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Badge wake up! Wake up!

They should still have been able to take an accurate measurement, a few millimetres here and there is fine but 3cms is crazy and to them just pack it out with expanding foam is ridiculous especially given the huge amount of money they cost.

Well, apart from fitting the flyscreens and fixing the damaged window, the other windows are all plastered. Luckily it was a very hot day yesterday, so the plaster went off very quickly, making up the time Harry lost packing out all the windows. He was a pretty happy bunny at not having to come back for a third day in a row. hopefully his bill won't have escalated too much, though I expect a bit extra for all the extra materials he had to use.


Meanwhile, I'm still trying to clean up.......


The finished plastering looks really good. This weekend OH is going to seal and prime the walls ready for painting.

give em the old 'well if you want my recommendation' trick, he was supplying a service and he messed up, I don't reckon any of the extra materials or labour should cost you. Sounds like you're well pleased with the result mind, good for you

They don't seem to have heard of double glazing in W.A. Give it 30 years and they might catch up.

Kalbarri probably not - but Perth because of its high UK pop. has an over abundance of double glazing installers and manufacturers.
[ not to be confused with abundance equating with quality thou.... ]

I never saw it in Brisbane, there probably are a few houses that have it but the ridiculous cost as quoted in this thread no doubt puts most off.

TBH I didn't think the price quoted earlier in the thread was that bad, given the size of windows here compared to the UK, and knowing how much it costs in the UK to do.

And don't forget that included flyscreens and internal venetians to 6 of the windows. (Not that they have fitted the flyscreens yet.)

Yep - not bad at all. Not sure what the cost is when getting replacements for existing windows though. I drive past a place that does double and triple glazing on my way to work, but not stopped to find out what prices are like. I have heard that some of the new builds though are having DG fitted as standard - how true that is I can't say as heard it in work.

$22,000 for 7 windows is not bad, seriously? Glass is as cheap as chips. Even including some flyscreens and venetians that also arent expensive that is incredibly expensive. $3000 per window. Windows in Australia arent universally bigger than here

I hadn't seen that cost but even then 3 windows are floor to ceiling, 4 other windows, fly screens and blinds $22k isn't that bad - and the other price in this thread is $7k more for new DG instead of single for 16 windows. I would guess that the prices by Anglican, Everest, Staybrite, etc would all be more expensive.

Well I guess we have very different ideas of what is reasonable. I could have custom made bespoke hardwood windows made for a fraction of that price. I can only assume as it is still almost a novelty in Australia companies are cashing in, big time. Prices will eventually have to drop considerably for it to become mainstream.

I took out custom made red cedar windows because they were being eaten by the cockatoos, and also because they had no insulating or noise reducing properties at all, would run with condensation in the winter and then go mouldy. They were a pain to maintain too. Most of my windows are at least 2 metres wide and floor to ceiling. There are 4 venetians per window, which fit between the 2 panes of glass- so no dusting!! There are at least 12 opening sections which will have retractable flyscreens. Yes, they are more expensive than the UK, and we won't recoup the money in lower electricity bills, but the difference they have already made is priceless.


Now if only they would finish them......

They sound very nice as you would expect for $3000 each and the main thing is that you are happy with them. Some of our windows are a few 100 years old so are getting close to needing to be replaced