Anyone else quiet with work?

[TFGplumbing]

I'am picking up bit an pieces of work but the last week & a half has been dead, the worst of this year anyway. I'am newly self employed or reasonably so.. been trading little over a year.

Achievement of the week = racking in the van

Bet everyone else is ''bing bong'' rushed of their feet ha

 

[hammers4spanner]

yep 5to 10 boilers a week plus plenty of other bits bobs floating in

 

[TFGplumbing]

Really 5 to 10?!

 

[Rickster123]

yep 5to 10 boilers a week plus plenty of other bits bobs floating in

Thats perked him right up!

 

[mutley racers]

5 to 10 boilers a week. How is that possible? Powerflush a day, disconnect and hang new boiler. Commission a coupke of hours and wiring??????

 

[Keefy]

Getting 1 or 2 small jobs every other day at the moment but I have just gone self employed. I'm quite happy to plod along really, I just enjoy my job.

 

[mutley racers]

Am fairly busy. Have three bathrooms and a kitchen going all at the same time. Even having to work weekends. Nightmare

 

[TFGplumbing]

5 to 10 boilers a week. How is that possible? Powerflush a day, disconnect and hang new boiler. Commission a coupke of hours and wiring??????

I was thinking this myself, as I spent 2 1/2 days on a boiler change the other week.

 

[hammers4spanner]

Did you fall asleep for 48 hours or something??

 

[TFGplumbing]

Hammer your winding me up!! and if not I have boiler envy boiler installs are my favorite

 

[hammers4spanner]

not at all 2 a day is easy once you get into a routine , use to be in a team doing ten packs a week but gave that up as hard work

 

[Leo21]

I've gone a big quiet, been killing the installs since Xmas. But last week and a half little crap jobs. And even some plumbing"wince" apart from boiler swap today.

 

[Keefy]

Before going self employed I was averaging 4 CH installs and a few wall heaters. Can't say I miss it though, it started getting like Groundhog Day.

 

[TBServices]

5 to 10 boilers a week. How is that possible? Powerflush a day, disconnect and hang new boiler. Commission a coupke of hours and wiring??????

Lets not get into this again.

And H4S it might be worth pointing out to OP that you're on contract work before he gets too downhearted.

 

[hammers4spanner]

lol yeah i do contract work i should add,

chatting to plumbs/gas engineers that work on private side they are finding it difficult from what i gather very much a rat race down here

 

[TFGplumbing]

Lets not get into this again.

And H4S it might be worth pointing out to OP that you're on contract work before he gets too downhearted.

I was getting a bit down hearted there haha. As all of my work is private.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

I just stopped the HA work and used to do 5-6 a week but now is over and this week I was lucky few last minute jobs come my way but next week nothing yet , hopefully something big will come my way ! Could be helping some members from here with work to start with then who knows what will happen

 

[TFGplumbing]

Well I have a couple of little jobs next week. And have been forced to do some light leafleting this week.

 

[hammers4spanner]

You will always have quiet patches thing is you never see them coming worst of all just sign up with agency get you through quiet patches

 

[Whyme]

Back in the private sector its crap, weve tailed off badly its only the industrial and commercial that are keepin it ticking.

 

[TFGplumbing]

I agree, its crap. People only seem to be getting the essentials done. i.e if their boiler breaks down stuff like that. Break downs and servicing are my bread and butter or have been. I have very little experience in commercial.

 

[tamz]

5 to 10 boilers a week. How is that possible? Powerflush a day, disconnect and hang new boiler. Commission a coupke of hours and wiring??????

Welcome to the world of contract installs. 2 straight swaps a day: done right because there is a clerk of works chasing your rse pulling you up for a dirty fingermark on the wall because he can't find nothing else wrong. And he hates you because you make much more money than he does.

 

[hammers4spanner]

Thats the joy of contract works had a classic few weeks ago sensor taps and wave flow sensor cisterns installed male female toilets . Had the taps running for 5 seconds which the rep for the taps told me that is a recomended time limit which people seem happy with .

got 1 snag which was the taps email saying can we have the taps running couple seconds longer lol, seemed a case of buildind surveyor tryting to find snags to justify his position

 

[SimonG]

I had very little booked in for the last two weeks with going on holiday today, but it's been non stop just with 'one off' phone calls. Busy when I get back as well.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Welcome to the world of contract installs. 2 straight swaps a day: done right because there is a clerk of works chasing your rse pulling you up for a dirty fingermark on the wall because he can't find nothing else wrong. And he hates you because you make much more money than he does.

had this my self , supervisor did start sending me back on few jobs
- to rise cocker point as it was only 570mm of the floor and to sweep the dust I left under the cooker when I did the install (my answer was yes sure mate what ever you say I dont care as I was getting the fat bank transfers every monday not him )
- there was so many i dont even remember them all , but one I remember
"go and take densol tape out of the pipe as it will corrode the copper pipe "