Fair price to install a Maxxair fan? (1 Viewer)

[Pablo19]

I have had a quote from a local company to supply and fit a Maxxair Fan Deluxe. Their price for supplying is about £50 more than I could buy online but the fitting cost was surprisingly expensive at £600. This seems a lot for what doesn't appear to be a particularly difficult job although having said that I wouldn't want to do it myself! What have others paid for installation?

Does anyone know if Vanbitz do this? I will ask them directly but wondered if anyone knew?

Also, when choosing which colour to have, am I right in thinking the white one won't let light in at night? The blinds seem to have a bad reputation so is one required if you have the white?

Thanks

 

[monzer]

Do you know if you have a power supply to where you want it fitted already? Even if you don't, £600 is taking the mickey.

 

[scotjimland]

Is it to replace an existing roof-light or does it require a new aperture in the roof ?

If it's to replace an existing roof light it does sound expensive .. if a new aperture has to be cut then it is a lot more work

Rate per hour is probably around £60 .. so I would say either way it is expensive.. without looking at the job I would allow four hours ... about half what you have been quoted

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[Pablo19]

Is it to replace an existing roof-light or does it require a new aperture in the roof ?

If it's to replace an existing roof light it does sound expensive .. if a new aperture has to be cut then it is a lot more work

Rate per hour is probably around £60 .. so I would say either way it is expensive.. without looking at the job I would allow four hours ... about half what you have been quoted

Thanks and exactly what I thought. It's replacing an existing roof light so nothing to cut, just sealing it in and connecting it to the electric supply which is no more than about 4 feet away in a cupboard. I will get another quote I think which is a shame because they are very close and are very well respected.

 

[CazPaul]

Very expensive, £600 for fitting at first glance.

 

[Wanderlust]

Roadpro fited mine, depends where you are in the UK , I can't remember exact price but it certainly wasn't anywhere near your quote, fantastic service, had a problem with the circuit board on the maxxfan, rather than fault find and try a new board they just replaced the whole unit.
I have the smoked with blind but if you are using the fan then the blind is redundant anyway.

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[funflair]

I had a price to supply and fit including the blind for £499 plus VAT, basically just replacing an existing Dometic fan so the power is already there and the hole is cut, £429 Plus VAT without the blind seems good value now reading this main dealer so no problems with water ingress warranty either.

 

[Just smiffy]

Buy it and drive down to me on my driveway and we’ll fit it together, it’s easy and straightforward I’ve done it before.

That’ll save you £500… and you’ll learn how to do some stuff yourself…

I hate people getting ripped off..

 

[Pablo19]

Buy it and drive down to me on my driveway and we’ll fit it together, it’s easy and straightforward I’ve done it before.

That’ll save you £500… and you’ll learn how to do some stuff yourself…

I hate people getting ripped off..

Thats a great offer, thank you smiffy and I might just take you up on that. Especially in a couple of months time when I am supposed to be retiring!

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[Pablo19]

Roadpro fited mine, depends where you are in the UK , I can't remember exact price but it certainly wasn't anywhere near your quote, fantastic service, had a problem with the circuit board on the maxxfan, rather than fault find and try a new board they just replaced the whole unit.
I have the smoked with blind but if you are using the fan then the blind is redundant anyway.

I'm in Somerset so Daventry is a bit far but thanks anyway

 

[Pablo19]

I had a price to supply and fit including the blind for £499 plus VAT, basically just replacing an existing Dometic fan so the power is already there and the hole is cut, £429 Plus VAT without the blind seems good value now reading this main dealer so no problems with water ingress warranty either.

I have asked Davan who are the local Knaus dealer to quote but they haven't come back to me yet. I thought I'd ask for reasons of water ingress. Thanks

 

[Speve]

Have you tried these folk the do all sorts I had some work done by them and it was good at a fair price.

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[Pablo19]

Have you tried these folk the do all sorts I had some work done by them and it was good at a fair price.

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No I haven't heard of them to be honest. I will give them a try, thank you.

 

[Paul Wilkins]

Had one fitted in December. Four hours labour, about £300 if I remember correctly.

 

[jumartoo]

Martin jumar fitted ours. We bought it from Andorra, as we're based in Spain, so got a better price. The fitting was easy.

Some companies are really taking the pppppppppppp

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[Howard B]

Biggest pains I found was cleaning the old mastic off and trying to get an electrical feed to the fan.
Other than that it is relatively straight forward. Certainly wouldnt pay £600 for fitting.

 

[Silver-Fox]

The thing is when a company is pricing something they have to allow for the job being a right pig.

There’s overheads etc to also take into consideration.

If they priced at £200 and it took 4 times as long would you be happy and pay the extra

I’m guessing not.

 

[G7UXG]

I fitted one in place of an existing fan, and there was already a12 volt electric supply.

Took me about 4 hours and I’d never done one before. Easy enough to seal properly. Mine never leaked.

Wouldn’t expect it to take a competent workshop more than 2.5 hours.

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[Googlebot]

There is a link to mine being fitted in my signature. I can‘t recall it taking me more than about 3 hours and I cut the hole.

 

[Minxy]

Martin jumar fitted ours. We bought it from Andorra, as we're based in Spain, so got a better price. The fitting was easy.

Some companies are really taking the pppppppppppp

That's interesting, hubby wants one (I'll be fitting it) but some of the prices in the UK are stupid. We're in Spain at present and may go back up along the east side so could make a detour to Andorra if the price is right ...

Where in Andorra did you get yours?

 

[Realist]

I installed mine myself, easy.

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[Sue and Rick]

Not hijacking the thread but dont you need a voltage stabiliser for these fans?

 

[G7UXG]

Not hijacking the thread but dont you need a voltage stabiliser for these fans?

Doesn’t mention that in the instructions. Just connect to a 12 volt supply.

 

[kelv]

Fitted mine not a hard job

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[jumar]

That's interesting, hubby wants one (I'll be fitting it) but some of the prices in the UK are stupid. We're in Spain at present and may go back up along the east side so could make a detour to Andorra if the price is right ...

Where in Andorra did you get yours?

 

[Jev88]

I see you have great offers of help above but for reference a local firm fits maxxair for £495 last time i saw an advert.

 

[scotjimland]

Not hijacking the thread but dont you need a voltage stabiliser for these fans?

I've seen the question asked on several RV boards .. it was also discussed here, the general concusses is that it's not an issue and the new model has updated boards

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I am thinking of fitting a Maxxair fan to replace my existing Omni fan so 12v already there but I have read somewhere about them being very voltage sensitive ie no more than 12.6v. Now our van has a lithium battery set up so regularly gets over that figure with the solar or B2B as max is 14.2v...

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[Minxy]

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Thanks, just had a shuftie and they're more expensive than the UK.

 

[Manic]

Fitted mine not a hard job



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Did you screw it with all the screw holes or just bond it?
Cheers

 

[kelv]

Did you screw it with all the screw holes or just bond it?
Cheers

Screwed all holes

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