Recent content by dinger

Nice one for you mate.... I'm going to follow Tony's advice and politely go through options with some other fitters...see what they say. Somewhere in there is a plan beneficial to all (ie my costs are low, and the pros get a quick job with good returns for the effort). I'm sure I'll get...

Slogger: I can get all the main kit for £1400 (inc VAT) from good reputable suppliers so I thought I'd pay a further £1000-£1300 labour and £150 for a sparky. Total I expected was £3100 max (inc sundries and VAT) for the whole job. The lowest quote for everything came in @ £1000 labour...

Oilman: hehe... I reckon I'm one of those disaster TV shows waiting to happen! :) I'm just a straighforward guy - I like things to be black and white - ie costs to be transparent. But when you're dealing with self employed tradespeople in today's world of 'regulation this' and...

Cheers Tony! Thanks for the honest take on it. All 3 of the fitters I've spoken to (all sole traders) have listed labour and parts seperately and further, said they aren't making anything on the parts - I just knew they were. I just wanted to know if the job was going to cost the same...

Bit harsh! :shock: I'll take that as a slap!! hehe. I genuinely don't mind doing work and chasing stuff myself - thats my point. We all know that paying the fitter's markup on parts doesn't mean things will be trouble free for me. A faulty part is a faulty part. A phone call has to be...

I'll give it a try - they can only say no! Don't get me wrong - I'm more than happy to pay the going rate on labour - all them bloody exams etc a cosher engineer has to do nowadays justifies the high rates. Are there any other fitters on here that would accept that arrangement? And if so...

But what about supplying the parts? I can can get exactly the same kit for a fraction of the price being quoted. Stuff like copper pipe and fittings etc I couldn't give two hoots about, but exactly the same boiler, rads, thermos, flues I can ALL get significantly cheaper (circa £1000)...

I'm having a gas supply and condensing combi system installed but am getting a bit peeved by the prices being quoted for some of the work. For a Baxi Instant 105HE (recommended as good value/performance), just 4 rads (+ a towel rad I already have), TRVs and an RF room thermo I'm getting quoted...