-
I've not had similar done but have considered it.
Doesn't sound crazy high to me, but the other quotes will be the best comparison I reckon. You are getting other quotes?
Are you paying for engineer's fee, paperwork such as building warrant, etc in the ~£6k or are those additional?
-
Before Christmas I removed the wall between living and dining room with my father in law (who is a builder). Cost was around £6.5k
£3.5k was his labour and materials
£1k steel frame
£1k. Custom plaster coving around the dining room (to match existing in the living room)
£450 structural engineer
£500ish for new skirting + fitting everywhereThat got us to a plastered finish. I did a lot of labour myself though - moving light switch and sockets, plaster boarding, replacing/swapping floorboards, reinstating picture rail etc
I can't obviously comment for Scotland but I'd say your quote seems reasonable.
Oh and we had a skip (£350)
-
We are London.... waiting on proper quotes for two versions of a job, one that includes removing a load bearing wall and one that doesn't. The builder said as a rough guide the cost of doing the wall will add about 6K, so that sounds in line. I'd expect London to be more expensive, but our 6K difference won't include finishing since that's in the overall job either way,
-
If the steel is boxed in and visible in the room 'underneath' the ceiling it's going to be much cheaper than inserting the steel in the floorspace so the ceilings from the two previously separate rooms become one ceiling once the plastering is done .
Similar consideration to supporting the ends of the steel . If the steel is inserted in the walls taking the load with padstones /small steels 'hidden' in the brickwork ( if that's even structurally possible ) It's a lot more money than the steel support (e.g. 9" brick peirs ) being in the room .
I mention this because very nice houses often have two rooms knocked through on the cheap without much consideration and the resulting boxed in steel and support looks cack.
You are reading a single comment by @andos and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
Cupcakes
Trunkie
brokenbetty
fishneck
@andos
I'm in the process of getting quotes for a 3m-ish load bearing wall knocked down, a steel inserted, over-boarding the ceiling, plastering and making everything "good" plus the doorway into the room being widened (non load bearing) and making good.
Things not included are fixing flooring or installing doors.
First quote has come in at just over £6k which may or may not include plastering. That seems very high to me especially with the may/may not include plastering. Anyone done anything similar and can reveal indicative costs?
We're not London either, in Scotland.