Service installations and upgrades, done before anything gets covered over.
Service installations and upgrades in Doncaster: dry lining, service runs, patching and fabric upgrades. Priced on request. The unglamorous groundwork behind a finished job, done properly before the tiler or plasterer follows.
Dry lining being taped and jointed flat, ready for plaster, service runs already routed behind it/img/dry-lining-services-tape-and-jointing.jpg · 1800×1012
Every finished room has work behind it that nobody sees again once it's covered: service runs chased and boxed in, dry lining taped and jointed flat, old concrete patched back so the new floor sits level, cabling and pipework routes prepared before the electrician or plumber's first fix. Get this stage wrong and every trade after it inherits the problem. Get it right and the finish goes down flat the first time.
This is the page for that stage of the job on its own: an upgrade to an existing service run, a patch of concrete or brickwork that needs sorting before you can build on it, a room that needs dry lining before it's plastered, a general fabric repair that's stopping another job from starting. I price it on request because every one of these is different, but it's priced as a fixed job, not a day rate with no end.
Most of the time this work sits inside a bigger job I'm already doing for you. I've put it on its own page because it's also the thing local builders and landlords ask me to sort on its own, in a house or a unit where I'm not doing the rest of the work.
quote on request
Typically 1–4 days on site
What moves the price:
- What's already there and what condition it's in
- Access: a lived-in house is slower than an empty unit
- Whether it's a stand-alone job or part of a bigger one I'm already doing
- Materials: matching an existing profile or finish takes longer than a clean upgrade
Look and scope
Photos or a visit to see what's actually there, not just what the plan says is there.
Prepare
Old material patched, cut back or removed. Services routed, chased or run to where the next trade needs them.
Line and finish
Dry lining taped, jointed and sanded flat, or the fabric made good so the next trade has something square to work to.
Sign off
I'll tell you honestly if what's behind the wall or floor needs more than expected before I carry on.
An old concrete patch being cut back and made good before the next trade starts/img/concrete-patch-in-work.jpg · 1600×1067
The fabric work most people never see.
A second concrete patching job, cut back and prepared/img/concrete-patch-in-work-2.jpg · 1200×800
Scaffold up for fascia and soffit work on a Doncaster house/img/scaffold-set-up-for-fascias-and-soffits.jpg · 1200×800
A utility roof refurbishment, part of a wider job/img/utility-roof-refurbishment.jpg · 1200×800
Photos from real jobs. Not every one of these is a service Greenside self-performs end to end — ask if you're not sure your job fits.
What counts as a service installation or upgrade?
Anything in the fabric of the building that has to be right before the visible finish goes on: dry lining, chased-in service runs, patched concrete or brickwork, upgraded pipe or cable routes ready for my electrician or plumber to connect to. If you're not sure whether your job fits, send me a photo.
Do you do the electrics and plumbing yourself?
No. I prepare the routes and the fabric around them; my electrician and Gas Safe engineer do the electrical and gas work itself and certify it. I coordinate it so it happens on the right day in the right order.
Can you fix a patch of damaged wall or floor before another trade starts?
Yes, and I'd rather you asked than let another trade work over it. A tiler or plasterer covering a bad patch just moves the problem under the new finish.
Is this only for builders?
No, homeowners and landlords too. It's often the thing that's been putting a job off: nobody wants to quote the messy bit on its own.
One person accountable, start to finish.
I'm Jack. I price it, I'm on the tools for it, and it's my name on it. Twelve years on site, a first-class degree in construction management, SMSTS and First Aid, and I operate the excavator myself. Where a job wants more hands I bring in people I've worked with for years and I run them. I cover Doncaster and everywhere within about half an hour of it: Bessacarr, Bawtry, Tickhill, Armthorpe, Thorne, Sprotbrough, Mexborough and over into Rotherham. More about me.
- 5.0 stars on Google6 reviews from real customers
- Fully insuredPublic liability
- SMSTS and First AidLegally qualified to run a UK construction site under CDM
- BSc (Hons) Construction Project Management, First ClassSheffield Hallam University, degree apprenticeship
- CIOB Certificate of ExcellenceChartered Institute of Building
- Twelve years on siteUK and Australia, £10m+ delivered as project manager
- Three full back to brick house renovationsTwo in Scawsby, one in Sprotbrough
- All aspects of groundworksAnd I operate the plant myself
Want a price for service installations & upgrades?
Send a few photos and your postcode. I'll usually come back the same day.