London mirror and artwork hanging · East London
We work in Havering every week — london's most suburban edge — romford's market and nightlife, hornchurch's semis and green belt beyond upminster. Mirror and artwork hanging is priced against that reality, not a national average.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Framed picture up to 10kg | £45 | 15–30 min | One fixing, but the wall is scanned first — London plaster hides shallow pipes and cables. |
| Additional piece, same visit | £20 | 10–20 min | Call-out, sweep and dust sheets are already paid for on the first item. |
| Mirror 10–30kg | £65 | 30–50 min | Two-point fixing into something structural, then a laser check across the width. |
| Overmantel or full-length mirror above 30kg | £95 | 45–90 min | Plate glass needs a cleat rated well above the weight and two people to lift it. |
| Gallery wall, 5–9 pieces | £140 | 1.5–2.5 hrs | Set out on the floor and templated on the wall before a hole goes in. |
| Rail or track hanging system, per 2m | £110 | 1–1.5 hrs | A track spreads the load and lets tenants rehang without new holes. |
Framed picture up to 10kg
£45 · 15–30 min
One fixing, but the wall is scanned first — London plaster hides shallow pipes and cables.
Additional piece, same visit
£20 · 10–20 min
Call-out, sweep and dust sheets are already paid for on the first item.
Mirror 10–30kg
£65 · 30–50 min
Two-point fixing into something structural, then a laser check across the width.
Overmantel or full-length mirror above 30kg
£95 · 45–90 min
Plate glass needs a cleat rated well above the weight and two people to lift it.
Gallery wall, 5–9 pieces
£140 · 1.5–2.5 hrs
Set out on the floor and templated on the wall before a hole goes in.
Rail or track hanging system, per 2m
£110 · 1–1.5 hrs
A track spreads the load and lets tenants rehang without new holes.
Prices include the fixings, a cable and pipe detector sweep and a laser level check. Made-good filling of old holes is included; full redecoration is not. Permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge where they apply are itemised in the written quote.
Working in Havering
The stock in Havering is interwar and post-war semis, bungalows in upminster and new flats around romford station, and the mix changes street by street — Collier Row (RM5), Cranham (RM14) and Elm Park (RM12) each behave differently on the day.
London Borough of Havering sets the constraint: driveways and wide roads throughout; only romford town centre needs bay suspensions. Locally that means wide suburban roads, driveways and easy kerbside loading and the easiest access in london — wide roads, drives and level thresholds. Havering sits outside the Congestion Charge zone, so only ULEZ applies to the van and the quote is that much simpler.
Most flats in Havering are leasehold, and managing agents here routinely ask for a public liability certificate and a method note before a contractor drills anything. We send both with the booking confirmation.
Havering took its present shape because essex market towns and farmland that became commuter suburbia after the lms and district lines arrived.
Scope
Method
Step 1
The piece is weighed and the wall sounded — solid, stud, dot-and-dab or lath — because that decides the fixing.
Step 2
Cables and pipes traced before drilling; shallow chases behind switches are the usual London hazard.
Step 3
Centre set at eye line, lower over a mantel or headboard, marked with a laser rather than a guess.
Step 4
Cleat, D-rings or a track fitted, the piece lifted on and checked level end to end.
Step 5
Old holes filled, dust vacuumed, packaging taken away.
Coverage
Also in this borough
Brackets fixed into the right substrate, cables chased or trunked, screen levelled.
Floating and bracketed shelving into plaster, brick, stud and dot-and-dab.
Feature walls, murals and full rooms papered, pattern matched and cleanly trimmed.
Blinds, poles and bay tracks measured, levelled and fixed to the reveal you have.
Anything that needs to go on a wall — fixed into the right substrate and levelled.
Framed picture up to 10kg starts at £45 in Havering, and the ladder runs up to £110 for the largest job on the table above. Weight and wall type set the price: dot-and-dab, lath and steel lintels each need a different anchor. The borough is outside the Congestion Charge zone, so there is no charge to pass on — only ULEZ, which our vans are compliant with.
We cover the whole borough: RM1, RM11, RM12, RM13, RM14, RM2, RM3, RM5 and RM7. On the ground that includes Collier Row, Cranham, Elm Park, Gidea Park, Harold Wood and Harold Hill and Hornchurch.
Most slots are within 48 hours, with evenings and Saturdays for restricted buildings. East London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
Driveways and wide roads throughout; only Romford town centre needs bay suspensions. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with London Borough of Havering and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. Interwar and post-war semis, bungalows in Upminster and new flats around Romford station is exactly the stock we work in daily. Where there is no lift, the crew size is set by the floor level at quote stage, so a third-floor walk-up is priced as a third-floor walk-up rather than re-quoted on the doorstep.
Fitters carry £5m public liability cover and every heavy mirror is photographed on its fixing for the job record. Certificates go out with the booking confirmation, which is what London Borough of Havering tenancies and most local managing agents ask for.
One fitter for pictures and mirrors up to about 25kg; two for overmantels, full-length glass and anything carried up a communal stairwell. Vehicles are ULEZ-compliant, which matters in every Havering postcode, and the crew carries everything needed to complete the job in one visit.
Replacing broken glass or reframing — that is a framer's job, Structural work, new lintels or plastering beyond making good the holes and Hanging into asbestos insulating board, which needs a licensed contractor. If something on that list turns up in Havering, we tell you at survey and point you at the right trade rather than taking the booking anyway.
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No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
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