.
Just got a quote 3600mm wide 1800mm high, iroko 2 gates, side hung. Galvanised and powder coated posts and hardware, ground box mechanisms. Installed.
£10.4 k, thoughts?
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Same'o for me all long dead and gone.....South Manchester.......
that price sounds about right to me.......go find out the price per cube m of the stuff.....
watch out for qual and if it's genuine, there's a lot of look alike carp out there......
when I bought large amounts of fancy wood I bought it direct from the importers in Liverpool, thats if they still exsist....
I bought some air dried Oak 2 years ago at £500 per cube.....
I did know a guy that made stunning gates in Los Angeles, starting price was $20,000....forty odd years ago......!!!!!!!!!!
My pref would be get some metal gate made from ally....strong and no maintainence.....
PS if u go the fancy wood route make sure they are covered on house insurance...with a named value.......I can see it all going wrong in the future......
lastly....
if they are swing gates make sure u have the correct equip for the weight....might be around £600-800......
prob looking at close to 400-500kgs the pair.....better off with sliders........
that price sounds about right to me.......go find out the price per cube m of the stuff.....
watch out for qual and if it's genuine, there's a lot of look alike carp out there......
when I bought large amounts of fancy wood I bought it direct from the importers in Liverpool, thats if they still exsist....
I bought some air dried Oak 2 years ago at £500 per cube.....
I did know a guy that made stunning gates in Los Angeles, starting price was $20,000....forty odd years ago......!!!!!!!!!!
My pref would be get some metal gate made from ally....strong and no maintainence.....
PS if u go the fancy wood route make sure they are covered on house insurance...with a named value.......I can see it all going wrong in the future......
lastly....
if they are swing gates make sure u have the correct equip for the weight....might be around £600-800......
prob looking at close to 400-500kgs the pair.....better off with sliders........
Thankyou. It's a gate company that see the job through start to finish. I have seen their work.. I'm sure they sub out the wooden gate construction though..
Haha, my daughter's a bit older than that!
I don't want to get too involved with the gates!
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Sounds a bit pricy! I hung my own gates (12' wide by 4' high), made to fit at £800 in hardwood. Posts had previously been installed for a few hundred. A £300 gate opener kit and a few hours work got it all working complete with Alexa control, so where is the other £8k? Putting in the posts isn't going to cost that.
They've had sandstone pillars built. The steel posts are going inside. I believe the openers are going below ground. They will be opened with a telephone call.
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Thatll be why its so expensive….
Maybe!
That & the other materials, I made something similar for a client 10 yrs ago £6000.
Try doing it now & it'd be at least £10,000 probably nearer £15,000 & my labour charges haven't risen anywhere near the rate of inflation.
Stuff is just ridiculously expensive now & down here in the Thames valley I could be booking work for completion in a years time.
