Insulation rip-off

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Insulation rip-off by meooo on Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:16 am
Decided to increase the loft insulation.
Local Council wil give 80% grant towards costs....."Great", I think.
Guy comes out to have a look...."Yes, you qualify" he says....."it'll cost you £350.00 with the grant" :?: :?: :?:


Phoned B&Q......."For the amount you want, we got a sepcial offer....£220 delivered"......no contest is there?

Why can't the government/local councils see that they (& us) are being ripped off by these companies?.....half their price is a helluva saving, and not just for me but for the council themselves.

And apparantly its the same for "boiler up-grades".....thousands to you if you want a grant, hundreds if you go it alone.....nice work if you can get it :evil:
What have I told you about Thinking Erroll??
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Re: Insulation rip-off by jellybaby on Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:06 am
i have a friend that works for the council whenever he books any work in to be done on his building it comes out his budget they wanted £500 to fit some lighting bars to a wall 6 holes per bar :shock: :shock: . now this is a concil building and council builders that come and do the work they said a days work. me any my mate did it 2 hours some chemical fixing bolts that i had sitting around and jobs done. nice work if you can get it
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Re: Insulation rip-off by stu on Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:50 pm
dont even start me on the council where i stay . :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
bloody idiots.
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