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Old 20-02-2008, 02:47 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
Steve Wolstenholme writes:
| On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:08:35 -0000, "Honeysuckle Bunch"
| wrote:
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| Does this quote of £400.00 sound fair, bearing in mind that the small
shed
| is costing £200.00.

No.

| It sounds like a rip-off to me but then I haven't done a shed base for
| ages. Perhaps it now takes more than a couple of hours using ready
| mixed agregate or maybe nobody supplies the stuff in your part of the
| world.

Why on earth do you need to cover the earth with concrete? Just
level it and put the slabs down directly (on bearers, of course).


I did question that but was told that "he knows what he is doing", I suspect
he was taking advantage of a female.

Cheers

Honeysuckle Bunch