Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Sep 29, 2010 3:17 pm Does this quote sound reasonable to you, To supply all labour and materials to install canopy rangehood = $550. I was told by a friend that its kind of in the high end. The ducting is usually $120-$150, there for im being charged $400 for about a 3ish hr job. Re: Does this quote sound ok? 2Sep 30, 2010 10:00 am bec29 Does this quote sound reasonable to you, To supply all labour and materials to install canopy rangehood = $550. I was told by a friend that its kind of in the high end. The ducting is usually $120-$150, there for im being charged $400 for about a 3ish hr job. Kind of sweet deal however there is a bit of work involved First of all I do not know if the contractor has been to your place to see and check connections and wiring otherwise it may need rewiring and ducting depends how old it is may have to be removed and new one installed. Then there should be removal of the old rangehood as well. If your old rangehood whatever it is is relatively new then it is a straight forward job it shouldn't cost much but you pay for as installation. Then again it is up to you to call other tradies for a quotation and compare. Re: Does this quote sound ok? 3Sep 30, 2010 10:46 am bec29 Does this quote sound reasonable to you, To supply all labour and materials to install canopy rangehood = $550. I was told by a friend that its kind of in the high end. The ducting is usually $120-$150, there for im being charged $400 for about a 3ish hr job. I think my is costing around $500 just because you need a plumber AND an electrician for the job and they charge whatever they feel like! I'm having my plumber install the vent funnel for $256 and the canopy itself was removed/installed for $200 something. I can dig up the quote when I get the chance. If you need new power points or move existing power points (I don't see why you need to if you have an existing canopy) then it's $60-$90 to do that. Re: Does this quote sound ok? and the quote from the sparky? 4Sep 30, 2010 1:15 pm I don't currently have a rangehood at all. So it would be all new...as there is no existing rangehood, ducting in place. The contractor has been to our home for another job recently (a job in regards to our kitchen reno) and when i called him in regards to the installation of the rangehood, he said he did'nt need to come back.. I've called just about every plumber in the phone book, and all say they don't do installations of any sort with rangehoods. Our home was built in 1953 and its all the original wiring, so there for the sparky (who came by today to give me a quote to take out the stove and relocating the power points before the new kitchen goes in nov) told me that it is very possible that we would need to rewire the whole house. Of cause this would cost roughly $7000 Money that we don't have within our budget. I think he did mention that we have the option to just rewire the kitchen side of it and rewire the rest of the house at a later stage. With just the sparky coming into remove current free standing stove and relocating 3 power points, adding an extra 3 power points for dishwasher, rangehood and oven, adding new fuses to the original power box (which will cost $500 approx for power box) and then returning to install oven. ........ all at $1000+, aswell as a further $500+ for power box as mentioned above. I almost fell over - i just could'nt believe how much that would cost. I wish that my mother was still married to an electrician as he never charged us labour, only parts. Of cause i got from the sparky "we don't know what your wiring is like, we won't know what we could find.....we could come across this, this ...and this". I'm wondering whether i should call other sparky's for quotes too????. Re: Does this quote sound ok? and the quote from the sparky? 5Sep 30, 2010 3:42 pm bec29 I don't currently have a rangehood at all. So it would be all new...as there is no existing rangehood, ducting in place. The contractor has been to our home for another job recently (a job in regards to our kitchen reno) and when i called him in regards to the installation of the rangehood, he said he did'nt need to come back.. I've called just about every plumber in the phone book, and all say they don't do installations of any sort with rangehoods. Our home was built in 1953 and its all the original wiring, so there for the sparky (who came by today to give me a quote to take out the stove and relocating the power points before the new kitchen goes in nov) told me that it is very possible that we would need to rewire the whole house. Of cause this would cost roughly $7000 Money that we don't have within our budget. I think he did mention that we have the option to just rewire the kitchen side of it and rewire the rest of the house at a later stage. With just the sparky coming into remove current free standing stove and relocating 3 power points, adding an extra 3 power points for dishwasher, rangehood and oven, adding new fuses to the original power box (which will cost $500 approx for power box) and then returning to install oven. ........ all at $1000+, aswell as a further $500+ for power box as mentioned above. I almost fell over - i just could'nt believe how much that would cost. I wish that my mother was still married to an electrician as he never charged us labour, only parts. Of cause i got from the sparky "we don't know what your wiring is like, we won't know what we could find.....we could come across this, this ...and this". I'm wondering whether i should call other sparky's for quotes too????. If you don't have a rangehood then you need sparky to install the powerpoints and fit it in place. Then the plumber comes and does the funnel through the roof. If you are in Melbourne I can give you my guy's numbers and see what price they come up for you. Each power point was $65 for me and I needed 5 in total. Of course all existing wiring has to be sound else its more $$$. Re: Does this quote sound ok? 6Sep 30, 2010 4:40 pm Im in tas!. The sparky will come and install power point BUT THAT IS IT! Will not fix to wall. I have called almost every plumber in the book - all have said that my joiner should do that, as they don't install the ducting/funnel or any side of installation for a rangehood. I had to call my trady/joiner who WILL do it (and i'm assuming that he would fix to wall obviously) for $550. i thought this quote was ok until i heard what others get charged... Re: Does this quote sound ok? 7Oct 01, 2010 1:17 am please excuse me if this is a silly question, but why do you need a plumber to do the ducting? surely this is a DIY/handyman job since there is no water or gas involved? Even installing could be DIY if you have the powerpoint in the roof to plug into. Recently moved to a 60's home in need of some improvement! http://s797.photobucket.com/user/leenii ... ch%20House Old house: http://s797.photobucket.com/albums/yy25 ... loo/House/ Re: Does this quote sound ok? 8Oct 01, 2010 7:44 pm leni - Not sure why a plumber needs to install it - its just what i have been told!. It would be a DIY job if we knew what we were doing. The funnel needs to go out through the roof, so i'll leave it to someone who knows what they are doing. Thats why i'm getting my handyman/joiner in to do it. Re: Does this quote sound ok? 9Oct 02, 2010 10:30 pm thats good!! our electrician helped install ours, but he is family so that doesn't really count... and hubby is still to do the ducting!! but will do that himself at some stage. should be pretty straight forward we have a tile roof. hope it goes smoothly for you. Recently moved to a 60's home in need of some improvement! http://s797.photobucket.com/user/leenii ... ch%20House Old house: http://s797.photobucket.com/albums/yy25 ... loo/House/ Re: Does this quote sound ok? 10Oct 03, 2010 8:17 pm leni please excuse me if this is a silly question, but why do you need a plumber to do the ducting? surely this is a DIY/handyman job since there is no water or gas involved? Even installing could be DIY if you have the powerpoint in the roof to plug into. I think it is a Victorian thing. Reading these boards it seems down that way anything that involves a pipe of some sort needs to be done by a 'plumber'. Re: Does this quote sound ok? 11Oct 05, 2010 11:10 am The plumber line could have to do with the type of roof as well? Is it a tile or steel roof? If tiles, generally you can just remove one tile (and keep for when another one breaks) and slide in a formed sheet of rubber with a tube in it to push through a PVC pipe with a cap on it. You could also just run the ducting into the roof cavity and point it towards a ventilator/whirlybird/etc.. If its a steel roof then you'll probably want a plumber to do it as if it leaks when it rains you can give someone else grief for it. Re: Does this quote sound ok? 12Oct 05, 2010 2:49 pm bec29 leni - Not sure why a plumber needs to install it - its just what i have been told!. It would be a DIY job if we knew what we were doing. The funnel needs to go out through the roof, so i'll leave it to someone who knows what they are doing. Thats why i'm getting my handyman/joiner in to do it. 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