Fair Price For A Quality Job Here??

[lame plumber]

you have to ask why they ran away as well...............

 

[cr0ft]

I got the impression from her that they thought it was far too big a job. Seems like a really nice person to be fair, being a listed building some people might not see it as an easy job. Personally I think it would be a good one to have our website.

 

[Nostrum]

So you've got a rip out to do as well?

 

[cr0ft]

Yes there's an existing system to remove and making good of any holes etc to do. Sorry probably should have mentioned that one. There's already a large 70KW floor standing non-condensing ancient condemned boiler. It's in a totally different area of the house to where they want the new plant room though. It's also not zoned at all and the system water is minging.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

If you got to patch and rip out 8-10k as you could be easily a week to rip and patch up on a listed house

 

[hammers4spanner]

We done a old listed hotel in North Devon few years ago build control involved rolled into a right drag as they sucked up unforseen time

 

[Millsy 82]

I would be looking 5k labour minimum.

 

[Chalked]

These type of houses take twice as long as a normal house. So don't think just because there is 3 times the rads, so it will take three times longer.
Pipe runs are more difficult and longer. Pipe size is larger and more difficult to thread in.
I would say you would need to account for labour at your rates as below
Plant room 4 days
Strip out and making good 2 - 3 days
Heating 10 days
Allow another 10 % for unforeseen difficulties.

That's about 19 days.
Font sell yourself short. Your not a charity! It will be good for experience, but could be a nightmare if you lose a fortune.

 

[newcastle phill]

Price high.
Leave with a smile on your face.

Just wondering what size gas meter have they got ?

 

[stevetheplumber]

normal meter will not feed those 2 boilers but there was a 70kw there before so would assume is a 16

 

[stevetheplumber]

i would be looking at 8k labour minimum they will struggle to find many one man bands willing to take it on so will be looking at bigger companies who will be well over that how much work you doing after the cylinder or is someone else doing bathrooms?

 

[cr0ft]

It's a U16 meter. The gas pipe run is JUST within the limits of what us domestic engineers are allowed to install as the meter is right next to where the boilers are going.

 

[cr0ft]

i would be looking at 8k labour minimum they will struggle to find many one man bands willing to take it on so will be looking at bigger companies who will be well over that how much work you doing after the cylinder or is someone else doing bathrooms?

We have been asked to quote for a wetroom install and a bathroom too. I think they have had one man companies out already who have all left in a hurry.

TBH it's one of those jobs that I can see eating up more time than we expect and so I'm going to price it at £10K + VAT labour having reflected overnight. Materials on top with the usual markup of course. I don't think we will be competing against one man companies on this one and I think a lot of people will do a runner as it's a listed building. I'm either mad or I like a challenge.

 

[oz-plumber]

Drive yourself mad with a challenge.

Break the job down into sections and price per section.

32 rads x how long each rad will take to install.
For pricing - I would allow an hour per rad,

...and so on.

Larger jobs can get away from you if you don't have the experience in quoting them.
So take the time and go through each section of the job and price accordingly.

Don't just take a stab at what you think will be a fair and competitive price for labour - you will lose out more often than not