combi to combi £800 fitted

[GQuigley67]

shop down next to me in govanhell is advertising combi swaps at £750, I priced a combi swap at £1000(sabre boiler) someone else done it for £800, lost out on a heating system by a good couple of hundred and my joiner was doing the joinery work, told me install was a shambles and condensate pipe just popping outside.

 

[CES]

About £1100 and a steak pie supper

 

[CES]

shop down next to me in govanhell is advertising combi swaps at £750, I priced a combi swap at £1000(sabre boiler) someone else done it for £800, lost out on a heating system by a good couple of hundred and my joiner was doing the joinery work, told me install was a shambles and condensate pipe just popping outside.

Pure quality,I love it when I miss out on jobs like this..😛resents2:

 

[gaspastemania]

You can get a sime (pile of junk) down here for about £500 ., and if they are like me dont pay for materials then £300 for labour straight swap then whats the big deal???

 

[johnnyplumb]

You can get a sime (pile of junk) down here for about £500 ., and if they are like me dont pay for materials then £300 for labour straight swap then whats the big deal???

The cost of the advert we've looking at is £150 per week then there's all the other overheads as well

 

[gaspastemania]

Well however you look a it wether gear knocked off or not nobody works for nothing and if they are happy to be earning £150 from a combi upgrade good for them . Times are tough to many plumbers etc , training centers and gas safe passing through muppetts its a case of deal with it because bubble has burst.

 

[mitchellplumber]

Bit sad really, let them get on with it. Wouldn't be me though! Its not the Scottish way ;0)

 

[johnnyplumb]

There's desperate people out there, wasting it for everyone else, we're heading back to the way it was in the 80's, maybe worse.

 

[mitchellplumber]

Well, I'll no go into it too much but the country is getting flooded!!

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Probably end up with boiler piped like this lovely one I bumped into today


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customer double lucky as its a ferroli as well !!

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they must have run out of plastic pipe as they left the pipe in the middle to be copper ,or did not have enough fittings 🙂

 

[mitchellplumber]

That's not bad mate, how long did that take you? ;0)

 

[kirkgas]

Do i know you?

unfortunatly yes, :boxing_smiley: but for the purpose of this no, its just another mad skint punter

 

[kirkgas]

Got some info on the price cutting boiler swoppers, i'll no name & shame but there's 2 guys involved, in partnership i believe, 1 in bellshill & 1 in coatbridge, drumpellier i'm told . ring any bells kirk

not ringing any bells, send me a PM with their names, just out of noseyness, i wont post on it or comment

 

[Barry98]

not ringing any bells, send me a PM with their names, just out of noseyness, i wont post on it or comment

no secrets come on name n shame

 

[kirkgas]

About £1100 and a steak pie supper

here, the last time a steak pie supper was bought in livingston the lassie was told to cut it into 4 portions

 

[top plumber]

I give the option to the customer of a ferroli optimax with 5 years warranty £499 inc clock and flue and £300 labour or worcester greenstar around £1000 inc flue and clock with 2 years warranty and £300 labour, combi to combi! think u can guess which customer goes for!!

 

[gasmarc]

If you are stupid enough to do a combi change for a few hundred pounds more fool you , I know a guy who drives a top of the range van that is empty bar a hose and a few fittings. The prices he charges he only needs to work one day a week , He does not do breakdowns or call outs.

 

[TerryWaite]

if they aint registering the boiler could even be a band B, there are still band B's being sold, boiler flue and clock for around £400, for £800 its gonna be a crap boiler and a crap job and I would bet my bottom dollar its not done to regs.

 

[sheff paul]

its easily done in 3-5 hours and the place is often left cleaner than when i first go in !
To be honest if your taking 8/9 hours to do a combi combi swap then you must spend half the day looking at the job rather than actually working !!

if the job is well planned,and you can get a 8am start finnished loads by dinnertime,takes a day when your running the gas back to the meter.If youve worked on price work for some of the big companies you find yourself doing it quicker than guys who have only worked for themselves,but 800 quid is taking the ****.

 

[top plumber]

Im just saying it can be done "if you need the work"