If I can get the picture off of my phone, I would post on here....or I can email to someone who can then post it on here.
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Why I hate small jobs in a nutshell
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Blast your nuts off as much as you like, just be carefull you dont go blind.
This one was an old brass back nut. I've used the Fein before to cut plastic ones that are tight but does it cut brass ones?
i use my bosch multi-tool to cut of close-coupling wc bolts all the time.going through a backnut would take longer but presumably do-able. oh so much fun though.
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Ermintrude
I smash bath, taps off in seconds
Yes...bi-metal blade and a case of just hacking at the nut in whatever place it will fit into and then spiting the nut with a chisel.
I tend to have a backlog of small jobs which I can do in between larger ones or whilst waiting for stuff to be delivered so you aren't non-productive. Yes some small jobs can be a pain but I give them an hourly rate and tell them it will probably be so long but at worst can be so long etc. Thats the rate, take it or leave it......
Interesting. I grudge paying full price for Fein blades. Luckily I have the old style Fein that accepts cheap blades off Ebay. Got 40 wood blades for it on Ebay for £60recently. Will look for bi-metal blades on there too. Cheers.
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kay-jay
i love jobbing, much more money for much less effort.
ok so occasionally you get a pain in the bum job, but you will win far more than you lose.
ok so occasionally you get a pain in the bum job, but you will win far more than you lose.
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Ermintrude
It's odd everyone seems to make money in different places. I seem to make a significantly higher margin per day doing installs than jobbing about, servicing or repairs - perhaps too cheap on the latter?
You need to price your small jobs better!
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Ermintrude
Small jobs suck. Mono block in our main bathroom come loose, tightened up and the 4p mmonoblock back washer crumpled. Any ideas where I can get one Saturday pm?
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kay-jay
Make one up ermi
ive carried the center screw from a gunfoss pump around for the last twenty years since the day i dropped one down a hole in the floor of an airing cupboard
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Ermintrude
Wanna drop one off for me
And you wont need it till the day you dont have it. Maybe we should start wearing parts jewelry to ward off the dropped screw between the floor boards or down the soil pipe JuJu?
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Ermintrude
Test nippers in dark when it's cold with consealed box and gravel
Ermy my old fruit, what are you in about?
If I price any more than £60 + VAT for 1st hour customer will run a mile.
At that price all the running around (to me) getting bits etc is just not worth it.
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Meter test nipple, meter located in a semi concealed meter box. The box surrounded by gravel it's cold and dark and you drop nipple, nine in van and it's past 6pm
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