Hi OzBargain,
What's a reasonable amount to pay to get a light/heat exhaust fan, such as this,
https://www.bunnings.com.au/hpm-3-in-1-led-light-with-exhaus…, replaced by a sparky in the bathroom?
Would it be cheaper to buy the part direct from bunnings then have the sparky come down or would the cost difference be negligeable?
Thanks!
You could've gone and become an electrician, but no, you had to be a lawyer.
99% of sparkies are bastards they wont want to do it unless they can buy it at their price and give you the full retail cost making them even more.
Call out + travel shouldn't cost more than $100 for a 10 minute job
Sound like you missed the aldi deal where they sell bathroom lp with installation included for $180. Maybe wait for another year to see aldi come out with same deal and get Bunnings to match. But I think $100-120 should be reasonable
Can't wait another year. The fan has stalled and the heat bulbs have blown. I can replace the bulbs myself but thought to replace the entire unit so I have a functional exhaust again.
Didn't know aldi had deals that had service included. How much is it not on special, including installation?
Bunnings has the same service year round, they just don't advertise it very clearly. They just farm it out via HiPages for a fixed rate, I was pretty happy with the convenience of it all myself:
https://www.bunnings.com.au/our-services/in-home/exhaust-and…
awesome thank you very much!
The sparky I use doesn’t mind if I buy the product that he installs as long as it’s not a dodgy product it’s ok
$100-200
Take the cover of the old one to Bunnings, see if you can get one the same size/shape or bigger so you don’t have to patch gyprock.
I had a ceiling fan installed where there was only a light fixture and it was $180 - Not the same but might be able to use it as a reference point.
In saying that, he did 3 of them for $180 each and it literally took him an hour…..