Dealing with the plumber

[speedfreak]

[Swanny]

I love it when they say "of course I used to be a plumber"

Another favourite of mine is when you open the taps on the kitchen sink to drain the pipework while you work upstairs only to find a few minutes later that water is now coming out of the pipework as they have closed the kitchen tap

[Oddjob]

My My Swanny, are you a plumber by any chance?

I'm just doing my bathroom, fitter arrives on the 27th to fit everything, I could do it myself BUT I can't be bothered, let someone else get covered in crap and grout and sealant 

Just knocking down 2 walls and replacing them with stud walls as the present walls are made of brick tiles not bricks and you can't secure anything on them without a lot of effort, also replacing the very last door in the house from when it was built, damned things older than me and it's slanted due to the door frame being slanted. So 2 new doors and frames to hang as well, then of course they don't match the rest of the landing so 2 more doors needed, at £221 a pop that ain't cheap. Of course the missus thinks it's a five minute job with no disruption to the household at all, when asked to clear the bathroom of all HER stuff she looks at you like you're asking for a blowjob in the middle of Tesco.

I love DIY, it's such fun.

[Swanny]

Been a plumber for the last 40 years
But have spent the last 30 or so years fitting bathrooms. What was I thinking

Mark is a plumber as well

[Oddjob]

I knew that but I think Mark was more of a commercial plumber than domestic. 

Got quoted £3200 cash for fitting a whirlpool bath, sink and 3 base units, an led medicine cabinet and a heated towel rail. Tiles up to ceiling and full floor tiles as well. Room is approximately 2400 x 1800cms. Does that sound fair ?  He provides glue, grout etc. we supply all the fixtures. Elecs done already.

Forgot shower and shower screen, oh and toilet of course

[speedfreak]

i was a commercial heating engineer, and have no idea of prices.
mother in law had hers done about 5 yrs ago, walk in shower, basin , loo, heated towel rail, all walls waterproof panelling all round and flooring. was about £4000 and plumber supplied everything.

[Leyther]

I knew that but I think Mark was more of a commercial plumber than domestic. 

Got quoted £3200 cash for fitting a whirlpool bath, sink and 3 base units, an led medicine cabinet and a heated towel rail. Tiles up to ceiling and full floor tiles as well. Room is approximately 2400 x 1800cms. Does that sound fair ?  He provides glue, grout etc. we supply all the fixtures. Elecs done already.

Forgot shower and shower screen, oh and toilet of course

Sounds good to me Ken, just paid £5.5k for floor to ceiling tiling, bath removal and replaced with shower, new sink and bog, and spotlights, and ceiling panel, all  in a similar sized space.........................................Then the fecking boiler packed in, another £2.5K...................BUGGER!

[Swanny]

I knew that but I think Mark was more of a commercial plumber than domestic. 

Got quoted £3200 cash for fitting a whirlpool bath, sink and 3 base units, an led medicine cabinet and a heated towel rail. Tiles up to ceiling and full floor tiles as well. Room is approximately 2400 x 1800cms. Does that sound fair ?  He provides glue, grout etc. we supply all the fixtures. Elecs done already.

Forgot shower and shower screen, oh and toilet of course

Yea that sounds good to me

[Oddjob]

Not sure if I was clear enough, all the fixtures are supplied by us, those cost approx 7K, the bath alone was almost 2k as my missus wanted a really posh one, 32 jets, bubbles, integrated hand shower, sound system, heater, ozone disinfector, lights etc, the rest was fitted furniture from Easy Bathrooms which include really good tiles. He's just fitting it but supplying stuff like the boards the floor tiles are bonded to, grout and sealant etc. I know he does a great job as he did a friends house and it looked really good. I expected somewhere between £2-3k if I'm honest so maybe the price is ok but it does seem a lot.

I'm knocking down 2 walls, rebuilding them with stud walls, plasterboard and plastering them, 2 new doors and frames, new floorboards, plumbing in before I fit those so he's got the tails where he wants them, doing the electrics and fitting a new false ceiling with 6 led spots, even that's cost me another 2k approx. Good job the missus is paying for all this, it's getting bloody expensive. As soon as that's done we start on our bedroom, then the spare bedroom and then the hall and landing, new carpets across the whole of the upper floor not including the bathroom of course, rewiring the upper floor and fitting new floorboards throughout. Then all I've got left is the new utility room   might finally get some rest when all that's done and go fishing.

[Swanny]

I think that's ok. It's about what I would charge
Some places in Bath would charge £10k plus and people pay it