How much..outside tap?

C_Mababejive

How much would you pay for a plumber to fit an outside tap up to a max of 3m copper tube with internal isolation valve (for winter) and outside bib tap suitable for screwing a house connector on to and for the work to be done at your convenience eg weekends ?

mkaibear

C_Mababejive wrote: »

How much would you pay for a plumber to fit an outside tap up to a max of 3m copper tube with internal isolation valve (for winter) and outside bib tap suitable for screwing a house connector on to and for the work to be done at your convenience eg weekends ?

Nothing. I would do it myself. There are kits available and everything, eg;

http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/plumbing/washers-tap-replacements/taps/PlumbSure-Garden-Tap-Kit-11478138

A tenner.

Admittedly, hose rather than copper pipe, but still.

Have you had quotes? Have you asked any plumbers? For the cost of a phone call one of them could give you an approximate idea, surely!

iamcornholio

£70-£100

Half a days work plus parts if straightforward

Ruski

Agreed - half a day - but a qualified plumber won't be charging £70 for half a day I can assure you!!

Dont forget the non return valve and drainoffcock too.

If you intend to attach a pressure washer to it at some point forget the £10 option stated above.

HTH

Russ

keystone

£ 10 option is pants anyway and a false economy. IMHO not even half a day but I agree with the £ value for doing it at weekends.

Cheers

peteplumber

C_Mababejive wrote: »

How much would you pay for a plumber to fit an outside tap up to a max of 3m copper tube with internal isolation valve (for winter) and outside bib tap suitable for screwing a house connector on to and for the work to be done at your convenience eg weekends ?

materials 20 pound and 60 labour no more

mkaibear

Ruski wrote: »

If you intend to attach a pressure washer to it at some point forget the £10 option stated above.

Rubbish. My pressure washer works fine from the above (installed by the previous owner, who was a bit of a bodger)

mkaibear

keystone wrote: »

£ 10 option is pants anyway and a false economy.

...£10, installed by a DIY idiot (not me, though I do consider myself in that category!), has lasted 3 years thus far with one replacement jubilee clip - running a pressure washer off it as well as a hosepipe. Water flow rate of 17l-min.

...total false economy, yeah... :rotfl:

mikey72

mkaibear wrote: »

...£10, installed by a DIY idiot (not me, though I do consider myself in that category!), has lasted 3 years thus far with one replacement jubilee clip - running a pressure washer off it as well as a hosepipe. Water flow rate of 17l-min.

...total false economy, yeah... :rotfl:

One replacement jubilee clip? So it's blown off at least once then?

mkaibear

mikey72 wrote: »

One replacement jubilee clip? So it's blown off at least once then?

Nah, just a tad dribbly. Replaced as a precaution.

Still, £10 + £1 for a new jubilee clip, works out a lot cheaper than the £80 other people have been quoting. I still laugh at the accusation of "a false economy"...

Hintza

Less likely to burst in the winter