Plumbing Quote

Alfster

Hi,

What would you expect as a rough figure for the following:

> Remove small radiator in two bedrooms then install and supply new large double panel radiators in the centre of the wall (currently the small ones are tucked up in the corner of that wall in both those bedrooms)
> Remove old towel radiator then install and supply new towel radiator in En-Suite - straight swap, no repositioning. 
> Balance new radiators and re-pressurise (unvented system)

Estimated time is most of tone day with 1-2 plumbers. 

Thanks

Another_Level

Labour, one heating installer not a plumber £300 to £450
Guessing on radiator sizes. an example  2 600x1000 stelrad radiators type22 (trade quality) £140 
                                                                 1       towel warmer                       type?                      £100
New radiator valves £30
Sundries £50

Disposal of old radiators/packaging £60 to £100

Location of job could have a substantial increase of cost. unknown cost.


So around £1k (cash) 

Sicard

How long is a piece of string. In my experience plumbers don't like to give quotes. The usual explanation given over the phone is how much the callout is, how much their hourly rate is for the first half hour etc. But this is many moons ago but maybe it's changed nowadays.

Apodemus

Alfster said:

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Overall figure is going to depend on what you choose. A quick Google shows prices from £40 to £400 for a towel rail radiator.

TELLIT01

Price will also depend on the amount of work needed to reroute the pipework to the new radiator position.  If the OP is happy for the pipework simply to be run along the wall to the new position it will cost less than if floors have to be taken up etc.

Alfster

TELLIT01 said:

Price will also depend on the amount of work needed to reroute the pipework to the new radiator position.  If the OP is happy for the pipework simply to be run along the wall to the new position it will cost less than if floors have to be taken up etc.

Ok so the radiators and towel rail are standard he said - nothing specialist since it didn’t request anything specific. Pipe work is currently on the wall for both so no floorboards need to come up. Just a ballpark figure would be great or even just a rough labour figure? Thanks 

Alfster

Another_Level said:

Labour, one heating installer not a plumber £300 to £450
Guessing on radiator sizes. an example  2 600x1000 stelrad radiators type22 (trade quality) £140 
                                                                 1       towel warmer                       type?                      £100
New radiator valves £30
Sundries £50

Disposal of old radiators/packaging £60 to £100

Location of job could have a substantial increase of cost. unknown cost.


So around £1k (cash) 

Thanks. I live in Bedfordshire. Is a plumber more expensive than a heating engineer or are they similar? What would you say the average price for a whole day is for an experienced plumber? £400 ish?