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I get a ‘well established, local company’ quoting me £390 to fix, which seems a bit spendy.
TBF, they do have to give you a worse case scenario cost if it turn out to be a serious problem plus the labour/times, had they gave you a small quote and it turn out to be 3x the amount, you’d be pretty annoyed.
Super nice of your regular not charging you for his times tho.
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A good news story if you care for it: called my regular plumber because my boiler was leaking and we had to switch it off. Sadly he said he had tested + for COVID so couldn’t help, but he went through some over the phone diagnosis to work out what the problem was. After trying lots of different plumbers, I get a ‘well established, local company’ quoting me £390 to fix, which seems a bit spendy. I check back with my regular plumber, and he orders a new part for me, talks me through the process, and I have fixed the problem for less than £7. Dunno why I’m sharing this except to say: find a good plumber, respect his skills and stick with him