Quote: shower cubicle - replacing damaged pipeworks then retiling whole cubicle

jund23

I have a quote from a Manchester based plumber, the cold shower inlet pipe was damaged when trying to DIY fit a new shower mixer (it is a gravity fed combi bolier shower ie not electric). Basically drilled a hole into the pipe behind the tiles so it all has to come off now.

the plumber has quoted me for the following items

1 remove shower cubicle and old tiles from whole of shower (it is a bog standard 750 by 750 mm shower cubicle base)
2 Replace damaged pipe (it has a small hole in it from drilling so the whole pipe will need replacing)
3 plaster the wall as nec around new pipe
4 refit old cubicle and fit new tiles bought by us already
5 fit the shower mixer (that we already bought) onto the wall

£850 plus VAT, seems pricey to me wondering if any of you have an opinion? I understand it is a 3 day job so it ight be about right, they have to strip it, then plaster, let that dry then tile and let that dry then come back and fit shower.

thanks

Oldsoak

It sounds pricey to me. I'd charge about £550 to do that. The walls probably won't need plastering. If the pipe is in a solid wall then it can be dug out and replaces then rapid setting tile adhesive used to fill the hole(tileable in 4 hours).

If I were quoting for this job my schedule would be as follows;
Day 1 - removal of shower and tiles then replace pipe work and repair to wall.
Day 2/3 - tank walls as required, retile then replace shower cubicle(or vice versa depends on how it is done now),grout then silicone. Fit shower.

Job done, customer happy, me paid a fair price. Not overpaid.

keystone

For the scope I would suggest thats between 20% and 25% over.

Cheers