Central Heating Quote

missk_ensington

BobProperty wrote:

But don't complain if it doesn't work too well, please.

What is it about paying cash that everyone automatically assumes it is going in someone back pocket? I have been paid cash for some of the work I have done, it's in my accounts. OK there are quite a number of people who will work for cash, some exclusively, but equally the chance of getting them back if anything goes wrong, I would say, is inversely proportional to the amount of work that goes straight into their back pockets.
I will say in the above example is that their CORGI cards may count for nothing as far as CORGI and any guarantee is concerned as it's not "on the books". Because it's "not on the books" they are hardly likely to fill in the certificate. Alternatively, if they do, their employers won't guarantee the work as it wasn't "on their books". (And do check the certificate hasn't been signed M Mouse too)

When I bought my boiler there was a booklet inside with a section that had to be filled in by the fitter and his Reg then sent off. A couple of weeks later the documentation cme through the door. A lot of the time I use self-employed tradesmen.

Cash does not always transpire as 'undeclared' money, but if they've knocked off £100+ from their original quote for cash, or if you are offering cash inh order to knock £100 off then this is clearly to compensate for the ax they would otherwise be paying. So yes, it is probably for their back pocket.

I've paid all my workmen in cash and they've always come back to fix things except one plumber who didn;t fix the ballor fix valves thinking I wouldn't notice. But I saved over £300 by having him do the work, and it cost me £50 for someone to do the Ballor's so it was still a good £250 cheaper even with the man not coming back to fix it.

beanieandme

escapee wrote:

Hi All

I am considering having my sixteen year old gas fire/backboiler removed and replaced with a condensing combi boiler. I would also like the old tank and other surplus paraphernalia removed in the process and have 6 of my 7 existing radiators replaced as they are nearly 30 years old now! The new rads will have thermo valves fitted.

I have had two quotes for the work and both are within £50 of each other and a shade off £3700 inc. VAT, is this average? I was hoping to gain a quote within my budget of £3000 is this a pipe dream?

Although both quotes were very similar the heating engineers had very different ideas as where to site the boiler and basically contradicted each other, which threw my a little. They also offered to supply different makes of boiler, Engineer A quoted for a Glowworm CX30i and Engineer B quoted an Alpha CD32C, I am not really clued up on quality/reliability of boilers so am unable to decide which was the better value.

Should I try for a couple more quotes or are these roughly as cheap as I should expect. If it is of any information I am in the Nottinghamshire/East Midlands area.

Thank you in advance for any feedback!

Sounds about right if you were in the SE. Without rads I have been quoted around £3k.