Help I need an air con fitter in Perth

Hi Dave, $600 sounds about right. It is about 3 hrs work to fit a split a/c, plus materials, copper pipes etc.
Cheers

Mate I am a fridgy and live in Safety Bay, $600 bucks isnt too bad. Dont fit them anymore my self but have done it the past. It all adds up, brakets to hold the outside unit, copper pair coil, plastic cladding to cover pair outside to oudoor unit, fitting the unit, electrical. Mate just the isolation swith is 30-50 dollars. Wall to wall would take 2-3 hours including wireing for a good quality job. If your not happy with the quote try a few other guys. IC aircon, Secret harbour AC, they will all be about the same if not more!
Matt

Dave,
The sparky work alone will cost $150-$200. Thats just to get a sparky in to hook it up. Thats if there not licenced A grade sparkys(fridgy with a A grade = rare). So maybe making $100-$200 depending on the amount time it takes them. They can be a real pain sometimes. Drilling through double brick with a masonry hole saw is never fun.
If you have any dramas email me.
matthew.brook@three.com.au
Cheers
Matt

Same old story...... buy a good quality unit and try to get the cheapest install!


Pay Peanuts and you get Monkeys!


Cheers

Brian

Dave,
Try Cool Dudes in Port Kennedy.
We've just had a split system installed with the outside compressor unit put on the roof. Excellent work and cleaned up after themselves.
Cheers,
Guy

"because it cant go where I want it "

That's part of the cost you pay for using high quality licenced tradies. He knows it can't go where you want it through years of training and experience, all of which comes at a cost. The bloke with the cheaper quote would probably just stick it where you want it and ignore all the compliance issues, possibly voiding warranties and causing expensive work to re-install the unit correctly.

"(its an hours work)" I was told that yesterday with the installation of a rainwater tank. It took two men five hours to relocate all the various underground pipes after lifting pavers, altering plumbing, digging and re-instating, preparing a stable base etc.

I hope i don't sound like I'm defending the tradies in this case, as they may well be ripping you off, WA has a shortage of tradies due to the mining boom and prices have sky rocketed as a result. sometimes an expensive sounding quote may well be justified if the job is done right first time, to the correct standard using quality materials.

The average price in Sydney now is around the $600/$750 thats usually back to back, meaning indoor unit and outdoor unit are usually on either side of the same wall, indoor unit up high, outdoor unit either sitting on slab or hanging off the wall. Cost me $450 8 years ago. I had already mounted the indoor and outdoor unit, they just had to run the power and the pipe over the garage roof to the lounge room wall. He gave me $50 off as his young apprentice was at teck that day and I was helping him out. Have never had any problems with it in 8 years and handles up to minus 3 which we have had a few of and +46 under our awning never missed a beat. No rattles/vibrations. $1000 sounds a bit rich but depending on where your asking him to mount everything all takes time and possibly extra piping (copper which is bloody expensive). I think for memory the fujitsu's are pregassed for up to 15metres of piping, ours was 10. Regards Steve M