How much?!
Posted: Sat 27 Jan, 2007 3:31 pm
My original specification came to £59 for the 20in x 16in frame. For a 30 x 24in frame to the same spec it would be £97 (the only variable being the frame size - for the sake of comparing like with like. In practice I would probably use a stronger moulding on the larger frame, adding £3-£5). My prices do not include VAT.
Glass for the 20 x 16in and 24 x 30" frames respectively:
£2 and £5 for customer to take away.
£3 or £7 if I fit it plus, usually, an additional fitting charge of £5 upwards which might be reduced or waived if the "repair" is part of an order which includes 2-3 or more new frames.
The highest fitting charge applies to those horrible old frames which are held together by long thin nails passing diagonally through almost everything, and in which everything includes remnants of old black backing paper, backing "boards" comprising several separate shrunken and worm-eaten pieces of wood, old and almost completely faded gold slips, worm-eaten "mounts" plus a kilo or two of dust, soot and biological remains, not to mention the wondrous mix of old and remarkably effective tapes and deposits of glue (seemingly applied originally with a trowel). The hanging fittings in such cases are usually well corroded and no longer fit for purpose even if origially they might once have done justice to the task of joining British Rail rolling stock, and not forgetting a generous helping of best binder twine from the days when that too was a relatively new innovation.
Obviously in such cases one tries to suggest a new frame but...
Glass for the 20 x 16in and 24 x 30" frames respectively:
£2 and £5 for customer to take away.
£3 or £7 if I fit it plus, usually, an additional fitting charge of £5 upwards which might be reduced or waived if the "repair" is part of an order which includes 2-3 or more new frames.
The highest fitting charge applies to those horrible old frames which are held together by long thin nails passing diagonally through almost everything, and in which everything includes remnants of old black backing paper, backing "boards" comprising several separate shrunken and worm-eaten pieces of wood, old and almost completely faded gold slips, worm-eaten "mounts" plus a kilo or two of dust, soot and biological remains, not to mention the wondrous mix of old and remarkably effective tapes and deposits of glue (seemingly applied originally with a trowel). The hanging fittings in such cases are usually well corroded and no longer fit for purpose even if origially they might once have done justice to the task of joining British Rail rolling stock, and not forgetting a generous helping of best binder twine from the days when that too was a relatively new innovation.
Obviously in such cases one tries to suggest a new frame but...