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Maybe he works for Grundfos and gets the pumps for £30.....

Actually I've already bought the pump in anticipation of it finally conking out. So how much of that charge is labour? Thanks

Actually he was kind of semi-retired anyway. Only did work for his favourite customers.

I'm guessing between 60 and 65 when I last used him a few years back.

Iso valves are there and do appear to turn off. My plumber for the last 20 years I should have said .....only charged £30 per hour but maybe he was working twice as slowly :-)

I guess you're right. Like you said easy money. What's the going rate these days then for a plumber?

Sadly my plumber of 20 has retired and I need a new one to change my central heating pump. I asked my neighbours for a recommendation but lucky (for them) they haven't used one in years. So I decided to go via the Which? recommend a local tradesman website. I prefer to email people so I chose...

Thanks for your prompt reply. This really is a very nice forum! All makes sense now. Cheers

I've had to temporarily start using my immersion heater for hot water as I'm running desperately low on heating oil. My cylinder and immersion are only about 10 months old. The cylinder is quite large approx 1500mm by 450mm. The water does get very hot but we just don't get enough. If I feel...

Thanks for the prompt reply. In fact I already bought a replacement pump which I was going to attempt myself. I then realized neither myself or my neighbours had large enough spanners and when I had a quick look to see how much the spanners were to buy it seemed better to just to maybe call...

Can someone advise me please. I have an oil fired Camray Quartet boiler and Grundfos pump both about 10 years old. Recently first thing in the morning when the boiler first fires up (I don't run it overnight from 10 till 7) it's very noisy. I'd call it a roaring sound. It gradually diminishes...