G'day all,
So my wife and I recently bought a house and have decided it is time for a new fridge as we are sick of old hand-me-downs. We are looking to get one with a water dispenser built in. And yes I know they are less efficient but we are putting in solar eventually.
We need to get a plumber to run a water line from one side of the kitchen (sink) to the other side which is roughly 3m. The house is also on stumps though I doubt there is much easy access as it is an 80s single story house. We are in the northern suburbs of Melbourne if that makes a difference.
What kind of prices have others been quoted for this kind of work? Quotes are coming in with a wide range (upwards of $800) and we are lost and don't want to get ripped off.
Any advice would be great.
Cheers bargainers!
What Is a Good Price for Plumbing in a Fridge
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Sorry - do you mean there was a water point already there and your plumber just connected the water line from the fridge to the point ???
Yeah. They fitted the filter and connected up. Water point was already at the fridge as new build and we had pre empted we would get a water/ice maker fridge. If you check the installation manual you'll probably find it indicates that it must be installed by plumber. So you should get it all done at the time the fridge comes. Otherwise you'll need to call out the plumber again.
Depends on the Fridge…
Considering this is less than a 5min job, $150 is very expensive.
Many plumbers in Brisbane have a call out fee of less than $100 and this also includes some labour (usually at least 15min).
We renovationed our kitchen and they only charged us $175 to plumb the fridge, but obviously the rest of the kitchen costs in the tens of thousands…which included demo and the pipe work to fridge etc
What Is a Good Price for Plumbing in a Fridge
I believe free would be the goodest price
New builds/major renovations are cheap as access isn't an issue - we paid $180 to get a point installed in late 09 when we were building.
It's a bit more difficult when the walls are up though - I'd say $500 is reasonable which would include a few metres of pipework within the wall.
Thanks for the advice guys. I think me might go a model nicer without the water in the fridge. Can't justify $500+ on water when Melbourne has great tap water and I can just have a carafe of cold water in the fridge.
FYI There's non plumbed water and ice fridges. You just need to manually refill the reservoir.
The water from the fridge will be filtered and cold. If it makes ice it is filtered water ice. Not cheap as a retro fit to the the water, so can see why you can't justify it. But you will have the Fridge for a long time, so really its probably not that bad. As a true OZ. Best to just not do it as you say.
I bought an Electrolux bottom mount fridge with a water dispenser in the door & I went to Bunnings to get a Y piece, put that on the tap; one end to the washing machine & the other to the fridge with the supplied little white water line. cost $24. the Electrolux fridge has 4.5 star rating & is the best fridge I have ever had. get one of those & do the work yourself. the fridge has a water filter built in
i got my local plumber to hook up my Electrolux fridge for $200 cash. Some quoted $250 to $300 which is quite high.
There was a water line in the ceiling (I found for him prior to attending to save time), he climbed to the ceiling, crawled in to connect a line down to the wall, provided a tap and connected the fridge. Took about 20-25mins.
I could have done it myself, but may have taken twice a long and probably not as good as the plumber.
And I really couldn't be bothered going to Bunnings, searching for parts, crawling in the tight ceiling, making a mess.If I had a water point already out of the wall I would connect it myself, but crawling in ceiling again I would rather pay someone to do it.
Pensioners, like me, try & do it ourselves to save money we don't have. That is why I decided to be a motor mechanic when I was younger as a mechanic can do several things; except build a house, more like wood work stuff
My regular plumber charged $150 and that was only to connect water to the fridge from the point already there. You can just try knocking of a few hundred and say youll pay cash. Probably a bit of work to being the line in from where it is to the fridge. So some mucking around. You wont regret the water dispenser. Consider one that dispenses ice from door as well.