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I will fit the boiler for you on the 06/01/2014 ! But I will be removing all the old pipe work and cylinder ! I can supply and install a Worcester Bosch boiler with 7 years guarantee ! Just pm me your address ! Or call me on 07900830869 ! Or visit my web site www.safegasinstall.co.uk and go to contact page and I will be in touch !
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LPC
That's a very generous offer from whoever quoted. Would be difficult for a qualified engineer to provide labour for such a job for that price. They're either cutting corners and it'l be a rough bum job or they are selling themselves short which means they won't be around for long. You do pay for what you get, make sure you trust who you choose as it's something you will have to live with.
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Cis4cookie
i have all the rads and trvs, so gonna rip everything out and then start getting some all in quotes
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Cis4cookie
also out of interest can the mains cold supply a few things before it goes into the combi so for example can my mains supply a outside tap before it feeds into the combi.
if so can it supply a few downstairs taps before going into the combi
if so can it supply a few downstairs taps before going into the combi
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julesverne
You can Have Cheap and Yes you can have Quality but you cant have both in the same sentence or job
yes you can
I bought 2 tins of quality street cheap down the market.
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julesverne
I got mine for free when i got a boiler off ray and his merry band of merchants
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Cis4cookie
also what should I be looking for a plumber to do or include in the install, if the old pipes are used there must be a system flush if new pips then no flush through, what else
Why is it always about the price and not the value for money? A good installer being paid a decent wage for the job will carry out a full installation with no cut corners and you will get good customer service to boot.
Cheap is never the best. Who wants to go to work earn pennies. You will never get a good installer cheap. Just at good value for money. There is a difference.
Cheap is never the best. Who wants to go to work earn pennies. You will never get a good installer cheap. Just at good value for money. There is a difference.
No engineer who in any way values their work would do that job for £450 labour. Anyone who owns a powerflush machine and has invested their cash in it would charge £300 ish for a powerflush really. That leaves less than a day's labour to fit the boiler, run all new pipework.
It just doesn't add up.
You simply don't get cheap and quality in this game, they are mutually exclusive. Plumbers who are cheap have to rush to earn their money so the quality suffers. Plumbers who are expensive don't have to rush so their work is better quality. This is unless you can find a plumber with 3 or more arms or another similar freakish advantage, then they would produce better quality work than other plumbers in a given time.
There are no economies of scale really in this trade any more especially in heating work, there is next to no margin on boilers so you won't really save much there between firms either.
I wouldn't be looking to save money on the heating install in a house I lived in.
It just doesn't add up.
You simply don't get cheap and quality in this game, they are mutually exclusive. Plumbers who are cheap have to rush to earn their money so the quality suffers. Plumbers who are expensive don't have to rush so their work is better quality. This is unless you can find a plumber with 3 or more arms or another similar freakish advantage, then they would produce better quality work than other plumbers in a given time.
There are no economies of scale really in this trade any more especially in heating work, there is next to no margin on boilers so you won't really save much there between firms either.
I wouldn't be looking to save money on the heating install in a house I lived in.
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Well got to it today ripped out old tanks in loft and all pipework, took cylinder and all pipework out, just left with the existing rad pips left in which I was not intending to lift up tbh.
So gonna get on t a few plumbers this week see what the say
what should I be looking for a plumber to do or include in the install, if the old pipes are used should they be doing a system flush, if new pips then no flush through, what else
Also m bro inlaw has found a friend he knows on sites who fitted his Worcester oil boiler for him so will see what e says.
I ha someone round the other day to look and tbh they didn't seem to look at much I was unable to be there so I drew up a plan of where everything was going and where gas and such were currently
My GF said they didn't really look at much, they asked to measure the new rads that we have new in box but then they didn't do it. I got a txt from them today saying they think a 28kw maybe even a 34/35kw boiler is required depending o what my budget is
So gonna get on t a few plumbers this week see what the say
what should I be looking for a plumber to do or include in the install, if the old pipes are used should they be doing a system flush, if new pips then no flush through, what else
Also m bro inlaw has found a friend he knows on sites who fitted his Worcester oil boiler for him so will see what e says.
I ha someone round the other day to look and tbh they didn't seem to look at much I was unable to be there so I drew up a plan of where everything was going and where gas and such were currently
My GF said they didn't really look at much, they asked to measure the new rads that we have new in box but then they didn't do it. I got a txt from them today saying they think a 28kw maybe even a 34/35kw boiler is required depending o what my budget is
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