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  • 22-11-2005 4:19pm
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    Confused_73
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭


    I've got a leaking tap in my kitchen which I just can't sort out myself. So I rang a pluber today to get a quote ...... 140 euros he says !! To fix a leaking tap !! Talk about Rip Off Ireland

    Anyone know where I can get a fairly priced plumber ?


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    squire1
    Registered Users Posts: 730 ✭✭✭squire1


    Seems a bit excessive all right. You live on top of a mountain or something?:D In fairness you have to pay for the Plumbers time to get too and from you.


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    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    fooking hell!!

    Would u not chance it urself, have u changed a plug before?? Or would plumber and RooKad slate me (no pun intended) for saying "chance it"!!!!
    Where u based, Dublin I suspect?? U should loads of choice


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    Gandhi
    Registered Users Posts: 976 ✭✭✭Gandhi


    In my experience, most of the cost of getting any tradesman to do a job is paying him to hop in his van and come over. With minor stuff I will usually wait until there are a few things that need doing before I will call a plumber / electrician etc.

    You could check around the house and see if there is any other plumbing-wise preventative maintenance tasks that will need doing at some point soon and tack that on to the list. It will work out cheaper than making a separate call for each little thing.

    Perfect excuse to stick in that dancing fountain display in the dining room that the missus has always wanted...


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    Gordon Gekko
    Registered Users Posts: 435 ✭✭Gordon Gekko


    Would it be worthwhile investing in a book like this http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0007164416/qid=1132679859/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/203-1528839-9870327 and have a bash yourself?


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    FrankGrimes
    Registered Users Posts: 4,031 ✭✭✭FrankGrimes


    Get either the Readers Digest DIY Manual (from woodies) or the B&Q Do it Yourself (have to ask at customer service desk) book and you will get more than enough info to sort this out yourself.


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    tigerman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭tigerman


    where are you based, what type of tap do you have, is it a mixer or a monobloc? how old is the tap?




    Confused_73 wrote:
    I've got a leaking tap in my kitchen which I just can't sort out myself. So I rang a pluber today to get a quote ...... 140 euros he says !! To fix a leaking tap !! Talk about Rip Off Ireland

    Anyone know where I can get a fairly priced plumber ?


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