Buy a boiler online and get gas engineer to install?

[tellme_why]

Eventually I have been quoted £500/day inc vat install with warranty. Still higher than plumbers daily rate of £290.. wondering why this difference..

 

[DP]

Where do you get a ( proper qualified) plumber for £290?
Take it chap is vat registered then?

 

[tellme_why]

Where do you get a ( proper qualified) plumber for £290?
Take it chap is vat registered then?

Don’t know, what’s the difference reg or not reg on daily price?

 

[denso13]

Don’t know, what’s the difference reg or not reg on daily price?

Different trades tend to have different prices. You'd have to ask them why they charge what they do.

 

[Mottie]

Eventually I have been quoted £500/day inc vat install with warranty. Still higher than plumbers daily rate of £290.. wondering why this difference..

Anyone, including you and I can call themself a plumber with no qualifications whatsoever. Nobody can call themselves a gas registered installer without having the necessary qualifications and be registered on the gas safe register.

 

[CBW]

Don’t know, what’s the difference reg or not reg on daily price?

Ever heard of cash in hand?

 

[CBW]

Anyone, including you and I can call themself a plumber with no qualifications whatsoever. Nobody can call themselves a gas registered installer without having the necessary qualifications and be registered on the gas safe register.

I know what you’re saying , and in an ideal world, this would be completely true, however, some do call themselves a gas safe engineer without having necessary qualifications or being gas safe registered - they’re called illegals and or cowboys/cowgirls.

 

[tellme_why]

Different trades tend to have different prices. You'd have to ask them why they charge what they d

Ever heard of cash in hand?

Yes, that’s when you pay someone with banknotes instead of online bank transfer right?

 

[CBW]

Yes, that’s when you pay someone with banknotes instead of online bank transfer right?

So I’ve heard.

 

[pcaouolte]

When the heating engineer that I currently use started his own business he wasn't VAT registered because his turnover didn't meet the threshold for registering, that automatically made him 20% cheaper than local VAT registered businesses. As he has built up his business he has reached the threshold and become VAT registered and he now has to charge me 20% more than before. Because he does a good job I continue to use him, it isn't all about the money. For me it is good to have someone I trust who offers a good service, good advice, turns up reliably when he says he will and does a neat, tidy job.

 

[roguetrader]

When the heating engineer that I currently use started his own business he wasn't VAT registered because his turnover didn't meet the threshold for registering, that automatically made him 20% cheaper than local VAT registered businesses. As he has built up his business he has reached the threshold and become VAT registered and he now has to charge me 20% more than before. Because he does a good job I continue to use him, it isn't all about the money. For me it is good to have someone I trust who offers a good service, good advice, turns up reliably when he says he will and does a neat, tidy job.

Just to add, on vat registration its only his labour that gets the additional 20% added, you would have already been paying the vat on the materials.

 

[tellme_why]

Just to add, on vat registration its only his labour that gets the additional 20% added, you would have already been paying the vat on the materials.

.. so are all GS registered also VAT registered? ..

 

[roguetrader]

.. so are all GS registered also VAT registered? ..

No, Gas safe reg is totally separate. It proves the person/company is capable of working on a certain category of gas supply/appliance.

VAT is worked on company turnover.

There are no rules that specifically bind the two.

 

[pcaouolte]

.. so are all GS registered also VAT registered? ..

No. It is possible to be GS registered without being VAT registered.

 

[GuessMan]

Just to add, on vat registration its only his labour that gets the additional 20% added, you would have already been paying the vat on the materials.

As I understand it, he becomes the supplier and has to add VAT on anything supplied materials and labour. Turtles alll the way down.