Approximately how long would this take you?

[armyash]

Day if you think about it.
Do TT cap
Open hot tap. Turn off mains
Open cold tap.
Set rads away draining down
Sheet up.
Empty ch headder dregs into DHW cistern. Prop it up with ch cistern so water drains out as much as possible.
Start cutting off lagging and cut up vents. Then remove cold supply then everything else . Put all scrap in small headder. Rubbish and lagging in bigger headder. Put pushfit on outlets. Get down lift out rubbish.
Drain cylinder, while it's draining remove immersion cut out all un needed pipework. Remove cylinder bridge out and blank as req.
Carry out loot rubbish and cylinder. Cuppa.
Remove boiler and clear site for new one . Hang do flue and pipe up. Do gas first so it's cool when u do TT. Fill DHW check for leaks. Fill and vent.
Set TT away. Wire up. Check TT. Run boiler do conny and blow off while boilers getting hot. Clear up. Have lunch. 3pm ish. Commission. Come back next day and do all bits. Drain and refill system.

Don't keep going in and out of loft / work area. When u go to van carry some thing there and something back. Always think 2 steps ahead. Half lads running all over because they can't see what they are doing two moves infront.

Going to work off that starting next week and see how I go.

 

[tamz]

Also can't be piling the van up with scrap when I will need to get stuff on and off when it's needed.

If you have a big van its not a problem. If not leave the strip out for day 2 (bar the cylinder)
Btw always throw scrap straight in the van. Never leave it where the bstd custs can see it :wink:

 

[tamz]

Going to work off that starting next week and see how I go.

Thats an rse for elbow way of doing it for me but everyone to their own. You'll learn what way suits you best.
Don't worry about it. This job is easy when you get your head in gear.

 

[kris]

2 days for me , if boilers in same position its a straight forward rip out old sh!te first then fit boiler but if the boilers either going on a different wall or different position then il fit new boiler and run pipes leaving the folks with heating as long as poss, usually id have everything ready first day ( unless complications arise ) and swap over and test on day 2,

 

[Mike Jackson]

I've just done a similar job but with TRVs on all rads and a right pig of a run to get the hot water connected. Priced it on three days, could easily have done it in two but saved the TRvs and flush for day 3 so I could take my time finishing up. Still had time for 3 jobs after I finished on Thursday and home for 4. Got heating back up and running on day one and left the immersion in so they had hot water. Wasted an hour on Tuesday tracing where a mystery pump under the stairs was connected to, only to find it was connected to pipework that had been disconnected. It was still connected to a mains feed and running though, amazingly it had been running dry for years and not seized.

 

[southcoastboile]

3 days min I would say. I always quote assuming 4 days and often get the job. Some guys are obv a lot quicker from the sound of it!

 

[Rickster123]

Ash are you happy with the job? Is the customer happy? Does it work?? If it ticks these three boxes that's all that matters. As others have said speed will come with practice. It's still a learning curve and I'm sure you learnt a lot on that job.
looks good to me, fair play for having the nuts to put pictures up.

 

[armyash]

Ash are you happy with the job? Is the customer happy? Does it work?? If it ticks these three boxes that's all that matters. As others have said speed will come with practice. It's still a learning curve and I'm sure you learnt a lot on that job.
looks good to me, fair play for having the nuts to put pictures up.

I'm happy with the install, I think it looks ok. It all works. If I was working for myself I'd have no problems at all. I flapped a but the first day and I was concentrating on the wrong things. Now I know where I can knock a day off if I go about it the right way. I won't be able to do it in a day, I know my boss will say to leave the cylinder but I reckon I can get done in 2.

 

[Dotty]

I'm happy with the install, I think it looks ok. It all works. If I was working for myself I'd have no problems at all. I flapped a but the first day and I was concentrating on the wrong things. Now I know where I can knock a day off if I go about it the right way. I won't be able to do it in a day, I know my boss will say to leave the cylinder but I reckon I can get done in 2.

That's the main thing Ash. You've learned, your confidence is up, you're happy, your custard is happy, your boss is mostly happy.

Everyone has to walk before they can run.

Except Tamz......

 

[Nostrum]

If your working for a company then 3 days, if on your own then 2 days. especially when you are doing all the odd jobs, tiling, filling holes and replacing floors.

 

[oz-plumber]

Hi Ash,

As stated, you have got Go Nads of putting up pictures of one of your jobs.

Don't be too flustered about how long it took you to complete.
( As an employer - there are many exceptions to this rule )

If everybody is happy and the system works, you've done well.

Doing things in record time is sometimes fraught with mistakes.
I would rather take time and do a job properly and correctly than do it quick and have to go back to rectify careless / stupid mistakes.
Not only is it costly, it reduces the customers confidence in you and they start to question the quality of the job.

Be proud of yourself and the work that you do.

Practice will not make you perfect, but it will speed you up and give you more confidence.

Keep up the good work

 

[townfanjon]

All i can say on this thread is i am doing something wrong, 1 day, 2 day, i would put down 3 min with day 4 available just in case.

 

[Rickster123]

All i can say on this thread is i am doing something wrong, 1 day, 2 day, i would put down 3 min with day 4 available just in case.

And day 5 for mopping up any spillages! :sweatdrop:

 

[kris]

Every job is different I suppose. Last week I had a baxi back boiler and cylinder in loft . Changed to a combi in the kitchen. First day I removed a bit of worktop hung boiler and started running in pipes. There was a bit of room und er the floor and it was carpets so was lucky I could lift plenty hatches. Got all pipes run in on day one bearing in mind I work long days so hours put in would probably be 2 n a half days. You might come accross problems as no two jobs are yhd same so each to there own.Here's couple pics of the job. I had to cut unit and worktop once boiler fitted.

 

[kris]

Forgot this pic

 

[Millsy 82]

Day if you think about it.
Do TT cap
Open hot tap. Turn off mains
Open cold tap.
Set rads away draining down
Sheet up.
Empty ch headder dregs into DHW cistern. Prop it up with ch cistern so water drains out as much as possible.
Start cutting off lagging and cut up vents. Then remove cold supply then everything else . Put all scrap in small headder. Rubbish and lagging in bigger headder. Put pushfit on outlets. Get down lift out rubbish.
Drain cylinder, while it's draining remove immersion cut out all un needed pipework. Remove cylinder bridge out and blank as req.
Carry out loot rubbish and cylinder. Cuppa.
Remove boiler and clear site for new one . Hang do flue and pipe up. Do gas first so it's cool when u do TT. Fill DHW check for leaks. Fill and vent.
Set TT away. Wire up. Check TT. Run boiler do conny and blow off while boilers getting hot. Clear up. Have lunch. 3pm ish. Commission. Come back next day and do all bits. Drain and refill system.

Don't keep going in and out of loft / work area. When u go to van carry some thing there and something back. Always think 2 steps ahead. Half lads running all over because they can't see what they are doing two moves infront.

Very good but I have spotted 1 problem! You only mentioned 1 cup of tea! I can't survive like that I need at least 3 or 4.

 

[Millsy 82]

I'm not the quickest by far (I can't seem to do a combi swap under 9-10 hours) I would look at 3 days myself.

I am one of these though that to try and keep disruption to a minimum I try to leave hot water etc on as long as possible. I think this does make things longer but customers seem happy with it.

All these lads who can do it in a day I take my hat off to you all you must be machines!

 

[village idiot]

It is not always possible to leave hot water on all the times. I come across some cylinders with no immersion fitted.
Personally, I always tell customer it will take 2-3 days (assuming there are no hidden 'complications'). That way I cover my arzze before they start asking me at the beginning of day 2 if hot water is coming? Errrrmm, possibly, but remember I did say 2-3 days? That shuts them up

 

[Ermintrude]

Or rough!

 

[mcniven]

tams advice just doesn't stop!!