new install central heating needed

[AWheating]

going up will increase material cost, hire a drill for an hour problem solved.

 

[stevetheplumber]

sounds like its similar to a bison concrete house they have two steels usually come up and over with two air pips on the skirting

 

[AWheating]

£60-£100 to hire drill and buy bit if i remember..... unless you know somebody who has one.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

carpet fitter :wink_smile:

 

[ederz]

did you get my private message?

 

[stevetheplumber]

i doubt if i could do it now but we used to do 7 rads and boiler 2 days for two of us small house are often harder than bigger places as theres nowhere to shove the furniture
i think our record was 8rads and boiler in a day four floors back to back rads and surface verticals looked a treat lol

 

[stevetheplumber]

safegas if 7 rads and a boiler cost you 3k you realy do need a new merchants

 

[Halesowen1]

Would maybe go up by £500 at most if steels.

 

[AWheating]

Okay so would I be right in saying it would cost more than the average price guide of £3k due to the type of house. Only thing I am thinking about now is how are the radiators going to be fixed to the wall as they are stud walls.

it should not cost much more than a standard house type, aslong as the walls are solid the rads could be fitted on heavy duty toggles. The boiler may need to have a stud fitted inside the wall and an non conbustable board between its self and the wall to keep fire ratings.

 

[gaspastemania]

Have done loads of these houses steel framed prefab houses as already stated straight up into loft and on drops in out in a day £600 labour 2x plumbers and labourer start 8 finish 4p.m and as good as any install thats taken a week all flushed clipped etc etc

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Have done loads of these houses steel framed prefab houses as already stated straight up into loft and on drops in out in a day £600 labour 2x plumbers and labourer start 8 finish 4p.m and as good as any install thats taken a week all flushed clipped etc etc

really ?

 

[AWheating]

how long do you spend flushing and commissioning in this day?

 

[Halesowen1]

I used to work with 2 welsh guys a few years back, we used to do a full heating, most times a combi and at least 8 usually 10 rads, trunking vertical and horizontal, bay windows too. All done and dusted for about 3 everyday. You can be quick and neat, if its something you do for long enough you build up the speed without loosing the neatness.

 

[gaspastemania]

Yep spent years doing heating systems in a day , 2 plumbs and labourer on same routine gets to be a doddle to such an extent we were doing two packs a day at one point .
Absolutely creamed it in , all water samples passed as well which seems to be rarity now

 

[Halesowen1]

The heating is on and flushing while all the patching and paperwork is being done, so about 1.5 hours. No it aint being flushed for 2 hours as it says it should be, but I bet not 1 off the guys on here ever do that.
We had to take samples in Sentinel tubes for company, so all cleaned and inhibited.

 

[AWheating]

i flush my new installs correctly including taking tds readings, but thats what i have charged for i guess. I have seen hundreds of one a day installs, put plenty of them right aswell.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

i just wish i could do as good as you all 🙂

as Lee said earlier to me

one day ,one day stan

 

[sparra1100]

how long do you spend flushing and commissioning in this day?

i usually only do a cold water flush anyway tryed the powerflushing root never made any diffrence and just took up time ,if the systems that bad the rads with be nacked anyway so i always say change them or i walk away as just gunner have loads of call backs and hassle i flush out with mains pressure then put cleaner in for a week then go back empty the system then put inhibitor in ,as well as a tf1 on the system works fine for me

 

[gaspastemania]

Oh dont worry those days have gone for me as well !!
like most i spend time up the merchants waffling about how a few year ago i was home by two with £250 in the bank each day no lucky if i get fifty quid lol

 

[mfgs]

Yep spent years doing heating systems in a day , 2 plumbs and labourer on same routine gets to be a doddle to such an extent we were doing two packs a day at one point .
Absolutely creamed it in , all water samples passed as well which seems to be rarity now

Two full systems in a day? There is no way that would be a good standard of work in my eyes.