price check

[REDSAW]

h/w storage tank in bathroom cupboard, galvanised and is leaking. old 28mm gravity feed to back of 1960's cylinder no access to joints, lead pipe feeds.

eventually found a tank to fit at £45+vat and £35 comp fittings + valve, pipe o/flo etc.
plan was to cut pipes free of cylinder so as to not disturb conections and re-make.
i estimate between 3 and 4 hours from collecting materials and fettling out old tank and installing new.

i quoted £257 all in expecting a ballache. was told by the old boy too feckin much no thank you and hung up?

too much????:confused5:lol

 

[townfanjon]

Too much , Jesus he would nt have even got a quote of me, job like that ' hourly rate ' and an estimate

 

[southcoastboile]

That's cheap

 

[kris]

Your best off away from tools like that anyway, i had a customer few days ago ask how much to fit a towel rail, do u have the towel rail i asked , yes she replied, i said do u have valves no she said , ok il supply valves , do you have a floor down in your bathroom , yes she said its tiled and i dont want them touched im happy with you just puuting bends in above the floor, ok i said including the valves youl be £45 for labour and a set of valves, she said oh thats quite dear,--- my jaw hut the deck,, wowser

 

[tomplumb83]

Yes thats too much?

 

[Ch4 plumbing]

Without looking at the job I would be allowing a full day for it, nothing worse then hitting a snag at the end of the day!

 

[southcoastboile]

Minimum charge to fit a towel rail would be £84 plus vat labour plus valves. That's if it's easy and on a sealed system. £45 is way cheap. It always amazes me when people say you are to expensive on prices like that and I wonder are people actually doing it CHEAPER!! There not the type of customers you want any way if that are moaning at those prices.

 

[turnpin]

Good job you over priced it Martin or you could have been landed with a very awkward job ....lol regards Turnpinunk:

 

[tomplumb83]

Maybe if you'd thrown in a free BJ the bloke would have given you the job.
Worked for me a few times...

 

[REDSAW]

i bet he rings back in a couple of days.lol