oilman said:
Fine, Agile has said it all.
Someone asks, "How much roughly would it cost to fit a boiler if I get the boiler?"
Anything between £500 and £2500, depending on where you are, who does it, what sort of problems you have.
What's so bad about this that the MODS have to censor it?
the answer is
DIYnot said:
it's to do with the fact that in most cases it is impossible to accurately quote 'remotely' due to regional variations in pricing and the different aspects/circumstances related to a job that are not described (or describable) in the question which therefore make any answers incomparable to any real world quotes.
I will go with this boiler then.
i am on a limited budget, of what use is a variation of 2k? being on a limited budget (thats what most say) i need a real price, 2k is too much difference, but in reality you can not even give me that price, because as item 9 says, it also depends on "acess to the job, how easy it will be"
for instance i havent told you that the boiler i have brought is 2nd hand and falling apart,(i do not know that i just brought it, because thats what the forum said i need) but it is the boiler specified, also suppose it was an oil fired boiler and i expect you to connect it to an oil tank sitting in my garden, trouble is oil tank is just sitting on the grass, no surrounding wall etc etc but you have told me it will cost only £2.5k max (i cant afford £2.5k but that is what was said it will cost.
look at
this post for an example
with regard to all the information, the plumbing forum has its own
section which basicaly states "give all info" only "appliances" has a "note at the top" no other section does (so far)
In electrical people ask how much lets say shower,
now that is going to (probably) need 10mm t & e
it can not be answered (reasonably)
how long is cable run? is there a spare way on C.U.? what if there isnt a spare way? new cu, or additional cu, then what if the current (again no punn inteded) earthing is not up to spec, that has to be allowed for too
then whan you get there to do job, its in a block of flats, on the top floor and the lifts have not been working for months and everything is in conduit, and only £100 was quoted (labour only job) as job was for a "friend"
but my whole point boils down (sorry no punn intended) to the fact that posters want a "real price" which in all honesty no one can give without actually seeing the job