m8kwr
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| posted on 30/11/10 at 02:58 PM |
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Plumbing Costs
I have had a plumber cost me to fit 2 radiators and service the combi boiler. For a cost of £520.
I have no idea if this seems steep or not, as every other plumber I have either called, does not bother to phone me back, or the other ones I have had
round, do not bother to quote me. And to be honest I can not be bothered to chase people etc.
I am thinking the 2 radiators etc should be no more then £200, and boiler service about £80ish (never had it done before), so £240 for labour.
Does this seem a fair price or not???
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r1_pete
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| posted on 30/11/10 at 03:03 PM |
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For about 1.5 - 2 days work £240 aint bad, means he's paying himself about £7-800 a week.
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m8kwr
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| posted on 30/11/10 at 03:08 PM |
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only 1 days work at most!!!!
Apparently 2 off them doing, it, so i am thinking 1/2 days work...
So thats bad then...
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BenB
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| posted on 30/11/10 at 03:12 PM |
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It depends on what you mean by "fitting". New pipes or just re-using existing ones. If new pipes depends on whether it means taking up
floorboards etc etc etc....
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big-vee-twin
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| posted on 30/11/10 at 03:15 PM |
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Going rate is about £25/hr so that would equate to 10 hrs aprox.
A day (8hrs) for the rads and couple hours to service the boiler?
Plus materials.
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nick205
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| posted on 30/11/10 at 03:16 PM |
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When you say fit 2 rads, do you mean replace existing ones or run new pipework to newly positioned rads?
For comparison, I've recently been quoted between £120 and £140 to service a combi boiler. Your post reminded me that I also want a radiator
reconnecting where I replaced a leaky one and never got round to reconnecting it.
Can you get the trads and hang them yourself? IIRC I paid £60-70 from B&Q for a 800x1200 rad about 18 months ago. The valves were another £20 on
top from a local plumbers merchant (10mm micro bore so may be dearer than normal 15mm ones).
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craig_007
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| posted on 30/11/10 at 03:25 PM |
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Is he supplying the rads,pipework,valves,couplings etc ?
If so that seems fair enough depending on rad sizes and prices.
Alot depends on, flooring. I.E solid floor or wooden with a good space below for working in.
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m8kwr
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| posted on 30/11/10 at 03:42 PM |
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2 new rads, in 2 new positions in the house, removing an old one (which is been repositioned not behind a sofa!!!)
About 3-4 meters of copper pipe.
He did say about some stuff he was adding to the water when the rads are been re-filled to stop something!!!! I must listen.
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adam1985
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| posted on 30/11/10 at 04:25 PM |
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It all depends on rad size and make there can be a massive change in price
U2u on its way
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JoelP
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| posted on 30/11/10 at 06:24 PM |
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sounds a fair price to me, as plumbers go. Theres £20 in the pipes and £10 in the inhibitor, and a boiler service is skilled labour afterall.
Dont forget that what appears to be his hourly wage also has to cover tool maintainance and consumables, the van and insurance, public liability,
diesel and the half hour traveling, his pension and sick pay, the days he cant work due to snow etc, as well as tax. 
If i tell people i charge £25 an hour that doesnt mean thats all wage.
Beware! Bourettes is binfectious.
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slingshot2000
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| posted on 30/11/10 at 07:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
sounds a fair price to me, as plumbers go. Theres £20 in the pipes and £10 in the inhibitor, and a boiler service is skilled labour afterall.
Dont forget that what appears to be his hourly wage also has to cover tool maintainance and consumables, the van and insurance, public liability,
diesel and the half hour traveling, his pension and sick pay, the days he cant work due to snow etc, as well as tax.
If i tell people i charge £25 an hour that doesnt mean thats all wage.
I wish everybody I quote for could see the sense in what you say !
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macc man
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| posted on 30/11/10 at 07:53 PM |
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If you have doubts then ask around for a recommended plumber. I get all my work from referals.
I would probably charge about £450 but prices can vary depending on amount of work involved and
ultimately how busy your plumber is. My prices are less now than 4 years ago, supply and demand, Sign of the times.
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lsdweb
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| posted on 30/11/10 at 09:31 PM |
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Sounds fair to me.
I went to the dentist this morning and got charged £37.50 for a checkup that lasted less than 2 minutes - now that's a good hourly rate!
Wyn
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slingshot2000
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| posted on 2/12/10 at 01:09 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by lsdweb
Sounds fair to me.
I went to the dentist this morning and got charged £37.50 for a checkup that lasted less than 2 minutes - now that's a good hourly rate!
Wyn
£37.50 for 2 minutes; equates to (£37.50 x 30 = £1125.00 per hour)
£1125.00 an hour; equates to(£1125 x 40 = £45,000.00 per week)
£45,000.00 for a 40 hour week;equates to (£45k x 48 weeks)
£21, 600, 000 . 00 a year
or a hell of a lot of money each year . . . . . . . . . for. . . . . . . spending your day looking into other peoples mouths
YUK ! !
[Edited on 2/12/10 by slingshot2000]
[Edited on 2/12/10 by slingshot2000]
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lsdweb
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| posted on 2/12/10 at 07:45 AM |
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Yeah I did the calculations too! I think she only works four days a week though :-)
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