Price for oil burner service

ceekay74

Can anyone give me an idea of what is a reasonable price for an oil burner service?

It's a fairly old burner located at the end of my garden, last serviced 2 years ago.

I'm in Dublin 24.

Thanks!

DGOBS

Usually €80-90, including your nozzle change, you will get it cheaper, but you will find shortcuts.
Look for someone possibly Oftec registered

ceekay74

DGOBS wrote: »

Usually €80-90, including your nozzle change, you will get it cheaper, but you will find shortcuts.
Look for someone possibly Oftec registered

Thanks!

I found a place doing it a fair bit cheaper than €80. Their website says they're RGII registered, FETAC approved & SEAI registered.

Says nothing about Oftec though.

DGOBS

As I suggested, you get what you pay for.
Cheapest is not always the wise money, there is servicing out the for €40, but to be honest, don't bother servicing it at all would most likely be better.

An oil service should take a minimum of an hour, include nozzle replacement, water checking your oil tank etc, some services take as long as 2 hours depending on the periodic servicing of the past.

Billy Bunting

ceekay74 wrote: »

Thanks!

I found a place doing it a fair bit cheaper than €80. Their website says they're RGII registered, FETAC approved & SEAI registered.

Says nothing about Oftec though.

Oftec are the govening body for REAL Oil Technicians, Oil Technicians value their registration and are inspected and audited so you can have peace of mind that they will do a Oil Boiler Service and not just tell you they have.
I imagine that DBOGS is far more experienced than myself and thats why he can get through it all in an hour, i myself have never broke the hour and 20 minute barrier.
As the man says, you get what you pay for.

DGOBS

lol, I did say 'minimum' and they are usually ones I have done myself the year before....so pretty sweet!
and I find dualx helps too!

Dave__

Well forty way to cheap .... you can't get a good service for that ....

NIMAN

But is there any guarantee that paying someone €80 or €90 will get you a better service?

A guy doing it for €40 may do as good a job, and unless you know what they are actually doing then you'd be none the wiser.

Paying bigger money doesn't necessarily mean you'll get a good job done.

Dave__

NIMAN wrote: »

But is there any guarantee that paying someone €80 or €90 will get you a better service?

A guy doing it for €40 may do as good a job, and unless you know what they are actually doing then you'd be none the wiser.

Paying bigger money doesn't necessarily mean you'll get a good job done.

Well if you factor into the cost of getting to the job either by time travelled or petrol, the cost of a new nozzle etc , and it should take an hour and half or there about's ......Then forty to cheap ....you pay for what you get

NIMAN

I'm not arguing that 40 is too cheap, all I'm saying is that paying more doesn't guarantee you a job done well.

Ever see those rogue trader type programmes on TV? These guys charge an arm and a leg and often do nothing. Thats my point.

Dave__

I love those shows ....... I suppose the best way is to find someone that a pal recommends ...

NIMAN

OR spend a bit of time with the guy doing the service, making sure he is actually doing something. Pop in and out, and make sure he seems to be changing bits, cleaning etc.