B&Q fitting service

[Bobbles]

Realise thus thread us from 2007 however still shows up when searching so still relevant

B&Q provide all the insurances needed to protect the customer and check electrical gas certification etc

They also provide 5 year guarantee regardless of if the fitter is still around and it's not at the cost of the fitter,

You really shouldn't spread myths on the back of assuming things

 

[Deleted member 63160]

Ha ha. I know some B&Q subbies. Substandard is not a big enough word.
Anyone with any sense would buy decent materials elsewhere and get a recommended local guy to fit it. People are getting wise to the likes of B&Q, BG etc.

 

[Bobbles]

not so sure whats funny, i also know lots of B&Q installers who's work is top notch, equally know many local guys who are not so good and cant be found if there is a problem.

 

[Deleted member 63160]

Do you actually know how little the B&Q subbies are paid? If you do, are you not amazed that all the ones you know are so skilled? Do you work for B&Q PR dept??

 

[Bobbles]

Don't work for B&Q
Just interested in people not spreading myths, an yes I understand the payment structures for B&Q and most if the other large companies, do you?

 

[securespark]

As you well know. How did you get on by the way, did you get it sorted in the end?
I did a bathrom refit a couple of weeks ago where they'd been quoted over 5 grand by bathstore, I wish I'd known that when I put my quote in.

Missed this the first time round.

Seeing as the thread has been resurrected, I might as well post here. I got most of the issues sorted.

Some would have meant going right back to basics (wrenching out the bath etc) so I left those for the sake of a sane mind, but I had some retiling done, replumbing under the sink unit, anti-vac wastes fitted, refitting of the shower tray and replumbing of the shower and towel rad. I swapped the Triton unit for a LP Aqualisa unit which is much better. Now I am considering putting a different top on my marine ply sink unit, as it is getting stained.

A corian style finish the same colour as the glass tiles would be ideal but probably hugely expensive....

 

[WatchdogUK101]

My experience of having a bathrroom fitted using B&Q's fitting service has so far been a complete disaster!

B&Q's fitting services are carried out by subcontracted fitters who are only too willing to make it known / appear that they are not getting paid enough by B&Q to carry out the work that they are doing - this should be the first warning to the customer that the job is going to be rushed and/or corners cut!

B&Q's subcontracted fitters are clearly working to the budget that they have been allocated by or negotiated with B&Q!

B&Q's subcontracted fitters are prepared to maximise their profit by doing the job as quickly as they can and/or by cutting as many corners as they can!

Just like all other so-called "trades people", B&Q's subcontracted fitters will come up with all sorts of spurious and clearly untrue reasons to justify what they are doing and/or what they have done!

Paying over the odds to use B&Q's fitting services has proven to be absolutely no guarantee of good workmanship and a complete waste of money!

I will not be using B&Q fitting services again!

 

[JBR]

To be fair, we had an en-suite bathroom renewed and fitted by a B&Q sub-contractor about ten years ago. We were very happy with it and have experienced no problems since other than a recent slight leak from the shower, probably due to a worn washer. I should also add that the gentleman who did the fitting was very helpful and accommodating.

 

[EddieM]

Well I just fitted a B&Q kitchen, 17 units in a 5m x 3.5m room, been an experience and taken ages, generally due to budget, lack of correct tools (long story, which some will know) but it's turned out ok, if I say so myself. Dread to think how much B&Q would have quoted for fitting, been a bit of an eye opener as to how much is involved!

 

[jockscott]

I think B&Q's fitting prices start somewhere around the £2000 mark. Kitchen fitter would be lucky to see a quarter of that.. Work it out yourself who gets the rest.

 

[Whitespirit66]

Don't work for B&Q
Just interested in people not spreading myths, an yes I understand the payment structures for B&Q and most if the other large companies, do you?

So, you just happened to be trawling through the web and stumbled on a seven year old thread, felt so incensed that a major, multi- million pound, national company was being criticised that you felt you had to sign up to this forum with the specific intention of defending their honour.

Pull the other one!