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Originally Posted by z80
$1500 ??
I can buy a 5 star Rheem hot water 380L system for $1500 from Reece plumbing...and I did.
Local plumber quoted $1500 plus installation for identical unit.
As long as I cleaned up the mess, disposed of the old unit and made cups of tea......Phhtttt!
2 hours later, including to pickup the unit from Reece, a shifter and philips screwdriver a roll of thread seal tape and did the job myself.
Some guys reckon they are worth a thousand bucks a day for fitting two pipes and reconnecting three wires.
No sympathy from me if the industry goes bad....
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And that's why I'm about to get laid off....
Because Solar is a new industry, people are skeptical. It's the same with any industry though, that you get what you pay for.
Here is a picture of an installation that our plumbers did:
Notice the lagged pipes, colorbond capping and in roof pipework? that's all extra labour to make the system look good and work properly.
Now a gentleman said that he can get the same system for $1500 cheaper, and lo and behold he showed me the quote and it was $1500 cheaper.
2 weeks later, I get a call from the supplier to ask if we could have a look at a warranty job, and it was the same gentleman with the cheaper quote, and this was his job:
No lagged pipes, planks of wood used as a frame, two manifolds connected with a piece of hose pipe, and loose pipes running across the roof.
Essentially, you get what you pay for. Because people look for the cheapest solution, I cannot stay in the industry; as I said, it's really quite sad that people think that way.