Hugo Nebula wrote:
On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 19:08:18 +0000, a particular chimpanzee named Andy
Hall randomly hit the keyboard and produced:

You don't say which model of Promax it is, but at Discounted Heating,
which in itself is going to be above BG's buy prices, these range
from £687 inc. for the basic 15kW model to £879 inc. for the larger
32kW system model.

Even going on the more expensive one (for a vented system) of £749,
that leaves £2000 for labour. My mum's said that the salesman has
said there will be two fitters required for a total of 16 hours.
Assuming their entire day is taken up with the work (doubtful), this
is a rate of over £125 per hour.

There is presumably the provisioning of a condensate drain, but even
then this is not a big deal. Are there really no additional controls
required to comply with part L1 etc.?

The existing system has a programmer, cylinder 'stat and TRVs, so it
complies with the minimum needed.

Do you not know any CORGI fitters by virtue of your BCO activity?
Surely they would be a good option in comparison to Dick Turpin, PLC.

Unfortunately, I live 200 miles away.

Certainly I'd take this up with the salesman, although I would also
check how much price discretion that they and their management have.

I've just been told the quote by my mother tonight, so I intend to
press the salesman (sorry, Technical Sales Advisor) tomorrow to lower
the price substantially, or cancel the whole deal.

If your mother is elderly, whatever that means, you could probably get the
deal cancelled by playing on this.
Probably is a cooling off period anyway, if she was sold it in her own home.