Am I being ripped off? Powerflush realy necessary?

[LargeWrench]

I personally think your system sounds ok, the added leak sealer is most likely the cause and also the engineer not wanting to get his hands dirty. As a few have said its most likely a boiler a fault as it really doesn't sound dirty.

As for power flush, in theses times I'm offering choices,

1 mains flush etc at est cost, but on flushing if we feel requires a flush we will offer it but not free of charge and all blame is shifted to customer

2 power flush from start at est cost


Note on early post of power flush at £380 that sounds very cheap, going rate is between £500-750 here depending on system and engineer

£500 - £700 for a power flush? Jesus, you either work for BG or you have an inflated opinion of how much work is actually involved in a power flush.
Fair enough if you can get away with charging that much but imo thats a very high price especially if it's just on a standard 3/4 bed house.

For me it's £500 +vat for a standard 3/4 bed house

My powerflush will also included correction of the problem ie raising vent, re piping CF & vent connections etc (materials not included)

Power flushing alone is not a solution

If your charging less your not putting enough time into it or under selling yourself.

You never mentioned the others were included, but if it was just a power flush then i still think over £500 is steep. Lets be generous and say you charge £100 for use of your machine & £50 for chemicals, your still getting £350 labour for a days work.

Good if you can get it but imo it's still a lot for something which is generally an easier day than installing. Each to their own though

 

[sweet]

try Pimlico plumbers, they charge out a powerflush from £1200 so Eatons £500 to £700 is very reasonable.

 

[sweet]

I think its a pretty bad attitude of the installer to charge you so much and then what to charge you even more than I would to power flush the system when its HIS responsibility to effectively clean the syetem.

However, I suspect that Micky is right when he says its a boiler setting problem and NOT due to dirt in the system.

Again the installer should have checked and adjusted the boiler settings when he installed it.

You mention the "installation day"! He must have been doing a very long day if he fitted it all in just one day!

The more I hear the worse the installer sounds!

Tony

Tony, a lot of customers go for the cheapest price, customer takes their choice. a full powerflush adds a fair bit more to a quote and most punters won't pay it and convince themselves the cheaper quote will be as good.