by SwNapster » Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:20 pm
Sorry haven't used or even gotten quotes from those companies. We are in the middle of a project at the moment and I would recommend speaking to at least 4-5 former customers before making up your mind. The companies should be able to give you references and you can go to people's houses to see the finished work (most people are kind enough to give you a tour and tell you what went right and what went wrong). I'd try to find some former customers yourself as well (here or elsewhere).
do you have an architect? If not, pay close attention where the steel supports go and at what level, whether they will be embedded in the roof or will be boxed in (cheaper but uglier), whether you will have downstands in the kitchen or not, if the contractor will double up your existing joists in the loft (which consumes headheight) or maximise headheight by building off the joists already there (may need a steel in between joists). So many considerations...
Sorry haven't used or even gotten quotes from those companies. We are in the middle of a project at the moment and I would recommend speaking to at least 4-5 former customers before making up your mind. The companies should be able to give you references and you can go to people's houses to see the finished work (most people are kind enough to give you a tour and tell you what went right and what went wrong). I'd try to find some former customers yourself as well (here or elsewhere).
do you have an architect? If not, pay close attention where the steel supports go and at what level, whether they will be embedded in the roof or will be boxed in (cheaper but uglier), whether you will have downstands in the kitchen or not, if the contractor will double up your existing joists in the loft (which consumes headheight) or maximise headheight by building off the joists already there (may need a steel in between joists). So many considerations...