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2nd March 2022, 21:10 | #1 |
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Noticing how expensive stuff is
I am really starting to notice costs
Diesel £158.9. 4 sheets of 18mm 8X4 OSB, tin of primer and 2 small tins of gloss and that is £200 gone. Now looking at 2.5mm twin and earth plus sockets and back boxes. Ye gods it is getting expensive. macafee2 |
2nd March 2022, 22:02 | #2 |
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Me weekly shop is about 5% more than last year.
Car insurance due on wife's car end of the month, less than last year at present. Big jump in inflation was always on the cards though. And it ain't just in the UK. Going to be rough for some. |
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3rd March 2022, 06:57 | #5 |
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Some good news, B&Q has dropped its price again for OSB
https://www.diy.com/search?Width+%28...&term=18mm+osb Now £40 macafee2 |
3rd March 2022, 07:27 | #6 |
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We're looking to have some modest home improvements carried out (decided not to move). Have placed a request on a couple of well known trade sites.
Not a sniff. Nothing. Zilch. But a short drive down to Colchester yesterday highlighted the amount of building going on. Supply and demand in the mix along with what's happened over the last couple of years? |
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We had people out to quote for a new roof, two did not provide quotes, one did not respond when I asked for a break down of costs. Tree surgeons not much better. Only guy I could speak well about is a sparky and all he did was add a spur a few feet below an existing socket. macafee2 |
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I've just enquired about getting a garage built, nothing fancy, one of those cartlodge things, from a specialist. I'll not hold me breath though. It's not just building. I have a collection of clocks, a couple of which need major attention. No chance till June one said, another has had one for some two months. However when the Jag stopped the garage took it that day. Took them ten days to fix it though. |
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perhaps members can recommend someone but you show your location as planet earth macafee2 macafee2 |
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3rd March 2022, 14:48 | #10 |
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