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Pricing/Sourcing tiles in the UK & NI

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  • 29-06-2011 6:33pm
    #1
    West Brit
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭


    I want to re roof my house in Dublin but need to buy the slates in Sterling as I live in the UK. ( and RoI prices seem higher, not to mention the exchange rate issues)
    pricing Eternit Thrutone (Marley)fibre cement slates in the South East of England I am getting quotes of £0.75 per tile.
    Pricing Eternit Thrutone (Tegral ) slates in Northern Ireland I am getting quotes of £1.20 per tile. both quotes excluding VAT @ 20%

    That seems a massive difference in what must be to all purposes the same product.Tegral are made in Ireland so what's with the big price diffrence, it can't be transportation costs

    I'm thinking of hiring a 7.5 tonne van and driving the tiles to Dublin myself, if the cost of the van/ferry is significantly cheaper.
    Anything wrong with that logic?


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    #2
    West Brit
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭West Brit


    Found a haulage company to shift tiles from South East UK to Dublin @ £110 a pallet.
    Saving around £1000.
    :D


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    steifanc
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭steifanc


    West Brit wrote: »
    Found a haulage company to shift tiles from South East UK to Dublin @ £110 a pallet.
    Saving around £1000.
    :D

    hi can you pm me the details of the haulage company i might do the same


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    West Brit
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭West Brit


    Tiles arrived safely, no problems apart from the fact they need to be fork lifted off the delivery truck, thankfully the house is across the road from a builders suppliers who took them down for me in the yard. Then it was just a case of loading up my car with 2.5 tonnes(not all at once!) of slates ,by hand and up loading them into the house, by hand ... nice...


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    Gulliver
    Registered Users Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭Gulliver


    West Brit wrote: »
    Tiles arrived safely, no problems apart from the fact they need to be fork lifted off the delivery truck, thankfully the house is across the road from a builders suppliers who took them down for me in the yard. Then it was just a case of loading up my car with 2.5 tonnes(not all at once!) of slates ,by hand and up loading them into the house, by hand ... nice...

    I'd say they were well chuffed with you! :D Well done on getting a bargain though.


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    Dromardabu
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭Dromardabu


    steifanc wrote: »
    West Brit wrote: »
    Found a haulage company to shift tiles from South East UK to Dublin @ £110 a pallet.
    Saving around £1000.
    :D

    hi can you pm me the details of the haulage company i might do the same

    Jo westbrit

    Hi jo
    Would you mind pm'ing me the haulage company details too pls.


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    West Brit
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭West Brit


    Gulliver wrote: »
    I'd say they were well chuffed with you! :D Well done on getting a bargain though.

    I gave the forkie driver a drink!


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    #8
    West Brit
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭West Brit


    Dromardabu wrote: »
    Jo westbrit

    Hi jo
    Would you mind pm'ing me the haulage company details too pls.

    PM sent.


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    Gulliver
    Registered Users Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭Gulliver


    West Brit wrote: »
    I gave the forkie driver a drink!

    Aaahh - drink, the universal lubricant! :)


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    Lemlin
    Registered Users Posts: 22,249 ✭✭✭✭Lemlin


    I priced Tegral Rivendale Tiles in NI and compared it to ROI. The quantity I wanted was just above 9k euro but I was getting quoted 9.5k in Sterling from NI companies.

    I didn't check the mainland UK though.


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    West Brit
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭West Brit


    Lemlin wrote: »
    I priced Tegral Rivendale Tiles in NI and compared it to ROI. The quantity I wanted was just above 9k euro but I was getting quoted 9.5k in Sterling from NI companies.

    I didn't check the mainland UK though.



    Marley Rivendale slates @ £.75 in UK

    Sorry that figure is bogus. For the Rivendale slates the price I got quoted was £1.20 per slate,i.e. £1200 per 1000
    £0.75 was for the thrutone slates


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