25 gas safe enginers within 1 miile of my house

[jobyhants]

is this normal and is there enough trade to go round

 

[jobyhants]

but then again they are building 5000 new homes in my back yard maybe this is why

 

[samh]

I doubt its much to do with supply and demand, more to do with adding another string to your bow, if you can afford to become Gas Safe registered you can then do extra work you couldn't before giving yourself a bit more versatility.

 

[dontknowitall]

1 within a mile of my house (a neighbour).

6 within 5 miles.

 

[SimonG]

A dozen within 10 mile radius, but only 2 good ones.

 

[tommytoker]

32 in my town post code, pop approx 40,000
sounds like plenty of customers, but its not
60 odd in next town 5 mile away
they come here, we go there....

 

[fuzzy]

were would you put yourself in the 20 1 being best 25 being worse

 

[REDSAW]

but then again they are building 5000 new homes in my back yard maybe this is why

each plumber needs around 5000 customers each, so only enough for 1-2 plumbers then, hang on then theres 25 others competing for those too.

do some maths.
1 in 10 need a plumber each week divided by 352 = 1.4 jobs a day x say £40 per hour = "60 per day, oh yes divide that by 25 plumbers?.

forget the boilers and bath swops for 3-5 years as they are new builds.
the only real work there is house bashing, if you can get on that is.

 

[fuzzy]

but then again they are building 5000 new homes in my back yard maybe this is why

you must have a big back yard, how much did you get?

 

[WaterTight]

50 in my area. population 100k. so one person out of every 2000 is gas safe registered.

 

[fuzzy]

there are 17 houses in my street and there are 43 people GSR. My next door neighbour is a widow of 83, she passed her ACS last week, blinkin fast tracks ggrrrr

 

[Rob Sale]

Some of those don't actually run a GSr business, they get registered to get a Job. cause if you look on the jobcentre website for Gas/plumbing jobs in the job description most say must be registered with gas safe to get the job. They do this so the company does not have to pay for Acs or Gas safe tickets for at least 2- 4 yrs.

 

[kirkgas]

A dozen within 10 mile radius, but only 2 good ones.

aye but are you one of the two?

 

[REDSAW]

Some of those don't actually run a GSr business, they get registered to get a Job. cause if you look on the jobcentre website for Gas/plumbing jobs in the job description most say must be registered with gas safe to get the job. They do this so the company does not have to pay for Acs or Gas safe tickets for at least 2- 4 yrs.

so what happens in the evenings and weekends when you have finished work on £14 per hour then?.
go home and watch the telly or do the foreigners in your back yard?.

 

[REDSAW]

you must have a big back yard, how much did you get?

that whould cover the down payment for the acs course!.

 

[fuzzy]

must back onto dale farm

 

[Puddle]

Just done a check and found there are 50 within a 0.72 mile radius......but I am the closest to me .......and as I do not work for any neighbours they are welcome to them

As for rating engineers,I place myself in the top 10 places and luckily so do my customers :001_icon16:

imho

 

[fuzzy]

im in the top 1 in my house, my young son is a close second though

 

[stevetheplumber]

A dozen within 10 mile radius, but only 2 good ones.

do you know them both?

 

[stevetheplumber]

hows everyone getting this infomation?

 

[CES]

do a postcode search on gas safe website steve.

 

[Deleted member 25704]

I have 50 within 0.9 miles

Its going to be more, according to IGEM [DLMURL="http://www.igem.org.uk/news-events/igem-news/have-your-say-on-new-entrants-to-gas-industry.aspx"]IGEM, gas safety, industry, gas, promoting gas safety in the home and industry - Have Your Say On New Entrants To Gas Industry[/DLMURL]

"During the past 12 months, more than 6,400 new applicants have become Gas Safe registered and now operate as new entrant gas engineers".

 

[SimonG]

aye but are you one of the two?

No, not me, went oftec and wet side. I'll leave the gas to the rest.

 

[SimonG]

do you know them both?

Yep and regularly recommend them. Anybody that cheeses me off and then asks if I know a good gas engineer gets the number of the two lads on the bottom of the pile.

 

[Puddle]

"During the past 12 months, more than 6,400 new applicants have become Gas Safe registered and now operate as new entrant gas engineers".

Fan daby flipping dozey !!!

Have to look into re training :sailor: