Price for oil boiler?

[Millsy 82]

How much would you charge to swap a small oil combi?

Went out to a job today and had a look and the woman said they have had a few prices through already and showed them to me most were around £3000 but not sure if that was plus vat or vat included (I didn't want to stand and stare at them) one of them was £2300ish! (I'm assuming that has to be +vat!)

Now I'm pricing it up off Williams and I'm already above those and I still haven't put a mag-one, expansion vessel on it! Not sure if I'm pricing for too much like new fire valve, filter, programmer, roomstat.

So what would you charge for
Grant vortex 21
Horizontal flue
Plume kit
Filter (grant say I have to fit a mag-one for 5year warranty)

Then would you do the rest?

I feel like I'm wasting my time but I have thought that before and still got the job.

 

[Millsy 82]

Oh but they are all pricing for Worcesters.

 

[Ray Stafford]

Best bet is to price it off a decent merchant, not those robbing barstewards. 🙂

 

[Millsy 82]

Well I thought that as well Ray but didn't have time to get there lol.

Do you do the mag-one filters? Can't see them on website so assuming not.

 

[Ray Stafford]

Well I thought that as well Ray but didn't have time to get there lol.

Do you do the mag-one filters? Can't see them on website so assuming not.

On the website here

 

[TFGplumbing]

Direct swap £6-700 labour + materials & sundries

Add 10% to materials for your time and bother for pricing them if you like

Rad valves additional extra
Control systems additional extra

Funny actually since i've raised my prices I've had more work, people never seem to go for the cheapest. I always price for a good spec, so like new filter, fire valve ete etc

 

[Ray Stafford]

Its only a 28mm intaklean filter with a different label, but they extend the warranty if you fit it.

If you prefer to use another filter, and get on well with your Grant rep, you can sometimes persuade them to do the warranty without the filter

 

[Millsy 82]

On the website here

Thanks. It doesn't come up with the other filters so just assumed you didn't.

 

[Millsy 82]

Direct swap £6-700 labour + materials & sundries

Add 10% to materials for your time and bother for pricing them if you like

Rad valves additional extra
Control systems additional extra

Funny actually since i've raised my prices I've had more work, people never seem to go for the cheapest. I always price for a good spec, so like new filter, fire valve ete etc

That's what I've done and I'm around £3300.00 (not finished it yet) so I'm not massively over but still over them. I get the feeling that she is after the cheapest that's why she showed me the quotes.

 

[Ray Stafford]

Thanks. It doesn't come up with the other filters so just assumed you didn't.

Ta for the tip, I'll get that fixed.

 

[Ray Stafford]

Give her menu pricing:

Basic job, no preparation, no making good, materials warranty only £xxxx
System clean before change £***
Magnetic filter £***
Additional warranty £***
Clearing site of old boiler etc £***
Then offer a small prompt-settlement discount for taking the whole she-bang.

 

[TFGplumbing]

Give her menu pricing:

Basic job, no preparation, no making good, materials warranty only £xxxx
System clean before change £***
Magnetic filter £***
Additional warranty £***
Clearing site of old boiler etc £***
Then offer a small prompt-settlement discount for taking the whole she-bang.

Thats what I like doing 🙂

 

[Destroyer2813]

Ta for the tip, I'll get that fixed.

Really means shout at someone to fix it :tounge_smile:

 

[Millsy 82]

Give her menu pricing:

Basic job, no preparation, no making good, materials warranty only £xxxx
System clean before change £***
Magnetic filter £***
Additional warranty £***
Clearing site of old boiler etc £***
Then offer a small prompt-settlement discount for taking the whole she-bang.

I usually do that for people who are unsure what they want but this woman didn't like that on another quote so that's a big no no here.

Talking her through telling her what I was going to do she seemed quite happy with what I was saying.

 

[SimonG]

Did a one last year old worcester se combi out, new he worcester combi back into same location. It was about 3,300. With labour and mark up on materials I like to clear about a grand on an oil install.

 

[julesverne]

quoting can be a bugger sometimes. and can be hard to judge if they are after a quality install a cheap price or both. sometimes it comes down to how you come across to them.

 

[Millsy 82]

Did a one last year old worcester se combi out, new he worcester combi back into same location. It was about 3,300. With labour and mark up on materials I like to clear about a grand on an oil install.

Was that including new fire valve filter roomstat etc?

 

[Millsy 82]

quoting can be a bugger sometimes. and can be hard to judge if they are after a quality install a cheap price or both. sometimes it comes down to how you come across to them.

Usually I don't even think about it I give them the price and never think if I get the job. On gas I won 7 out of 10 jobs so not too worried about that, but oil I haven't won 1 yet only priced 3 oil boilers but was a bit worried I was being stupid with my prices.

It seems from a few posts on here it's not too bad so will keep going with it.

 

[SimonG]

Was that including new fire valve filter roomstat etc?

No, everything else was in place and able to reuse. Waste pipe straight at the side of the boiler for the condense as well.

 

[TFGplumbing]

I'am too cheap i need to put my prices up by the look of it haha