How much do gas safe need paying

[tonto33]

We had a gas safe engineer helping us out on doing cooker repairs and installs in between his own work, but he has now left stating that we were not paying him enough, we gave him fuel card and paid him £700 a week for doing 20 jobs a week for us,within in 15 mile radius of where he based, so what is the going rate or are we just being to tight?

 

[TBServices]

We had a gas safe engineer helping us out on doing cooker repairs and installs in between his own work, but he has now left stating that we were not paying him enough, we gave him fuel card and paid him £700 a week for doing 20 jobs a week for us,within in 15 mile radius of where he based, so what is the going rate or are we just being to tight?

Personally I think that sounds okay to have a constant stream of work.

 

[tonto33]

we have loads of work and can get even more, we have just turned down 3 more contracts because we cant find a gas safe engineer to help us

 

[Ray Stafford]

£700 per week divided by 20 jobs is £35 per job. If they are in rural areas, and up to 15 miles away, this could easily transalate into 1hr travelling and 1hr doing the job - thats just £17.50 per hour, which isn't great money, although you paying the fuel is a bonus.

You mentioned "fitting it in around his own work" - it doesn't sound like he would have much time left for his own work. Perhaps he is worried about becoming overly dependent on a single customer (which could end at any moment) and wants to keep his own customer base. Or he might just be bored with doing cookers...

 

[tonto33]

Yeah seems like was bored doing cookers as he said £35 a repair and £65 a install of freestanding cooker was way to little

 

[Gray0689]

It is to little

 

[Masood]

Yeah seems like was bored doing cookers as he said £35 a repair and £65 a install of freestanding cooker was way to little

£65 for an install is not TOO bad, if there's not a lot of messing around having to move the bayonet, etc. £35 a repair is definitely too little - they are often filthy with grease, and the job can take a fair amount of time. I've spent over an hour freeing seized gas taps before now...

 

[kay-jay]

tbh 700 quid a week isnt bad considering he does other bits as well

 

[Gray0689]

£700 is good money but I think that is a lot of jobs to make it tbo

 

[Killy Bing]

Damn, if i had my gas safe now and didnt have to wait till april, id be willing to move to do this get my foot in the door

 

[lame plumber]

8 weeks off = £30k plus your own work, not bad for most people, petrol paid for, no advertising costs, easy money plus your own jobs to boot, most people would be glad of an income like that, but you could earn more per repair, if you get them!

 

[on31ll]

Seems ok if combined with his own clients etc ! But we have one side of the story ? You seem to be struggling for a gas safe engineer ? So there must be more to it ?

 

[REDSAW]

do tell!!

is he doing 90 hours a week and 200miles for you?
social housing or what.

if its as rossie as you put, i will do it for you?

 

[Masood]

A lot of people are fixating on the £700 + his own work. As someone else pointed out, 35 jobs a week leaves precious little time for your own work, specially bigger jobs that might take a whole day or even two. That leaves £700 gross. Petrol allowance is a taxable benefit if he's self-employed. It's not a pittance but it's not brilliant money...

 

[AWheating]

Yeah seems like was bored doing cookers as he said £35 a repair and £65 a install of freestanding cooker was way to little

65 (not including parts) for an straight forward install is good. 35 for a repair......... probably take longer than the install.

 

[REDSAW]

£50 a job sounds better?

 

[tonto33]

parts are supplied, 80% of the jobs are fitting FFD (flame failure device) to range cookers, both ng and lpg, installs are like for like no moving or adding pipework, basically new cooker delivered gas enginner fits to existing pipework. 1st gas safe engineer we had didnt have ckr1 so couldnt use him second one said this time of year make more money on boiler breakdowns.

 

[jtsplumbing]

I will install new cookers, but turn down repairing them, never easey to work on , found them to be time comsumeing , £35. for a repair i dont think so not when you allow for time traveling, why not employ someone ? £700 is ok if working local,not worth it if lots of traveling, I know you are covering cost of fuel but other things need to be considered.

 

[AWheating]

parts are supplied, 80% of the jobs are fitting FFD (flame failure device) to range cookers, both ng and lpg, installs are like for like no moving or adding pipework, basically new cooker delivered gas enginner fits to existing pipework. 1st gas safe engineer we had didnt have ckr1 so couldnt use him second one said this time of year make more money on boiler breakdowns.

no install is like for like if done to manufactures instructions in my experience. Many i have done recently have been a small cooker to larger cooker which needed a new gas run to be fitted correctly which costs alot. I work in 5 to 10 properties a week on the job im doing at the moment and 90% have issues with how the cooker pipework is installed. I also ID over 50% of the cookers i look at.