Gav1

Just waiting for a Gas pumber to come and fit a new Diverter valve into my Combi boiler.
Does anybody have any idea what kind of price i should be looking to pay for this job....dont want to get ripped off.

Gav.

Lewegie

Valve could be in region of £80 depending on type and manufacturer.
1 hours labour.

gsm1

When he turns up pretend you're doing a bit of DIY. Have a hammer in one hand when he comes to tell you the final bill.

David Lock

Oh dear, guv. (sucks in air through teeth). Didn't know it was one of them old type combis. Tssh. Tssh. (more air sucked in through teeth). Gonna take a while sorting that lot out. Oh 3 sugars by the way.....

Gav1

Lewegie wins with £85 + VAT for the valve and 1 hours labour at a stonking £73 an hour....robbing bas*ard!! Why arent i on £73 an hour??

Gav.

Brendan Hughes

Well if you can't even fit a valve, why would anyone want to pay you that much?

David Lock

Ah but the clever bit is seeming to look busy for an hour when it's a 7 min job

Gav1

He wasnt even here for an hour, the paper work he issued me with afterwards stated £65 + VAT for the first hour or any part there of!!!

Gav.

Trucker Ted

You should have got the robbing **** to do some housework or something for the rest of the hour

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Probably too late to say this - sorry .....

was it a motorised diverter valve?

Whats was foobarred, the valve or the motor?...whole valve =£80...a new motor for the valve = £20 (in parts - no labour)

The motor takes 5 mins to swap, the valve about 30mins depending on draining and filling.