Cheap toilet pan needed!

furrypolka

We moved out of our old flat in June and have had an "addendum" to the previously clear checkout report a week afterwards saying that the toilet pan is cracked. I don't remember doing this but accept it wasn't in the ingoing report. However the landlord is asking for £300 for a replacement pan.

It's a "back to wall" style pan where the cistern is built into a wooden unit which also holds the sink and some shelving.

I think this amount is excessive. Can anyone help me with finding some quotes to challenge this?

Thank you!

phill99

Back to the wall pan is about £100 (or less) plus fitting plus vat. Also, there may be work to the flooring as the new pan will unlikely be exactly the same as the old one. So maybe £300 isn't far off the mark.

ormus

last one i bought was about 60 quid, plus vat.
think it was at TP.

tony6403

Did you have any home insurance ?

furrypolka

We had contents insurance, yes... Would that apply to toilets? Assumed it would just be for removables.

andyhop

BTW pans, For a decent branded item your looking >£150+vat from Ideal Standard/Twyfords

£60 LOL

mikey72

http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/back-to-wall-toilets-2236-0000

and they are a pig to fit, and that's before you've managed to get the old one out.

plumb1_2

http://www.bhl.co.uk/product/CONTOUR_21_BTW_PAN_STD_HGT_WHITE_STDPROJ

WhiteHorse

B&Q do some cheapo stuff.

tony6403

furrypolka wrote: »

We had contents insurance, yes... Would that apply to toilets? Assumed it would just be for removables.

Worth checking your policy . Also , your landlord will surely have building insurance and you should ask him about this.
Even if you have to pay any excess on his policy this may be a good solution for both you and him.