Following my post here //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=247526&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= where I discovered (thanks to this great forum, no thanks to my contractor), that he had used illegal unregistered worker/s to fit my unvented cylinder, (also discovered other illegal work with boiler since then - no sleeving for the boiler gas flow pipe running through plaster), I believe I've got a chance of getting him pay for the rectification work.
Basically, I threatened to report him to LABC/GS/Trading Standards, he offered me his own GS-reg plumber to rectify it - which of course I refused (seeing as he had no qualms with using an unregistered fellow in the first place), now I've got a fellow in (who I found on the GS site) to start on the remedial work. He's charging me about £700 for 2 days labour and materials, inhibitor, Spirotech filter and wireless thermostat (see below).
Sent contractor the estimate and he's said he wants to sit down and discuss it as he thinks it's 'highly inflated'. (Bear in mind that he charged me £7.5k in the first place, for labour alone, to remove old boiler and tank and fit new boiler, cylinder and piping!).
Obviously I will demand payment from contractor for all work to get cylinder and boiler to GS standard from a safety perspective. But am I also entitled to claim for:
1. inhibitor (which they never originally put in),
2. supply and fit a spirotech filter (as they never powerflushed or cleaned out system before fitting boiler)
3. supply and fit new wireless thermostat (yes-they even managed to cock this up - they put the thermostat on wall right next to the boiler!!) and we have been advised easiest thing to do is get wireless thermstat.
Are these very basic and essential mistakes/ommissions that should have been done initially by contractor? If yes, then I'll be comfortable with including them. Please advise!
Basically, I threatened to report him to LABC/GS/Trading Standards, he offered me his own GS-reg plumber to rectify it - which of course I refused (seeing as he had no qualms with using an unregistered fellow in the first place), now I've got a fellow in (who I found on the GS site) to start on the remedial work. He's charging me about £700 for 2 days labour and materials, inhibitor, Spirotech filter and wireless thermostat (see below).
Sent contractor the estimate and he's said he wants to sit down and discuss it as he thinks it's 'highly inflated'. (Bear in mind that he charged me £7.5k in the first place, for labour alone, to remove old boiler and tank and fit new boiler, cylinder and piping!).
Obviously I will demand payment from contractor for all work to get cylinder and boiler to GS standard from a safety perspective. But am I also entitled to claim for:
1. inhibitor (which they never originally put in),
2. supply and fit a spirotech filter (as they never powerflushed or cleaned out system before fitting boiler)
3. supply and fit new wireless thermostat (yes-they even managed to cock this up - they put the thermostat on wall right next to the boiler!!) and we have been advised easiest thing to do is get wireless thermstat.
Are these very basic and essential mistakes/ommissions that should have been done initially by contractor? If yes, then I'll be comfortable with including them. Please advise!