Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 Mar 06, 2008 7:43 pm I just added 3 towel rings to our house specifications (you know, those ones you hang a hand towel on).
They quoted us $90 per ring. I thought this was ridiculous! Any comments? Am I being unreasonable? The brand was ECT (not sure what that is).... Re: Am I being ripped off for a towel ring? 2Mar 06, 2008 7:49 pm If you have it through the builder, it's gonna cost you double (or even triple) the price...
So might as buy your own and attach after handover. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Built the Nevada 42 Next project - landscaping! Re: Am I being ripped off for a towel ring? 6Mar 06, 2008 8:12 pm Quote: I thought a builder would supply this sort of thing as well as toilet paper holders, towel racks as standard etc Depends on the builder... Quote: Another item to add to the list of 'extras' These are minor expenses only... so nothing to worry about. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Built the Nevada 42 Next project - landscaping! Re: Am I being ripped off for a towel ring? 8Mar 06, 2008 8:33 pm Not standard in our house, we had to get as an extra, but only cost $29, that's for a basic powder coated ring, not sure what brand, we just automatically got the same brand as the builders range. Re: Am I being ripped off for a towel ring? 9Mar 06, 2008 9:07 pm Quote: eah I didn't think they would cost much - but I'm more worried about finding someone to install it all, DH is next to useless ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Built the Nevada 42 Next project - landscaping! Re: Am I being ripped off for a towel ring? 10Mar 06, 2008 9:30 pm It sounds a bit expensive to me
They come standard with our building company,but we upgraded from the plastic ones to polished chrome and I,m sure they were only about $30 each. We priced all of that sort of thing before we went to our colour selections and found that the building company were fairly reasonably priced. We were going to get standard tapware etc. and then buy our own to put in later on,but decided it would be a lot easier to leave it to the builder...our friends were going to do that with their new house....5 yrs later they still have the standard range Also,we upgraded the towel rails as the standard ones were only long enough for one towel,we thought about buying and installing those later but realised that it would be a major job installing the longer ones as that would mean re-tiling that area.....there,s just so much to think about isn,t there! LOL Good luck with everything Oztish Cheers Mel Re: Am I being ripped off for a towel ring? 11Mar 07, 2008 11:56 am Quote: eah I didn't think they would cost much - but I'm more worried about finding someone to install it all, DH is next to useless They are easy to install on plaster - hard to install correctly on plaster I put one in the bathroom when the kids were young and it took 5 minutes before it and the plaster came off the wall You need to fit them to studs ( which are not easy to find in the place you need them) Paula Re: Am I being ripped off for a towel ring? 13Mar 07, 2008 12:43 pm Quote: You are building a new house.. of course you are being ripped off. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Built the Nevada 42 Next project - landscaping! Re: Am I being ripped off for a towel ring? 15Mar 07, 2008 1:11 pm Great feedback from Paula. Our toilet roll holder is the same.. there are NO studs where we require. so, all of us in the frame stage should request noggins where we would be placing the toilet roll and towel holders.
Any handyman can fix it for you if DH is no good.. Re: Am I being ripped off for a towel ring? 16Mar 07, 2008 1:31 pm I have managed to mount out toilet roll, towell rails and hand towell holder just onto plaster with no issues at all - the attatchments use the "toggles" that actually grip the plaster from behind as you tighten them, so they are very firmly on the wall!
If I can manage...anyone can!!!! Built Porter Davis "Dromana" 2007. towel rack 17Mar 07, 2008 1:33 pm I agree. You are better off attaching your own towel rack afterwards. Get a handy man or a friend. Builders always charge over the top prices for any changes.
Sam www.buildingmyfirsthome.blogspot.com Re: Am I being ripped off for a towel ring? 18Mar 07, 2008 3:49 pm Quote: the attatchments use the "toggles" that actually grip the plaster from behind as you tighten them, so they are very firmly on the wall! Still not strong enough for the toddlers!!! I will be making sure they have some wood to attach to at the new place!! OK now do draw towel rails in... Paula Re: Am I being ripped off for a towel ring? 19Mar 07, 2008 7:44 pm haywgl eah I didn't think they would cost much - but I'm more worried about finding someone to install it all, DH is next to useless I am more worry about you starting arguments/fight with your poor DH... If you buy stuff from any shop selling bathroom accessaries, they would be too happy to install or recommend a trades person to install it. And if they install it, you should normally get the warranty (get it in writing!) It might look simple, but drilling a hole through the tile (if full tiling to ceiling) or plaster isn't as easy as you thought. Hi Minho I have heaps of experience in Ku-ring-gai with both DAs and CDC ( this is the main area we build in). DA's are taking 12-18months and CDC's we have been doing… 1 3161 Please suggest a solid quality swivel bar towel holder in bathrooms & bedrooms from… 0 3122 Electrical just got back to me and said the most they can provide is a single power point on the Bedroom 1 side of that wall. After handover, your towel rail installer… 2 3846 |