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I have been quoted £609 from British Gas for a power clean and magna clean filter - is that expensive?
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where are you n?
3 bed house and magna clean 450 max
3 bed house and magna clean 450 max
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british gas always will be expensive because they charge a fortune same as all big companies, get a local company in to give you a quote
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sheff paul
Dont want to over step the mark cause i am new here,bit too far for me to travel from northern england but i am sure some of the lads from south can pm you,and sort it out... Must say ive been a plumber Gas installer for 20 years,and the guys who post on here are lets say in the premiership,a lot of BG installers are sunday league in my experience.
There are a lot of good BG lads out there but they are under a lot of pressure to make sales wither they are really required or not. And they get hounded buy their managers if they are not making their quotas. This has been stepped up even more lately as I know a few lads.
As for myself I am more like in the 1st division, but hope to break into the Premiership someday.:smiley2:
As for myself I am more like in the 1st division, but hope to break into the Premiership someday.:smiley2:
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jase158
For british gas this is cheap, my guess is that you only have 5-8 radiators, I have been to houses with 10 radiators and they have been quoted £800 plus for power flush, magna clean would be more.
However your local guy can do power flush for £250 minimum and £500 maximum (10 radiators)
Let me know where you are I may be able to help, I am in bucks.
Normally fit magna clean free as part of the service, but you supply the magna clean.
However your local guy can do power flush for £250 minimum and £500 maximum (10 radiators)
Let me know where you are I may be able to help, I am in bucks.
Normally fit magna clean free as part of the service, but you supply the magna clean.
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sheff paul
Exactly right there are good BG lads but the managers hound em to flog things,BG has massive marketing that us mortals could only dream about which gets em work,Once tried to get a job with em years ago got fobbed off,a week later they took on the firms van driver to train him as a fitter......? could never understand to this day, funny old world
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secret squirrel
Title with posts like this 'british gas rip off' 'I've been ripped off' etc tend to wind me up instantly.
I'll explain why, first of all, I'm not defending any company or individual nor having a pop at any company or individual.
We don't know the reason why BG were either asked to do a powerflush or recommended one either.
Secondly, yes, it is a lot of money and we'd all do it cheaper. The price is not a rip off, it is just that a price. The customer can either choose to have it or not.
A rip off would be someone going into the house and quoting £350 then saying at the end, oh the chemicals used were not included nor the VAT, oh, neither was use of the powerflush machine, the £350 was just the labour, here's your bill for £700'
Big difference between a price and a rip off. Trouble is with all these 'MUPPET' programmes about people automatically think 'rip off'
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Went to one on monday drained down spotless aparnt from very very small amount of black in bottom of rad, cleary no water sample taken
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jase158
Never had this and to be honest, glad that BG are telling people this as gets me more work.
usually find that the house has cold spots, BG have put 2 new pumps, 2 new heat exchange and after everyrthing else has not worked they have realised dirt is causing problems and wont do any more until power flushed.
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Wasnt till id drained it down the bloke produced a bottle of sentinel that was put in bout four years ago by his brother
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