Boiler replacement quotes - surprisingly high

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I have dealt with it. Matter closed.

Mehran - Get real. £1200 for two days labour is far in excess of fixed costs and a living wage.

Kevplumb - are you telling me that $2400 is a reasonable amount to charge for two days labour in the US?

Replies like this crack me up.

I thought this was a DIY forum - it actually appears to be a heating engineer salary protection racket...
 
My colleague put me in touch with a CORGI registered heating engineer who is happy to come round to connect the gas and commission the boiler for a very reasonable fee. This is actually what I asked both the companies I contacted to do in the first place and they both refused

Why do you think they refused?....cos it ain't allowed.
 
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I was planning on doing the powerflush, fixing the unit to the wall and connecting the wet stuff.

The CORGI chap was going to come and connect the gas, fit the flue and commission the unit.

Are you saying this is not permitted?
 
You can't be serious...

500 quid a day is *not* under any circumstances whatsoever reasonable!

Why is your heating engineer not worth 500 a day under any circumstances?, you financial advisors, estate agents, solicitors etc etc will sting you alot more than that but they are ok?
If most are quoting that figure then it is about right isn't it?
 
I have dealt with it. Matter closed.

Mehran - Get real. £1200 for two days labour is far in excess of fixed costs and a living wage.

Kevplumb - are you telling me that $2400 is a reasonable amount to charge for two days labour in the US?

Replies like this crack me up.

I thought this was a DIY forum - it actually appears to be a heating engineer salary protection racket...

When you get that 9 to 5 stuff out your head then you many get it. for example I am not on any salary, I do not get over time or sick pay I do not fit boiler every day of my life. I have to pay account, advertising, fuel, liability insurance, stock in transit insurance, every 5 year I need to be re set my acs's(gas tickets),FGA recalibration, then corgie’s yearly tax and have vast amount of my time used up by time waster that think I should live in a hovel and eat gruel rather then charge a living wage. That is just for starters

You think every Penney over the cost of the boiler is pure profit? I think you should get 'real'. It is truly staggering the ignorance that some people have over the costs of running an above board business in this country.
 
We'll have to agree to disagree on that point. I don't think it is a reasonable cost and given that it is me who is engaging the contractor, then it is up to me to decide what is reasonable.

Going back to the issue of legality, I have read CORGI technical document 214 and cannot see where my proposed course of action is prohibited.

It is up to the individual registrant to decide whether or not to take on this kind of work as ultimately they would take full responsibility for the entire installation.
 
just replaced a 21 year old vaillant for a worcester 30si installed and working in ONE day 2 men £1850 customer is jumping through hoops well chuffed,so i think your quotes are very reasonable..............
 
I spent 7 years being self employed and now run a company with 42 staff.

There is no need to patronise me about the costs associated with this.

It's the stupid assertion that £500 per day is 'reasonable'. I stand by the my claim that it is not.

Sticking with this silly figure of £500 per day. Assuming 240 working days per year, that is 120K per annum.

Let's say you drew a reasonable salary of 40K from that. Are you telling me your fixed costs are 80K per year?

Clearly this is not the case. Which means most people are *not* charging £500 per day. Do *you* actually charge £500 per day?
 
just replaced a 21 year old vaillant for a worcester 30si installed and working in ONE day 2 men £1850 customer is jumping through hoops well chuffed,so i think your quotes are very reasonable..............
Taking into account the cost difference between the two boilers, that's 400 quid cheaper than I have been quoted and is therefore definitely more reasonable. I presume the cost included flushing and cleaning the system?
 
the price i give is a fix price to do a job not on a price per day. i do not fit boiler every day. a high % of my time is used up with quotes and time wasters. i mostly repair boilers for a living i fit maybe 15-20 boiler a year. not as your figures would have in the 100s
 
and 500 a days work is fine if you dont have a stable income stream...need to get that salary stuff out your head
 
I spent 7 years being self employed and now run a company with 42 staff.

There is no need to patronise me about the costs associated with this.

It's the stupid assertion that £500 per day is 'reasonable'. I stand by the my claim that it is not.

Sticking with this silly figure of £500 per day. Assuming 240 working days per year, that is 120K per annum.

Let's say you drew a reasonable salary of 40K from that. Are you telling me your fixed costs are 80K per year?

Clearly this is not the case. Which means most people are *not* charging £500 per day. Do *you* actually charge £500 per day?


So you gave up after 7 years eh?
 

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