Ball park figure for a flush

[Bogart]

What would anybody care to hazard as a fair price for a, pre oil boiler install, flush.
There are 20 radiators in total. Am awaiting a figure from a heating firm and
am not very expectant on a good price as they seem to come up with random figures.
They gave me a figure 2 years ago for a Kamco flush which was £550 then so god knows what it will be now. I have seen you can hire a machine for £150 a week maybe the DIY route is the way to go.

 

[Deleted member 32524]

If done properly that will be a long day. 550 for 20 rads seems ok to me.

 

[Riley]

Depending on the state of the system that could easily be a day and a half to 2 days work. We don’t discuss prices on the forum as there is so much geographical fluctuation

 

[Bogart]

Fully understand but the £550 was 2 years ago!

 

[Sharp Point]

And?

 

[JKG]

Price seems ok to me

 

[Scott_D]

Why not get the boiler installer to do it as part of the job

 

[Harvest Fields]

What would anybody care to hazard as a fair price for a, pre oil boiler install, flush.
There are 20 radiators in total. Am awaiting a figure from a heating firm and
am not very expectant on a good price as they seem to come up with random figures.
They gave me a figure 2 years ago for a Kamco flush which was £550 then so god knows what it will be now. I have seen you can hire a machine for £150 a week maybe the DIY route is the way to go.

Experience is key with a flush. Could take 2 days. Sounds cheap to me.

 

[Riley]

I concur I’d be doing only 10-12 rads for that

 

[Harvest Fields]

I concur I’d be doing only 10-12 rads for that

Stop using my words!😛😛😛😛

 

[Riley]

Which word Harv😀

 

[Harvest Fields]

Concur😛😛😀😀

 

[Riley]

😎No you must be mistaken I’ve used that word since like it was invented

 

[Bogart]

Why not get the boiler installer to do it as part of the job

Was think down those lines until he came back with stupid prices for the boiler install so am looking elsewhere.

 

[Bogart]

I concur I’d be doing only 10-12 rads for that

You must be minted then!

 

[Harvest Fields]

You must be minted then!

We wish

 

[Sharp Point]

Was think down those lines until he came back with stupid prices for the boiler install so am looking elsewhere.

Straight away, you’ll break down the relationship with the boiler installer, doing things like that. If someone did that to me, it’d get my back up. £550 is cheap for a 20 rad system.... considering to do it properly would take maybe two days.

 

[Sharp Point]

Maybe £70 for flush hire
Cleaning Chems £100... need x2 of chems
X2 inhibitor £40

Then labour

 

[Sharp Point]

So £210 before he even starts. £340 left to cover 1.5-2 days flush

Minus tax, fuel, running costs

Probably left with £200 out of that

What’s your problem???

 

[Riley]

Wear and tear on machine, travel to and from job, proper chemicals, proper clean rather than just turn on the machine and read the paper, treat each rad individually to clean, neutralise cleaning chemicals, correct Ph levels and TDS levels. It’s very labour intensive if done properly. Are you begrudging someone earning a profit on a job well done and properly. Sorry it really gets my back up when people say that I must be minted I worked bloody hard for my money