Job | Description | Labour |
1 | To fit a tap on the “kitchen sink” wall. It’s a “half a day” inc. £25 for the fittings. | £115 |
2 | If you want the tap in an awkward place (with no adjacent internal supply pipework) it could take him all day. | £210 |
3 | To fit a tap outside the back door, build a new gully and run it to an existing manhole. Legally the building inspector needs to oversee this. So that’s 2 men 2 days inc. Plus materials, tipping, professional fees etc for the above. | £875 |
4 | To fit a tap at the bottom of the garden. If you “surface run” the supply pipe and have it freeze each winter, this will take 2 men 1 day inc. materials. | £345 |
| The above job, but with the supply pipe buried 900mm below the surface to prevent freezing.
This could take 2 men 4 days. | £1175 |
FAQs 'traffic light' guide
If it's near an internal, cold water supply at mains pressure, then happy days.
Not messing up the exterior brickwork when drilling through.
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