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Attic Conversion

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  • 15-03-2009 7:34am
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    Wetbench4
    Registered Users Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭


    Hi i'm thinking of getting the attic converted and i living in a suburb of the city. Just wanted to know if anyone in the Limerick area has gotten it done in the last 6 months and roughly how much would i be looking at. Its just your average 3 bed semi.


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    Ashfield
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭Ashfield


    Im not too sure how much it will cost you, but my friend had his done recently, he isnt the kind to tell how much he spends on things, and he was delighted with the guy who done it,
    i can get you his name and number if you want?


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    Wetbench4
    Registered Users Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭Wetbench4


    ya that would be great thanks.


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    Ashfield
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭Ashfield


    he got midwestern carpentry, the guys name is jimmy long 087 908 3887
    very good and reasonable by all accounts


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    Hooked
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    Suppose it would depend on a few things... How many Velux's you were putting in... The insulation varies greatly in price and if you needed to get a plasterer in. The plumbing and electrics would all need to be factored in too. And if you needed a stairs fitted or just a stira. I'm doing mine a bit at a time at the minute, just for storage and not a "finished" room as such. 3 bed semi just like yourself.

    I'm moving the water tank in to the side too get the full span of the attic. But I'm fortunate that my brother's a chippy, and have 3 great friends in an electrician, plumber and plasterer. Drop me a PM if you're looking for someone to do the job as my brother/the lads might be interested...

    I got the stira out in 4Home for a hundred quid. Priced one velux and flashings in Brooks for 500 and imagine the rest of the timber for the floor and walls could leave me with change from a grand. But I have to insulate it cause there's currently NONE! No need to do the floors, just the roof.

    But as I've said, the labour is free, I've no expensive stairs to get made and I'm not plastering it/finishing it, yet... and all I'm doing is raising the floor to get above the pipes/electrics. Now If I could just figure a way to get 8 x 4 ft sheets of WBP up there I'd be laughing!


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    Hooked
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    Small world... Jimmy's one of my best mates (and a tasty carpenter).
    But you know what they say... blood is thicker than water!


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    The Bull O'Shea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 63 ✭✭The Bull O'Shea


    Ashfield wrote: »
    he got midwestern carpentry, the guys name is jimmy long 087 908 3887
    very good and reasonable by all accounts

    Hi Jimmy ;)


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    steveon
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    I know a Georgian Chap who does it and does an excellant job from start to finish, he lives in Dooradoyle..

    his website for some snaps of his work is

    http://www.bvatticspecialists.ie

    Regards,
    Steven


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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,991 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Installing an ensuite bathroom/shower/toilet would also greatly influence the price.
    Hooked wrote: »
    And if you needed a stairs fitted or just a stira
    I thought the building regulations specify that, if used as a bedroom, the stairs must be fixed and have a fire door at the top?


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