advice please, boiler fitting costs

pinkgem

my boyfriend and i are currently renovating our 2nd house to live in, my boyfriend had done most of the plumbing and we have purchased new radiators

we have decided which combi boiler we are going for, it is in stock locally, and then we just need it fitting and testing

a plumber that my boyfriends dad knows said he would fit it and my boyfriends dad estimated that he would cost approx £80 per day and would take approx 2 days so we thought that would be £160-£200 at the most for fitting

unfortunately there seems to have been a mix up because the plumber recommended a plasterer to us but the plasterer didn't turn up to price the job and another platerer has since started the job, this has for some reason annoyed the plumber and he has now told my boyfriends dad that he won't fit our boiler. all very silly and probably due to a misunderstanding.

so since this we have got one price from a plumber who my boyfriend is kind of related to, the plumber has given a price of £450+vat and says that it is just 2 days work, he also said that was the cheapest he could do it

i think we should get more prices as that seems quite expensive to me - the way i see it is that a lot of people would be happy to get £450 for 2 weeks work but this is for just 2 days! i know plumbers are expensive but i thought maybe £100-£150 per day max.

my boyfriend thinks we should just agree to the price and get it fitted as he is available to do the work now so we don't have to mess about getting prices from other people

is this price reasonable? are we likely to get it done cheaper if we ask other plumbers for prices?

Alan50

Its not cheap but for 2 days work , together with the certification/insurance its not OTT.


Alan

adandem

I don't think it's too bad a price either, good tradesmen are hard to find so I suppose within reason they can ask that much.

I personally think £450 for 2 weeks is rather a low wage for a qualified/skilled position

pinkgem

adandem wrote: »

I don't think it's too bad a price either, good tradesmen are hard to find so I suppose within reason they can ask that much.

I personally think £450 for 2 weeks is rather a low wage for a qualified/skilled position

sorry i didn't mean a qualified or skilled person, i was just saying a lot of people would be happy with £450 for 2 weeks work so £450 for 2 days seemed quite a lot to me

i wouldn't expect a skilled person to be happy with £450 for 2 weeks work, i thought they would probably want around £100-£150 per day

PROFESSIONAL_LANDLORD

i thought they would probably want around £100-£150


Sorry those days are long gone I know guys who will quote £700 for 3 days work, and if they don't get it, they stay at home !


That's why a lot of lawyers in London are taking plumbing courses TRUE


we have got one price from a plumber who my boyfriend is kind of related to, the plumber has given a price of £450+vat


He's not doing you any favours but, doubt you'll get it any cheaper.
He must be CORGI reg; to sign your boiler off.

tesuhoha

What area do you live in? My husband is a Corgi registered plumber who works on site but does do some private work. I'll ask him how much he would charge but it does depend what area you live in.

EliteHeat

pinkgem wrote: »

A plumber that my boyfriends dad knows said he would fit it and my boyfriends dad estimated that he would cost approx £80 per day and would take approx 2 days so we thought that would be £160-£200 at the most for fitting

Quite frankly that is insulting. Do you have any idea how much the insurance, training, registration, tools costs are? It costs me £1000's just to stay in business every year and being self employed if I don't work for any reason there is absolutely no employer cusion to fall on.

Why on earth would you think that someone is prepared to work for a day for the same fee that he will probably charge for a call-out? You seem to think that someone will work for pretty much the same rate as it would cost you to hire the tool to cut the hole in the wall for the flue.

The person fitting the boiler takes responsibility and is legally accountable for every single aspect of gas safety within your property - not just the boiler.

By the way, I pay another Corgi guy to help out on bigger jobs and pay him between £250-£300 depending on how long the day is.

Monty_SJ

EliteHeat wrote: »

Quite frankly that is insulting. Do you have any idea how much the insurance, training, registration, tools costs are? It costs me £1000's just to stay in business every year and being self employed if I don't work for any reason there is absolutely no employer cusion to fall on.

Why on earth would you think that someone is prepared to work for a day for the same fee that he will probably charge for a call-out? You seem to think that someone will work for pretty much the same rate as it would cost you to hire the tool to cut the hole in the wall for the flue.

The person fitting the boiler takes responsibility and is legally accountable for every single aspect of gas safety within your property - not just the boiler.

By the way, I pay another Corgi guy to help out on bigger jobs and pay him between £250-£300 depending on how long the day is.

I have to agree. My brother would not expect to earn less than £200 to £250 per day as a Corgi and Oftec installer. One refresher course with Corgi cost him £400 and took 3 days, making the true cost nearer £1000 if you factor in lost earnings. He has to do many of these in a year to keep his certification for various types of boilers etc. It is an expensive, difficult and responsible job and he deserves his money. £80 a day is a joke, and could be indicative of a dodgy job on the side with stolen gear / tools, a benefit monkey or similar. My gut feeling is that you would not be saving in the longer term by paying that little.