Outdoor Garden Tap Fitting - St Helens, Merseyside.

[Killy Bing]

Built into tap so it can freeze up and give me another call out!unk:

Can only use intergrated on replacements

 

[RAW85]

Don't know what it is (probably me being silly) but the expressions "it's no big job or similar like "it's just a quick job" really annoy me.
It's like people add that so you make it cheaper or doubt your prices and ability.

 

[Rickster123]

I don't believe you lot. Somebody offering work and you all poo poo it. I'll do it for £80 and you provide that pony tap kit thing.

 

[kay-jay]

be easy guys, doesn't take 5mins to fit this up. It's more of a handyman job I guess, I'd just rather someone qualified to fiddle with the pipes as the landlord may have a problem.

Heres one of the kits:
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if there no good then feel free to recommend something else, but its only human to try and save a little money, just as it is with making money : ).

Plumbers cant fit those as they are non compliant. Just wrong on so many levels.
They are sold as a diy kit for diy use only........

The self tapping tap cuts a 6mm hole in the pipe ensuring you only ever get a dribble out the hose....

You will regret your choice bigtime and have to pay someone to do it proper a second time.

 

[acecharly]

Ive never botherd to look at these kits ....what a mess and must take up lots of room plus no sleeve there or a check valve.

If I was you mate id do it myself. If I got round someones house and they showed me that gear id walk away with me eyebrows raised......

 

[Chris F]

I had some tnt tell me "it won't take you 5 minutes" he was wrong, it took 15 but it was still 60 notes.

 

[acecharly]

They must have been a bit naffed Chris, I usually find people who buy the stuff first are after it done cheap so £60 must of been a shock ...well played sir

 

[Chris F]

He was shocked mate. It was a shock and awe tactic

 

[hammers4spanner]

I will fit it £170 travel money and £120 labour ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,bargain !!!

 

[Plumbstar Tom]

So there is your advice. A proper plumber will not use a DIY kit for multiple reasons and will not do it for pennies

You can get a basin tap for £20 but you wont see me supplying and fitting as I don't have the time for calling back to it once every 6 months

The job you need doing is not a bank breaker due to the location of your water pipe. Get a plumber round and pay his labour charge and parts and be happy you have supported a small business and will have a hassle free outside tap.

 

[cr0ft]

Let's turn this one back round. What price do you consider a fair price for someone who has to pay to run a van, insure his business, supply all tools required, cover his holiday pay, sick pay, pension, stock and all the other bits that go with running a business? Bearing in mind that the '5 minute job' (yet to have one of them to be honest) is going to be an hour of the plumbers time by the time he travels to you and back to his home/on to his next job?

Also, in all seriousness, the customer who tells me that it's a '5 minute job' or it's a straightforward job gets a price that's at least 25% higher than other customers. Those phrases don't achieve the desired effect, they just wind tradespeople up, as you may have noticed!!

 

[MK Heating]

Your 5 minutes from my house. £50 supplied and fitted. I you want a proper job doing.

 

[kay-jay]

Your 5 minutes from my house. £50 supplied and fitted. I you want a proper job doing.

I suspect its been done by now pal. Thread is from march.....

 

[Mrs Tara Plumbi]

From memory
the last outside tap we fitted just 5 minutes from our own house we charged £95 to supply & fit.
So I recommend budget for around £100 and get local plumbers to quote.
Otherwise ust use hose pipe connected to kitchen taps or watering can when you need to.