Quoting a Hot water system replacement with Reece Trade Prices
Pull real trade pricing on the unit, tempering valve, tundish, flexis and pipework — straight from your Reece maX account.
Or try it on the web →Hot water system replacements are the highest-margin job most Aussie plumbers run, and the unit itself is usually 60–70% of the materials cost. Getting the unit price right — at your real Reece trade rate, not RRP — is the difference between a fair quote and leaving money on the bench. QuoteMate's Reece integration pulls your trade-discounted pricing on every Rheem, Rinnai, Vulcan, Bosch and Sanden unit in your maX account, plus all the install hardware, the second you describe the job.
Why Reece pricing matters for hot water system replacement
Quote with the wrong price and you either lose the job or eat the margin. A 250L Rheem gas storage unit retails around $1,800; a working plumber's Reece trade discount on that unit might be 12%, which is $216 of margin per job that disappears if you quote against RRP. Run two HWS replacements a week and that's $22,000 a year of pricing accuracy. The compliance gear adds up too — tempering valves, tundish, expansion control valves, flexis, isolators — each individually small, collectively $150–$250 per install, and all priced at your real trade rate when the quote is built against your live Reece catalogue.
Materials priced at your trade rate
These materials prefill at your Reece trade rate when you describe a hot water system replacement in QuoteMate.
Hot water unit (gas / electric / heat pump / solar)
Rheem, Rinnai, Vulcan, Bosch, Sanden — priced at your maX rate.
Tempering valve (50°C, AS 3498)
Mandatory on new installs in most states.
Tundish + cold expansion valve
Required on storage hot water systems.
Flexible connectors (DN20)
Hot and cold side, rated for the unit.
Isolation valves (CW + HW)
Quarter-turn ball valves for service isolation.
Copper / PEX tube and fittings
Sized to the install — sweated or press-fit.
Pressure relief valve and drain line
AS-compliant relief sized to unit kW rating.
Removal and disposal of old unit
Often forgotten on the quote — Reece can take returns at branch.
Sizing the unit and quoting the right SKU
QuoteMate's AI reads household size and existing fuel type from the job description and matches the right Reece SKU at your trade rate. A 4-person household on gas typically needs a 170L–250L storage unit or a continuous-flow 26L/min instantaneous; an electric replacement going to heat pump might be a Sanden 315L or a Reclaim 270L. Because the catalogue is live, you don't have to remember which model Reece has in stock at your local branch — the integration prices what's actually purchasable today.
AS 3498 compliance items most quotes miss
The unit is the obvious line. The line items new plumbers forget: a 50°C tempering valve at the bathroom group (mandatory in most states for new installs), a tundish and cold expansion valve on storage units, an AS-compliant pressure relief drain line to a safe location, isolation valves on both hot and cold for service, and a 600mm × 600mm tray on internal installs. Reece carries all of these at trade rate; the QuoteMate AI prefills them based on the unit type, so they don't get skipped on the customer's quote.
Energy-efficiency rebates and trade-up upsells
VEU, NSW PDRS, and federal STCs can cut $600–$1,200 off a heat-pump or solar HWS install for the customer. Quoting the rebate-eligible unit (Sanden, Reclaim, Apricus, certain Rinnai heat pumps) at your real Reece trade price, with the rebate clearly applied as a deduction line, lifts conversion and lets you pitch the upgrade at near-storage-unit total cost. QuoteMate keeps the rebate maths in the quote so the customer sees the after-rebate number.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Heat pumps in your Reece purchasable catalogue (Sanden GAU, Reclaim CO2, Apricus, Rinnai heat-pump models) flow into quotes at your maX trade rate, same as gas and electric storage units.
QuoteMate adds VEU/NSW PDRS/federal STC rebate lines as deductions in the quote so the customer sees the net price after rebates. The unit and install gear are still priced at your real Reece trade rate.
Override anywhere. The AI's first suggestion is sized to the job description, but you can swap to any other unit in your Reece catalogue and the trade price flows through automatically.
Yes. Once the customer accepts, place the order to your nominated Reece branch — pickup the morning of the install, or delivered to site the day before. The order lands on your Reece account with everything from the quote.
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