British Gas engineers.

[Dangee]

I doubt it looking at this email I got. Not really going to attract quality engineers with these rates.

 

[Notch7]

£20 to service a boiler?

That doesn't sound a lot for a qualified tradesman.

 

[Dangee]

Trust me Notchy, it’s terrible. How much care do you think they will take? It’ll probably cost them a fiver to park!

 

[Bodd]

I had a call tonight ... non working boiler I said £150 to come out he turned his nose up at that.... I didn't even want to go out ..... sod doing a breakdown for £45..

 

[Bodd]

Free market. Deal with it.

Unfortunately its the consumer who also has to deal with cheap unskilled labour

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Unfortunately its the consumer who also has to deal with cheap unskilled labour

How can they be unskilled if they have to be Gas Safe registered?

 

[noseall]

cheap unskilled labour

Gas fitters for ya.

 

[Nige F]

My advise is stay clear of BG

Tell Sid

 

[Bodd]

How can they be unskilled if they have to be Gas Safe registered?

Do you think all installers working with gas are registered?

 

[Dangee]

You can be GasSafe registered & never repaired a boiler in your life. BG staff haven’t got the time to fault find properly or work out why a component isn’t working. They’ll change a fan or a PCB or a gas valve other than that they’ll say it’s not covered & needs a powerflush.

 

[Bodd]

Gas fitters for ya.

I did a power flush Friday. After a gas fitter fitted a new boiler the year before. He took the old one off the wall, put the new one up filled the system wired it up and connected the pipes. 2 grand and he finished by the afternoon.

 

[Bodd]

I did a power flush Friday. After a gas fitter fitted a new boiler the year before. He took the old one off the wall, put the new one up filled the system wired it up and connected the pipes. 2 grand and he finished by the afternoon.

 

[noseall]

2 grand and he finished by the afternoon.

Lol, not a hill of beans if the mat's were £1950.

 

[Notch7]

Trust me Notchy, it’s terrible. How much care do you think they will take? It’ll probably cost them a fiver to park!

I've no idea what sort of area a BG engineer would have to cover or number of jobs per day. If it was say average of 6 jobs, that's only £120 - which is only the top end of a labourers wage.

TBH I'm sure I could be arzed to drive to a customers house to earn £20

I'm sure I pay around £80 to £100 for my boiler service on my prehistoric stelrad ideal. I think they do 2 service types short and long. I can't remember how long the guy is here, maybe 45 mins to an hour.

I know you can't compare as the BG rate includes van tools etc but all the same, it's only £20

 

[HERTS P&D]

Tell Sid

Andy