Fair Price for plumbing in a new shower?

[simple]

I'd like some views on what would be a reasonable price to do the following:

• Remove a bath and run piping from the current tap end to the current head end and then up the wall.
• Construct a frame at this end to conceal the pipework, board it in, apply tiles (or fit a shower panel) and fit a thermostatic shower valve and shower riser.
• Construct a plinth for the shower base in order to create a better run off for the waste.
• Fix in shower screen.
• Shower valve/riser, base and screen are already purchased.

The one quote I've had was pretty much what my monthly take-home pay is and I suspect he's taking the urine. I have another fella coming at the end of the week to give a quote, but given the last quote I actually have no idea of what is considered reasonable. If £1k+ is reasonable, I'd rather take two weeks off work and do it myself.

 

[jonnyswamp]

What part of the country are you, do you live in a house with off road parking or a third floor flat
What about the space where the bath was, is it going to be tiled/skimmed and painted or are you going to do the remedial work
Too many variables to comment
Post a photo

 

[simple]

Second floor flat in gloucestershire. Easy access and parking. I'd be doing the remedial work.

I don't have photos on me as I'm away from it at the moment. Back tomorrow night. I put a thing up on rated people and their website was coming up at 100 -250 which I thought was probably on the low side.

 

[rpm]

Will the water supply suit the shower you have brought, will the pipes need to be increased or decreased in size, do you have a water tank or is all mains fed, do you have a combi boiler supplying the hot side of the water, are the walls bare painted or tiled?
I`ll stop now as you`ve probably got the drift of where I`m coming from.

 

[mfgs]

1k seems cheap for all that.

 

[Allgoode]

Good username, very apt.

You have not included any pics to give members an idea of room shape/size.

1k as a ballpark seems potentially ok but a lot of variables that can be encountered as mentioned above.

An easy looking job can very easily snowball into a more complicated job as you remove things and discover all those lovely variables that were previously unseen.

You could break job down and get pricing for tiling separately to see costing for that side. It will surprise you on costs of this alone as if the bath had normal height of tiles along edge the removal of them may damage plasterboard under which could need replacing at additional cost.

Plus if you were having a large walk in type shower then would need completely tiled etc.

There is also waste disposal charges, company running costs, insurance, etc that he will be factoring in so the 1K figure suddenly does not go so far.

The plumber will only see a portion of this as a wage & not the full 1K

Oh if forgot, the taxman will also want his cut / pound of flesh as usual,

Thanks,

Andy

 

[plumberpete]

dont under estimate how much work and skill is involved in doing this.the last thing you want is water going downstairs.a shower is totally diferent from a bath.

 

[Darren Jackson]

I have to say that 1K does sound about right for what you have described. But hard to say without surveying the job.

 

[Old Account]

As @rpm has already asked what type of system have you got? You need to be aware of what type of shower valves and taps you are going to install. Some systems need to have low pressure taps. I also think 1k is well to cheap considering what you want to have done. First of you will definitely need some proper water proofed walls, either quality boards, or green plaster boards which need water proofing anyway but in time it will not be sealed anymore so my recommendation is wedi or jacoboards. Quality work shouldn't be underpaid but you've got the right to be cautious as also people take a Micky.

You could go easily online check materials and prices and then you can ask for labour. I think it doesn't matter what area or what city you live as quality will be everywhere similar priced.

 

[Darren Jackson]

I have to say that 1K does sound about right for what you have described. But hard to say without surveying the job.

Forgot to mention thats Labour only. As the cost of tiles & material's etc can vary so much depending on what you want and like.