Thinking about doing some guttering and drainage improvements around my house

[danlightbulb]

Edit:
Not too far wrong - checkatrade suggests £700
https://www.checkatrade.com/blog/cost-guides/ridge-tiles-price/

its because my roof has a lot of ridge tiles (marked in red):

Ive had two quotes so far. Quote 1 was for £2300 reusing the existing ridge tiles and fitting dry system. Quote 2 was for £2600 but was all new ridge tiles (because he expects some to break on removal) as well as dry system. Im getttng a third quote later this week.

I dont know what Im supposed to do. If you tell me it should be £700 but my quotes are all coming back £2k+, what am I supposed to do? I think one look at that job will suggest no-one is going to do it for £700 that's a completely unrealistic price in my view.

You've gone from a couple of DIY able jobs to your house essentially falling down in a couple of posts (And with the amount you're seemingly willing to pay, then it'd probably be more cost effective to knock the house down and rebuild)

Im not a builder, I have no building experience. I don't know how bad a wall needs to be before it becomes a risk. To me, if there are big chunks of mortar missing then that wall of many tonnes in weight is floating in mid air.

I want the job to be done decently. Slapping crap repointing over old pointing, and repainting the area to cover it up was a bodge done by the previous owner. Would you accept that on your house?

This means I need to get that paint off if possible. It would be better to do it first before the repointing gets done so I dont make a mess of the new pointing. Its very difficult to remove, Ive tried heat gun, chemical stripper. There are companies that offer high temperature steam cleaning (videos on youtube show it to be very quick and effective), I got a quote and it was £700+vat. Again, what am I supposed to do if that is what is being quoted? I cant magic a price of £200 out of thin air.

 

[200sols]

If you have a lot of work instead of pricing it all up piecemeal you may be better off getting a builder in.

FWIW looking around the paint removal quote seems the most reasonable, those machines are not cheap and a bit specialised to use but its still a bit 'spenny' to quote dlockers.

 

[Armageus]

Ive had two quotes so far. Quote 1 was for £2300 reusing the existing ridge tiles and fitting dry system. Quote 2 was for £2600 but was all new ridge tiles (because he expects some to break on removal) as well as dry system. Im getttng a third quote later this week.

I dont know what Im supposed to do. If you tell me it should be £700 but my quotes are all coming back £2k+, what am I supposed to do? I think one look at that job will suggest no-one is going to do it for £700 that's a completely unrealistic price in my view.

Even with the few extra tiles required still seems massively overpriced. The bigger question though is why has "I'm thinking of doing some guttering and drainage improvements" turned into, I need my roof ridge tiles replacing?
Is there actually an issue with them? Is the rest of the roof ok? Is there any other work that could be done whilst you've got scaffolding (e.g. Solar Panels) etc.
Just seems like a completely random thing to get a quote for.

Im not a builder, I have no building experience. I don't know how bad a wall needs to be before it becomes a risk. To me, if there are big chunks of mortar missing then that wall of many tonnes in weight is floating in mid air.

I'm not a builder, I have no building experience. But I'm happy to research, accept advice and ultimately have a go where possible.

I want the job to be done decently. Slapping crap repointing over old pointing, and repainting the area to cover it up was a bodge done by the previous owner. Would you accept that on your house?

There's a huge difference between a job being done decently, and it probably being done to an ok standard whilst you're bent over price wise (which seems to be where you're heading atm)

This means I need to get that paint off if possible. It would be better to do it first before the repointing gets done so I dont make a mess of the new pointing. Its very difficult to remove, Ive tried heat gun, chemical stripper. There are companies that offer high temperature steam cleaning (videos on youtube show it to be very quick and effective), I got a quote and it was £700+vat. Again, what am I supposed to do if that is what is being quoted? I cant magic a price of £200 out of thin air.

You're trying to micro-manage everything by getting contractors for every separate little thing, and probably overpaying for individual jobs as a result.
An actual builder (rather than separate steam cleaner/bricklayer/plumber) will probably have access to all of the trades you need and can get the paint stripped, walls repointed/repaired, and the guttering/drainage all sorted for you

 

[b0rn2sk8]

Wouldn’t a portable shot blasting machine get all that paint off easily?

Tool station have them starting at £60, you could probably hire a professional one from HSS for a lot less than you are being quoted for.

It would get all that paint off in no time and clean up any other areas of the brickwork with little effort.

 

[danlightbulb]

You're trying to micro-manage everything by getting contractors for every separate little thing, and probably overpaying for individual jobs as a result.
An actual builder (rather than separate steam cleaner/bricklayer/plumber) will probably have access to all of the trades you need and can get the paint stripped, walls repointed/repaired, and the guttering/drainage all sorted

Good quality builders are off doing extensions and loft conversions for £40k plus, they aren't interested in a few small repair jobs. I messaged a couple a few weeks ago, had no replies.

If I did find a full on builder to do all the jobs we aren't going to be talking a few hundred quid are we, it will be easily into a few £k.

 

[danlightbulb]

The bigger question though is why has "I'm thinking of doing some guttering and drainage improvements" turned into, I need my roof ridge tiles replacing?
Is there actually an issue with them? Is the rest of the roof ok? Is there any other work that could be done whilst you've got scaffolding (e.g. Solar Panels) etc.
Just seems like a completely random thing to get a quote for

I was just using it as a comparison price for the £1k I was quoted to do the brickwork repairs.

But to answer your question yes the mortar is falling out of the ridge tiles in places and the flat roof felt covering is badly worn out. So it's a preventive job before it starts leaking or ridge tiles actually fall off.