My colleague has just asked me a generic question about plumbing
costs.. Quite why he thinks I will know I have no idea, but I am sure
that someone here would be able to help.

It turns out that his Mums loft header tanks is 'split'.. Water is
pouring out and she has called someone in to take a look.

The first nightmare is that apparantly, this is NOT covered by her
house insurance? Does that sound right?

But more imporantly, the costs.. She has been quoted £450, which seems
an awful lot....

To be honest, I can't tell you much about this, as its word of mouth.
And its not like we can go and visit to take a look as she lives at
the other side of the country...

Does anyone have an approximate idea of what she should be looking to
pay for a job like this?

Jon

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My colleague has just asked me a generic question about plumbing
costs.. Quite why he thinks I will know I have no idea, but I am sure
that someone here would be able to help.

It turns out that his Mums loft header tanks is 'split'.. Water is
pouring out and she has called someone in to take a look.

The first nightmare is that apparantly, this is NOT covered by her
house insurance? Does that sound right?

Yes/no.
I expect the damage to be covered, not the actual tank.

But more imporantly, the costs.. She has been quoted £450, which seems
an awful lot....

That depends on what they are going to fix.. if its just putting a plastic
tank, with easy access then its a lot (one man, a couple of hours, £40 of
bits).
If its fixing the damage it sounds cheap.



I wonder why people don't fit a tank above a tank, so the one tank catches
the leaks and puts it out the overflow?
It would be cheap enough to do.

wrote:
My colleague has just asked me a generic question about plumbing
costs.. Quite why he thinks I will know I have no idea, but I am sure
that someone here would be able to help.

It turns out that his Mums loft header tanks is 'split'.. Water is
pouring out and she has called someone in to take a look.

The first nightmare is that apparantly, this is NOT covered by her
house insurance? Does that sound right?


No. Unless the policy specifically excludes it, this is precisely the
sort of thing that househ9od insurance should cover. Even if the work
itself is classed as 'maintenance' any consequential loss - i,e.
redecoraton of water damaged rooms, should be covered.



But more imporantly, the costs.. She has been quoted £450, which seems
an awful lot....

That will buy you a plumber for a couple of days and a few bits of
copper pipe, and a new tank..sounds fairly reasonable to me.


To be honest, I can't tell you much about this, as its word of mouth.
And its not like we can go and visit to take a look as she lives at
the other side of the country...

Does anyone have an approximate idea of what she should be looking to
pay for a job like this?

£250-£650 depending on what's up there.


Jon

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wrote:
My colleague has just asked me a generic question about plumbing
costs.. Quite why he thinks I will know I have no idea, but I am sure
that someone here would be able to help.

It turns out that his Mums loft header tanks is 'split'.. Water is
pouring out and she has called someone in to take a look.

The first nightmare is that apparantly, this is NOT covered by her
house insurance? Does that sound right?

Only with a crap insurance policy. Burst pipes etc are covered by most.

But more imporantly, the costs.. She has been quoted £450, which seems
an awful lot....

It does - but then again it's difficult to say without seeing the actual
job.

To be honest, I can't tell you much about this, as its word of mouth.
And its not like we can go and visit to take a look as she lives at
the other side of the country...

Does anyone have an approximate idea of what she should be looking to
pay for a job like this?

If it includes making good damage it might be quite a good price.

Jon

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My colleague has just asked me a generic question about plumbing
costs.. Quite why he thinks I will know I have no idea, but I am sure
that someone here would be able to help.

It turns out that his Mums loft header tanks is 'split'.. Water is
pouring out and she has called someone in to take a look.

The first nightmare is that apparantly, this is NOT covered by her
house insurance? Does that sound right?

But more imporantly, the costs.. She has been quoted £450, which seems
an awful lot....

To be honest, I can't tell you much about this, as its word of mouth.
And its not like we can go and visit to take a look as she lives at
the other side of the country...

Does anyone have an approximate idea of what she should be looking to
pay for a job like this?

Jon

I would take a good look at the house insurance...

Depending where you are,but it sounds not to far off with out see what is
involved- some are easy some are pigs.
Chris


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On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:10:24 -0700, jon.p.weaver wrote:

But more imporantly, the costs.. She has been quoted £450, which seems
an awful lot....

To be honest, I can't tell you much about this, as its word of mouth.
And its not like we can go and visit to take a look as she lives at
the other side of the country...

Does anyone have an approximate idea of what she should be looking to
pay for a job like this?

Guessing that it's a galvanised steel tank (which rust through eventually)
and that the connecting pipework is screwed steel it's probably a good
half day's work, maybe a day's if the pipework's particularly difficult to
get to or in very bad condition, so it could reasonably be what she's been
quoted. Best to ask specifically what's involved and why so much, and
maybe get another quote if it seems unreasonable.

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