£500 for a new toilet?

plumface

Jaybo10 wrote: »

Thanks to all of you who have commented so far
She has got one quote for £500 (£350 + VAT) however this person came around yesterday and will prove a full breakdown shortly.
She had a second quote (without this person seeing the job also) for £600 all in.
Kind regards

How does that work out?

SailorSam

Unless the pan itself has got a crack in it the leak has got to be coming from either the outlet at the back or where the cistern joins. So either way before buying a new loo check the seals here and you may only need a washer. Wobbling ? Check where the loo is screwed to the floor and replace the screws if one has come loose.
The wobble has probably loosened one of the joints to cause the leak.

s_b

SailorSam wrote: »

Unless the pan itself has got a crack in it the leak has got to be coming from either the outlet at the back or where the cistern joins. So either way before buying a new loo check the seals here and you may only need a washer. Wobbling ? Check where the loo is screwed to the floor and replace the screws if one has come loose.
The wobble has probably loosened one of the joints to cause the leak.

of course this is correct
my no nails was a joke
obviously some people dont have a sense of humour

diable

Housing Association Flat = Phone the helpline or log a call on the internet, is it L&Q by any chance?

pinkteapot

VAT is 20% so should be £70 on £350 (£420 total).

If the total is £500 then the price excluding VAT would have been £400.

That aside, she needs to ask the plumber which toilet (make/model) they are providing. You can then at least look it up online to see how much it is.

As others have said, toilets vary MASSIVELY in price. And quality. We got a cheap one for our downstairs loo and better ones for our bathroom and en-suite. You can certainly tell the difference.

martinthebandit

SailorSam wrote: »

Unless the pan itself has got a crack in it the leak has got to be coming from either the outlet at the back or where the cistern joins. So either way before buying a new loo check the seals here and you may only need a washer. Wobbling ? Check where the loo is screwed to the floor and replace the screws if one has come loose.
The wobble has probably loosened one of the joints to cause the leak.

Is the right answer.

Oh and a good dollop of no-more-nails would be useful into the existing screw holes before re-fixing the loo down.

I don't care how useless the OP thinks they are, it really is a simple fix, go see your mum and do it for her.

cyclonebri1

martinthebandit wrote: »

Is the right answer.

Oh and a good dollop of no-more-nails would be useful into the existing screw holes before re-fixing the loo down.

I don't care how useless the OP thinks they are, it really is a simple fix, go see your mum and do it for her.

No it wouldn't, if the holes need tightening up a 2 pack epoxy filler minimum is the way to go.

But all this seems irelevant now the full facts have emerged, ie, the repair is not the responsibility, liability or even perogative of the OPs mother, it appears to rest elsewhere.

And it has to be said that if £500 is available for a job that someone else should pay for then the post is not one for a money saving expert forum, more money wasting expert;);)

keystone

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Based on the info given by the op, ie, no indication of installation issues and no gold plated seat reqd it IS too expensive,

and based on the information provided by OP we have no idea that thats not actually the case - so it swings both ways.

Canucklehead wrote: »

I will readily agree with you if I see the extent of the work, until then........

Quite.

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

And it has to be said that if £500 is available for a job that someone else should pay for then the post is not one for a money saving expert forum, more money wasting expert;);)

Indeed so.

Cheers

keystone

s_b wrote: »

a half tube of no nails should have everything tickety boo by morning

Oh good grief - what a moronic suggestion. Tell me how do you feel if when the thing collapses, cracks and mum ends up needing 50 stitches in a large gash in her bum down at the local A&E? Whats even more frightening is that two people have actually thanked you for this piece of abject nonsense.

s_b wrote: »

my no nails was a joke

Somehow I don't believe you I'm sorry to say.

martinthebandit wrote: »

Oh and a good dollop of no-more-nails would be useful into the existing screw holes before re-fixing the loo down.

No it wouldn't. A good idea would be to fix the reason why its wobbling first.

Cheers

ListysDad

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Because some folks know the cost of a bog, the labour needed to fit it and the facts of life;


"If you don't want the job, quote double the rate, if the mug bites so be it"

Based on the info given by the op, ie, no indication of installation issues and no gold plated seat reqd it IS too expensive,

As Knuckle has already said you know nothing. BUT I bet you're extremely fit. You must be with all that jumping to conclusions... Oh I forgot, you'l know the COST of everything ever made but not understand one iota about value.

OP

You've already been given the best advice. Ask for a detailed quote.