Fair Price for plumbing in a new shower?

[simple]

Oh ok, well that's helpful. Was just a bit thrown by the rated people site saying it would be under 250. Looks like it will be washing in the kitchen sink for forseeable future. Thank you for your input.

 

[Old Account]

Oh ok, well that's helpful. Was just a bit thrown by the rated people site saying it would be under 250. Looks like it will be washing in the kitchen sink for forseeable future. Thank you for your input.

Ratedpeople, they just give an estimate on the job. By the way you could setup your money as a customer at ratedpeople. You are able to up until 50k

 

[townfanjon]

Oh ok, well that's helpful. Was just a bit thrown by the rated people site saying it would be under 250. Looks like it will be washing in the kitchen sink for forseeable future. Thank you for your input.

All these type of websites are an absolute joke in my opinion .

 

[Gareth Harris]

Not that i would want to undermine the quote you have been given, But I'm sure advice from trading standards recommends getting at least three quotes for the work - that way you have something to compare against.

You will however need to ensure the quote are comparable - what fittings etc will be used - what accreditation does the person quoting hold - what guarantee do they offer on the work? Each person/company will have different overheads.

At the end of the day you get what you pay for - make sure the person doing the work is suitably qualified and insured - you shouldn't be afraid to ask to see their credentials.

There are a few websites where you can find properly qualified and insured tradespeople to do the work.

 

[Stanios]

To be honest someone who can plumb, tile and do frame construction in decent time and to a good standard deserves that money. The only way to make a good living on bathroom jobs is it charge a good premium because they often involve unforseen work and customers who will ring you two years later expecting a new shower.
I've met quite a few plumbers who gone bust over bathroom jobs because they quoted "reasonably"

 

[oz-plumber]

If £1k+ is reasonable, I'd rather take two weeks off work and do it myself.

If you take that option - make sure you send us the pics of the finished product!!
Or for that fact - if you get the bathroom done for cheaper than you have been quoted, send in the pics.
For a second fact - if you take the original quote - send those pis in also.

 

[cr0ft]

My view on bathroom work is either the customer is willing to pay my rates per day (£250+Vat per day) to do the whole thing myself and manage it for them, or they can pay me for the plumbing and arrange the rest themselves. We are based in Lincoln (supposedly less well off than Gloucestershire) and we have no problems filling our diary with clients at these prices.

I didn't learn plumbing, electrics, plastering, tiling, basic carpentry and how to paint (not sure the last one involves much learning ) to charge my business out at £150/day and pay myself minimum wage out of that.

£1k for labour sounds very cheap to me, cowboy cheap to be honest. You are making the classic mistake of ignoring all of the costs the person coming in to do the job for you has to cover before they can even pay themselves a wage. All of which have been well documented on here before.

Would you expect to take your car to a garage and have them charge you what the employees earn per hour? Of course not, the business has lots of costs to cover!

We'd be charging that out at about 6 man days of work assuming it was a straightforward job. Second floor flat will add a huge amount of time to that job carrying stuff up and down.

Increasingly as a country people complain about cowboy tradespeople on one hand and then moan about tradespeople being too expensive on the other. Doesn't take a genius to work out that if you grumble about price you will end up employing a cowboy!

 

[Callsimon55]

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.

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[Callsimon55]

This is £3500 at least. I know you will not like this reply but any less is asking for problems. Its water,it is where you live, its therfore important.

 

[Callsimon55]

My view on bathroom work is either the customer is willing to pay my rates per day (£250+Vat per day) to do the whole thing myself and manage it for them, or they can pay me for the plumbing and arrange the rest themselves. We are based in Lincoln (supposedly less well off than Gloucestershire) and we have no problems filling our diary with clients at these prices.

I didn't learn plumbing, electrics, plastering, tiling, basic carpentry and how to paint (not sure the last one involves much learning ) to charge my business out at £150/day and pay myself minimum wage out of that.

£1k for labour sounds very cheap to me, cowboy cheap to be honest. You are making the classic mistake of ignoring all of the costs the person coming in to do the job for you has to cover before they can even pay themselves a wage. All of which have been well documented on here before.

Would you expect to take your car to a garage and have them charge you what the employees earn per hour? Of course not, the business has lots of costs to cover!

We'd be charging that out at about 6 man days of work assuming it was a straightforward job. Second floor flat will add a huge amount of time to that job carrying stuff up and down.

Increasingly as a country people complain about cowboy tradespeople on one hand and then moan about tradespeople being too expensive on the other. Doesn't take a genius to work out that if you grumble about price you will end up employing a cowboy!