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When I went to the scrappy about 4 weeks ago, the price of copper was £1800 a tonne. When I went back 2 weeks ago, it was £2000 a tonne. I weighed in an older heating cylinder and 25kg of pipes, and got £96. I went to the largest known place I could find by recommendation, and felt they...

I was a little surprised with the scrap value myself! The old boiler (A GlowWorm Space Saver) weighed an absolute tonne when lifting it into the car! I got the first invoice for £96 and thought "that isn't bad", then realised we had an additional invoice for the metal too. The plumber did...

Hi Everyone, Just to answer the replies that have come in overnight on this: 1) We took all of the metal to a local environmental scrap yard. We got £96 for the copper (we stripped the cylinder of the insulation). We then got £45 for the scrap metal (old boiler and fittings). when we had...

Thanks very much for the advice. I am now thinking of paying the additional cost of £200 as it is, to settle the job on good terms. I've yet to discuss this with him personally. As it woulds stand, in a 3 bed semi, the cost of fitting the boiler in the loft would be £2350. This is as-per...

That's what I am worried about - the fact that he has taken a verbal quote of £150, ignored that I have completed the brickwork for him (apparently he could get a brickie to do this for less than £50?) and then bumped it up to £200 is annoying. We also got rid of the scrap ourselves, so I...

To be fair, when the plumber said that the shower needed an electrical connection, he said that he shouldn't fit it as it needed an electrician to do it. However, we connected it up via a plug just to test it worked while he was there. We are going to plug it into a fixed connection later...

We had an Aqualisa Quartz Digital fitted (standard exposed version so no internal pipework in walls, and no pump for the combi boiler). The instructions said the pipes needed cross-bonding. the control unit is above the bathroom, in the loft space above the ceiling. Both shower and...

Hi, It was a written quotation. It clearly states this at the top of the letter. The price is one lump sum at the bottom (not individually itemised). I think he's used the original quote value to remove the shower and rad fit, and replace this work with the change of boiler to the loft...

The original invoice was for the same amount as the quote. I believe the plumber thinks that the first invoice is now for the boiler only, plus extra materials to put the boiler in the loft. I believe he has made the second invoice for the shower and radiator as a seperate job based on...

Yes it was all clearly said in the first quote. The only difference in the work done was that the boiler is in the loft and not in the kitchen.

Hi All, I have recently had some plumbing work undertaken. The job quoted was to fit a combi boiler into the kitchen, and a shower and towel radiator into the bathroom. Upon commencing the job, the boiler wouldn't fit into the kitchen, so was put into the loft. the shower and towel...