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Plumber ripping me off?

  • 19-09-2009 8:12pm
    #1
    paudy1000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65 ✭✭


    I had a plumber call to my house 4 times.
    1st time he took out 3 toliets & 3 sinks so the tiler could tile.
    2nd time he put 2 of them back in.
    3rd time he put the last set back in.
    4th time he put up a shower door and plumbed the dishwasher + washing machine.

    Each time he spent about 2 hours in the house. The last time he spent 4 hours.

    He charged E850.

    Have i been done???

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    No, you have not but no doubt that someone will say you have been so I will give you the breakdown of how i figure it.

    To take out one bathroom suite and put one back in is 350 euro

    to put in a shower door is 100 - 150 euro, a quad is 150 and requires a second person ususally the homeowner.

    He also done extra work

    out of honest curiosity what do you think he should have charged?


  • #3
    paudy1000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65 ✭✭paudy1000


    To be honest - I had literally no idea how much I should be charged, I just wanted to make sure that was an average price, I couldn't see how it would come to that, but your breakdown makes sense. Thanks a million for your response.


  • #4
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,688 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Being involved in a fair bit of building houses to a builders finish where very typically the buyer would look for our plumber to remove the toilets & basin again for tiling. They would be paying but typically the plumber would take a couple of hours removing the stuff and best part of a day refitting. These would typically be 4 toilet houses. He is an excellent plumber and never any come back with him and he charges about 400 for this. (mayo prices)

    I agree with joeys price if taking out a bathroom suite and replacing it with a new one but simply removing the toilet & wash basin and perhaps a rad and pulling shower unit away from wall alittle and sticking them on again is a different job and very little effort involved.


  • #5
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    mickdw wrote: »
    I agree with joeys price if taking out a bathroom suite and replacing it with a new one but simply removing the toilet & wash basin and perhaps a rad and pulling shower unit away from wall alittle and sticking them on again is a different job and very little effort involved.

    Took out 3 suites and put up a shower door. Its not my price its what plumbers working for me quoted. I had 3 plumbers.

    I dont mind if this turns into an "I can do it cheaper" situation. I am just advising the op that based on the plumbers I used this pricing is normal.


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