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Bargain roof now fitted

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Post by si-forks » Wed Jul 11, 2018 2:54 pm

As some of you may have read in an earlier post I managed to pick up a new second-hand roof canvas for £250.... so today was the day it was being fitted.
Through a bit of Internet searching managed to find this guy from Stoke-on-Trent who has fitted soft top roofs all his working career, he drove down from Stoke-on-Trent arrived at my house at 8:30 stripped all the roof down put the new canvas on and was finished by 12:30 even hoovered the inside of my car and gave me a free pen absolute genius all for £300..... the only downside is the roof needs to stay closed for between 7 and 10 days to allow the material to stretch the weather is going to break anyway isn't it :rofl:
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Post by jock156 » Wed Jul 11, 2018 3:30 pm

That looks awesome!!!!

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Post by ben g » Wed Jul 11, 2018 3:37 pm

Great job! Unsure how he managed to do it in 4 hours. He must be a magician :lol:

Looks lovely :thumbsup: My personal advice, having had a new roof fabric myself, is to not put any waterproof products on it. Keep it as intended, a permeable material :thumbsup:
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Post by si-forks » Wed Jul 11, 2018 3:56 pm

ben g wrote: Wed Jul 11, 2018 3:37 pm Great job! Unsure how he managed to do it in 4 hours. He must be a magician :lol:

Looks lovely :thumbsup: My personal advice, having had a new roof fabric myself, is to not put any waterproof products on it. Keep it as intended, a permeable material :thumbsup:
yep that is exactly the advice he told me don't put anything on it at all
He started at 8:30 and was packing his van at 12:45
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Post by paulc_bkk » Wed Jul 11, 2018 4:30 pm

Looks awesome!

I wonder if he fancies a trip to Thailand to do mine? ;)

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Post by buzyg » Wed Jul 11, 2018 5:52 pm

Did indeed prove to be a bargain then. :thumbsup:

Enjoy your Couped up life. It's only a few days. :wink:
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Post by si-forks » Wed Jul 11, 2018 6:03 pm

buzyg wrote: Wed Jul 11, 2018 5:52 pm Did indeed prove to be a bargain then. :thumbsup:

Enjoy your Couped up life. It's only a few days. :wink:
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Post by Wood Butcher » Wed Jul 11, 2018 6:20 pm

That looks the dogs :thumbsup:

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Post by Grumpyowl » Wed Jul 11, 2018 6:51 pm

New roof looks Fantstic :thumbsup:
You should put this guys details in the discount codes and forum services section

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Post by wonkydonkey » Wed Jul 11, 2018 7:40 pm

Gotta love finding the right man for the job, and paying good money for his time and effort. Perfect result, it looks great :D :thumbsup:
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Post by maxman » Wed Jul 11, 2018 8:01 pm

Looks spot on,I bet your over the moon.

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