http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Good experiences with builders? en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:03:28 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21712#post-379038 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 22:37:47 +0000 MrSRD 379038@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We were fortunate to find a central heating contractor who understood our desire for a phased approach to installing the boiler, rads etc (in sync with the other stuff we needed to have done). We went with the firm that had actually read the project spec I wrote up.</p> <p>But the building quotes we've been getting seem more focused on economies of scale (do all the project elements concurrently) complicating our efforts to make sense of what they actually propose to do for each. It's closer to a one-size-fits-all, 'this is how we do things'. approach. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21712#post-379034 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:41:48 +0000 Arellcat 379034@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And if they will do jobs in Glasgow and do them well, I'm interested too. Asking for a friend. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21712#post-379033 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:47:12 +0000 chdot 379033@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No need to apologise, CCEers like finding solutions for other CCEers. </p> <p>(And vicariously observing the process/progress…)</p> <p>But builders… </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21712#post-379032 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:08:46 +0000 MrSRD 379032@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apologies for a very OT question, but have any of you had good experiences with joiners, builders and the like?</p> <p>We're still shopping around for a contractor to do our big renovations project, and would be grateful for recommendations. Thanks. </p>