Plumber wanted

[REDSAW]

over £200 & i am near newark @~@

if it was 6 months worth it may be worth it but not for 4 days!! and your name on it thats not a business rate its just a wage imo

 

[helpsy]

£35 ph or £200-£225 per day

 

[Mrs Tara Plumbi]

We could not afford to send any skilled man out for £160 per day and I would be furious if Mr TP did work at that rate - we'd be subsidizing the OP.
Having said that £160 per day is roughly what we pay subcontractors, OK the qualified GSR heating engineers do get a bit more - but not much.

I also think if OP is a GSR engineer who has found and organised the job and will be taking responsibility for it, then some guys might be happy to just turn up and do it.
But if he is a builder and he wants a GSR engineer to sort out materials, work out how to do the job, register the boiler etc then obviously £160 is too low.

 

[Rickster123]

Could you all stop please. I'm getting tempted to go back contracting again!

 

[TBServices]

I charge at least £240 per day, so they way I look at it, if you remove all the work related stress from my life, how can my time as a subby be worth more than £160? That hardest part of the job, isn't the work.

£160 per day still equates to £3200 a month, or just over £2500 after tax. £38,000 a year based on 48 weeks.

 

[CXR100]

£160 a day seems a nice amount to me! i work doing maintanance plumbing! only on 22k a year + company van and phone , i think its a good wage for a 21 yr old around where we live ( 3 years a go i was only getting paid £50 a week as an apprenticce , onwards and upwards ..... hopefully!!)

 

[lame plumber]

I charge at least £240 per day, so they way I look at it, if you remove all the work related stress from my life, how can my time as a subby be worth more than £160? That hardest part of the job, isn't the work.

£160 per day still equates to £3200 a month, or just over £2500 after tax. £38,000 a year based on 48 weeks.

But it doesnt account for the fact you dont work every day, have to take holidays and time off sick, need to do quotes and planning etc, time off doing training and gas exams etc which ultimately severely affects your actual takehome in the bank.

My callouts are £75 for first hour then 35 per hour normal working hours (8-4) outside those times the skys the limit within reason and wends are more costly thereafter, quotes for heating systems inc 20% on parts supplied would mean I aim to get around £350 per day net.

just looked a pimlico rates again, ots time to review my rates as i last did them 18,months back, if they can charge £180 for service and LLC my rate needs to go up. http://www.pimlicoplumbers.com/company-charges

 

[hammers4spanner]

im in south hams and plumbs around here are working for £100 a day gas fitters £150 to £200 a day and you would still get undercut at that.
The OP is offering £160 and he would have them queing at the door around here

 

[Mrs Tara Plumbi]

just looked a pimlico rates again, ots time to review my rates as i last did them 18,months back, if they can charge £180 for service and LLC my rate needs to go up. Pimlico Plumbers | Company Charges | 'Transparent & Competitive Rates | Value for Money.'

Can you get London Rates in the Exmoor area?

 

[hammers4spanner]

To be fair reading this post and how the thread has gone i dont think anyone would advertise on here again quite embarrassing

 

[hammers4spanner]

Can you get London Rates in the Exmoor area?

i live in devon and cornwall/devon rates are relative

 

[Destroyer2813]

Can you get London Rates in the Exmoor area?

You can in la la Lame land

 

[hammers4spanner]

If your getting over £200 a day down southwest then you are lucky and have a good cust base however it never takes much to get undercut

 

[lame plumber]

You can in la la Lame land

if your good enough you can do anything, got to remember 1/2 of london moves to Woolacombe in the summer in their daft range rover evoques so thet bring their wallets with them, it wouldd be daft not to request the same rates as they pay in the smoke wouldnt it, the nothing lal la about lame, just good business accumen, pity some of you dont try it and learn

re being undercut, of course that happens but 70% of the time if you charge £110 for a range service no parts then youll get the job, the locals who know someone charging £30 will use that guy and quite often I'll be called back by them when he hasnt turned up, or its not working as he hasnt changed the oil filter such that I get the work 6 months later and go on to keep that customer. Just because the national average for wages in devon is low doesnt mean you have to be cheap.

 

[erpkid]

if your god enough you can do anything, got to remember 1/2 of london moves to Woolacombe in the summer in their daft range rover evoques so thet bring their wallets with them, it wouldd be daft not to request the same rates as they pay in the smoke wouldnt it, the nothing lal la about lame, just good business accumen, pity some of you dont try it and learn

I think it is your piety they appreciate :wings:

 

[hammers4spanner]

the problem with the part of devon where i live is the sheer amount of plumbs and gas fitters completely flooded where i am so you would struggle to get a higher rate .
I have said before on here that i know guys quite happy to do boiler swaps for about £120 ish and because of this custs feel ripped off at the £200 mark.
I canny be ursed with boiler changes unless its contract as private ones are just hassle gimme a decent commercial install please

 

[SimonG]

To be fair reading this post and how the thread has gone i dont think anyone would advertise on here again quite embarrassing

I don't see why not, my comment was honest. I ain't working for 160.

 

[hammers4spanner]

Just saying as the op's price has been slated they are probably thinking why bother lol

 

[Destroyer2813]

if your god enough you can do anything, got to remember 1/2 of london moves to Woolacombe in the summer in their daft range rover evoques so thet bring their wallets with them, it wouldd be daft not to request the same rates as they pay in the smoke wouldnt it, the nothing lal la about lame, just good business accumen, pity some of you dont try it and learn

re being undercut, of course that happens but 70% of the time if you charge £110 for a range service no parts then youll get the job, the locals who know someone charging £30 will use that guy and quite often I'll be called back by them when he hasnt turned up, or its not working as he hasnt changed the oil filter such that I get the work 6 months later and go on to keep that customer. Just because the national average for wages in devon is low doesnt mean you have to be cheap.

So you work 6 months a year then thats why u have so much time to be on here during the day :smartass2:

 

[lame plumber]

So you work 6 months a year then thats why u have so much time to be on here during the day :smartass2:

yep, doesnt everyone?

 

[Keefy]

I class coming on the forums as work.

 

[erpkid]

I class coming on the forums as work.

Same here...I have been on the forum whilst drinking beer and burning burgers...and the wife reckons I can't multi-task !

 

[Killy Bing]

Im going to put my neck on the block here

i would be happy to take this up if i was within a reasonable distance.

providing it was set working hours, their responsibility and they supplied all the materials.

 

[markfxy]

la la lame seems to think pricing yourself out of the market is good business acumen, He can't get a full years work and think's we should all do the same!! definitely la la

 

[Dannypipe]

I think it's been an interesting (if not diverted) thread. At least some people have been candid and shown their hand regarding what they charge/earn.

Looks like I need to put my rates up!!