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Nineteen jobs plumbers and heating engineers are hired for across the UK, each with what the work involves, what it typically costs, and what to ask before you book.

Adjustable spanners laid out ready for a job
A new wall hung boiler with its flue and pipe tails, the old one taken out beside it

Boiler installation

Swapping a combi boiler like for like, converting a conventional system to a combi

£1,900 to £3,600 fitted for a combi swap

A split pipe spraying water into a bucket, with the stopcock turned off

Emergency plumber

Burst pipes and uncontrolled leaks, no heating or no hot water in cold weather

£90 to £180 for the first hour, out of hours

A boiler with the case off showing the heat exchanger, pump and burner

Boiler repair

Diagnosing fault codes and lockouts, annual services and warranty servicing

£70 to £120 for a service, £150 to £450 for a repair

A tiled bathroom with bath, basin and WC in, and tiles still stacked

Bathroom fitting

Full bathroom strip-outs and refits, wet rooms and level access showers

£4,000 to £9,000 for a full refit, labour and materials

An open inspection chamber standing full, with the cover lifted and rods laid out

Blocked drains

Clearing blocked sinks, baths and toilets, high pressure jetting of external drains

£80 to £200 for a straightforward clearance

A boiler feeding two radiators along a flow and return, with a room thermostat

Central heating

Full system installations in properties with none, extending heating to an extension or loft conversion

£3,500 to £7,500 for a full system in a three-bedroom house

A panel radiator with a thermostatic valve, and a second one off the wall

Radiators

Swapping radiators like for like, adding radiators to an existing circuit

£150 to £350 to swap one radiator

A floorboard lifted over a leaking pipe, with a damp patch above and a thermal camera

Leak detection

Tracing leaks under floors and behind walls, thermal imaging and acoustic detection

£250 to £600 for a detection survey

A shower running over its tray beside a basin with a mixer tap

Taps and showers

Replacing kitchen and basin taps, electric and mixer shower installation

£90 to £200 to change a tap, £180 to £450 for a shower

A cistern with the lid off showing the flush valve and float, beside a second pan

Toilets

Replacing close coupled and wall hung WCs, curing running and weak flushes

£150 to £350 to fit a WC, £80 to £180 for a repair

Underfloor loops laid out across insulation, running back to a wall manifold

Underfloor heating

Wet underfloor heating in extensions and new builds, retrofit low profile systems over existing floors

£70 to £120 per square metre for a wet system, fitted

A hot water cylinder in a cupboard with its expansion vessel and tundish

Hot water cylinders

Unvented cylinder installation and G3 certification, vented cylinder replacement

£1,800 to £3,500 for an unvented cylinder, fitted

A flushing machine hosed to a radiator, discharging dirty water

Power flushing

Full power flush of a heating system, chemical flush before a boiler change

£350 to £700 depending on radiator count

A gas meter and emergency control valve beside a completed safety record

Gas safety

Landlord gas safety records for rented property, gas cooker and hob connection

£60 to £120 for a landlord gas safety record

A split pipe under a lifted floorboard, spraying, with lagging further along

Pipework repairs

Repairing burst and split pipe runs, thawing and insulating frozen pipes

£150 to £400 for an accessible burst

Under a kitchen sink: trap, isolation valves and a washing machine hose

Kitchen plumbing

Sink, tap and waste installation, dishwasher and washing machine connection

£90 to £250 per appliance connection

An air source heat pump against a house wall with insulated flow and return

Heat pumps

Air source heat pump installation, heat loss surveys and emitter sizing

£7,000 to £13,000 before grant

An outside tap on a brick wall with a hose running to a water butt

Outside taps

Outside tap installation with double check valve, frost proof and self-draining taps

£120 to £250 fitted

A plant room with a bank of cylinders, header pipework and a control panel

Commercial plumbing

Planned maintenance contracts for managed property, commercial gas and catering appliance work

£45 to £80 per hour on contract