With the cost of heating water for a bath these days many house owners are adding the facilities of a shower which not only is cheaper to run, but a quicker and more environmentally friendly way to achieve personal hygiene.
Finding a company to carry out any plumbing job in your home can vary in price dramatically. Last year I remember the run up to Christmas being rather stressful, a new bathroom project I thought I could do myself ended up needing the services of a local company when I ran in to problems. I called a few companies for quotes. Some local and some that offered a national service. Prices varied from £180-£550 to complete the job I started which left me thinking I would either end up in more problems or paying more than I needed too.
A small firm local to me called Allan’s Bathrooms based in Worthing offered me a competitive quote and carried out the work early evening so I didn’t have to take time off work. They were neat and tidy and came with good recommendations from a friend. The job was completed in time for Christmas. It’s always worth asking for recommendations and well worth following them up, especially after you see the horror stories on popular television programs like Rogue Traders on BBC1
To slim down your chances of being stung by rogue traders you can research quality tradesman local to you on websites like checkatrade.co.uk. They offer you a directory of trades and services that have been vetted to high standards, for example by verifying insurance, qualifications and professional memberships. Not only that, but they also monitor traders work on an ongoing basis by collecting feedback directly from their customers.
The advantage of keeping things local is the support and continuation of community cash flow which can provide important improvement to the look and feel of the town you live in.
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This post is a Blogger on December 30, 2009
