New Boiler

[helpsy]

Just wanted to find out what a ballpark figure would be for supplying a 32kw Biasi combi and removing old boiler, CWSC,F&E,shower pump and flush and adjusting pipework( Will be helping my Gas Safe mate) The job is for my brother(a right tight**s!!) My mate said with us both doing it and supply £2K all in does this sound ok?(I know u can't see the job) It's a detached 3 bed house and my mate said the gas supply will need upgrading as it enters boiler i think in 15mm. He put the phone down on me when i told him this and he said he'd get BG to do it!! He's keeping old rads and pipework is 10mm and I know the feed and vent set up is piped in reverse since house was built in early 80s i think. All guidance appreciated either way.

 

[Barry98]

let him ring BG then wait for him to come grovelling back and you put phone down on him

 

[stevetheplumber]

sounds like the right price to me

 

[Gray0689]

And that's your brother lol
£2k is a decent price

 

[helpsy]

Cheers lads I thought he was wanting it for peanuts!! Yeah Gray bad when ur family complain let alone joe public!!! He told me it's only a couple of hours work!!!! He's a construction project manager- penpusher just about says it all!! Will keep you informed if he comes back tail between legs (suspect he will go elsewhere to save face though)

 

[helpsy]

Update
My brother reckons he's been on the BG site and got a price of £2400 for all the work and he says they cover it for a year(isn't that just part of the guarantee which I think is 2 years anyway on the said boiler) and he can pay it over a year. I haven't responded and if I do I'll just say go with BG's offer then!

 

[Gray0689]

Update
My brother reckons he's been on the BG site and got a price of £2400 for all the work and he says they cover it for a year(isn't that just part of the guarantee which I think is 2 years anyway on the said boiler) and he can pay it over a year. I haven't responded and if I do I'll just say go with BG's offer then!

Just tell him that's fine go with BG if he wants I bet it will cost him more in long run

 

[Dannypipe]

I'll second that bet. The powerflush will set him back at least £500...which won't achieve much as its on 10mm pipe to the rads.

Let him get on with it. Working for family is normally best avoided!

 

[armourer]

That has to be the lowest BG quote for that sort of job I have ever seen?

 

[Ian10261]

That has to be the lowest BG quote for that sort of job I have ever seen?

Yeh does sound cheap for them. Without seeing the job £2500 is about what i,d do it for, BG are usually about 1k more in my experience.

 

[GQuigley67]

no way BG quoted that he's lying, no way!!! they charge that for a straight combi swap.

to be fair I wouldnt be charging my brother that money, but my brother is also a plumber so we'd probably just do it together with me doing the boiler.

 

[villa_tom]

Update
My brother reckons he's been on the BG site and got a price of £2400 for all the work and he says they cover it for a year(isn't that just part of the guarantee which I think is 2 years anyway on the said boiler) and he can pay it over a year. I haven't responded and if I do I'll just say go with BG's offer then!

I contracted to BG up until last week and in my experiance they charge that for a drop test 🙂