your estimate

[jase158]

£2600 would pay all my bills and have some left over, would love to earn that a month and I live in Bucks, so not the bottom end of the market, in 3-4 years I wont get out of bed for that!! lol

 

[SafeGasInstall]

You mean per day Jase right ?

 

[hammers4spanner]

i am getting £14 per hour subbying to local h/a at moment van supplied to do landlord certs its easy but money is shocking

 

[jase158]

I mean I wouldn't get out of bed for less then £200 a day in 3-4 years, at the moment I would get out of bed for £10

 

[SafeGasInstall]

£200 a day is a bang on rate tbh ! Anything under is not worth going to unless is a favour to a friend or family ! I value my self at this rate at the moment when working/helping fellow plumbers . If its my work the rate goes up ! And I am happy this month I have done 2 boiler changes and got 2 more booked for this month + other little jobs ! Tbh with you if I keep getting 4 boiler changes a month I will not go back to the HA work EVER !

 

[bert large]

Plymouth's not too bad if you are in the right market Joe. I'm in Plymouth, just a one man band, but work on the basis of £200 a day & I'm booked up well into September. I've always tried to steer clear of the cut throat bottom end of the market & most of my work is in the suburbs of Plympton, Plymstock, Ivybridge & Saltash where they seem happy to pay that.
I wouldn't fancy getting any bigger though & having to chase work, thats when you can't be too choosy.

 

[jase158]

I have just put my price up from £150 to £200, Had loads of quotes but not turning into work, Might go back down, but want to stick to my guns for a little bit longer, Priced a job at £300 a day the other day for a recommended customer and ended up getting it at £250, so it really is the hardest part of the job, valuing yourself and the work you do correctly!!

 

[hammers4spanner]

Plymouth's not too bad if you are in the right market Joe. I'm in Plymouth, just a one man band, but work on the basis of £200 a day & I'm booked up well into September. I've always tried to steer clear of the cut throat bottom end of the market & most of my work is in the suburbs of Plympton, Plymstock, Ivybridge & Saltash where they seem happy to pay that.
I wouldn't fancy getting any bigger though & having to chase work, thats when you can't be too choosy.

how long you been trading for??

 

[JAH HEATING]

How much are yous getting for straight boiler swaps ?

firms are doing valliants 7 year guarantee for under £1200, the money is c.ap now

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Have two booked , not even one is straight swap , boilers new location one is £2.5k other is £2.6k

 

[hammers4spanner]

£1250 was the last one

sucks dont it

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Straight swap possibly I would do it for £300-£500 depend on the customer really

 

[Rickster123]

£1250 was the last one

sucks dont it

you did a boiler change for 1250 quid? What is the point in being self employed?

 

[SafeGasInstall]

But no pf,no new valves , no new gas, easy condense too

 

[anz]

you did a boiler change for 1250 quid? What is the point in being self employed?

Could be with a £400 crap boiler.

 

[Phil_Plumb]

I know this is off topic a great deal, but forgive me for asking, are there any plumbs local to me, plymouth, that would let me shadow them so i can complete my foundation gas course, as i need to build up a portfolio of it, dont want paying, as i consider it a huge favour to me, and i will even supply donuts!

I digress, if you're SE you have to charge a premium so as not to devalue the trade!

 

[JAH HEATING]

You are doing good making £250 these days on a straight swap, £350 to £400 with a flush round here.

its depressing...

ive just priced a yplan conversion to Combi, part carcass, replace 3 rads an repipe into wall...

first fix a mixer, £800 with me supplying pipe an fittings, be lucky to get it

 

[jase158]

how do you justify that? my customers always ask how many days it will take and then point out how much I am charging a day, do you give a written estimate? do you break it down? how do I tell them that that's the price, end of?

 

[hammers4spanner]

you did a boiler change for 1250 quid? What is the point in being self employed?

made £350 labour on it , besides i know dozens who do them for half that plus countless back handers

 

[SafeGasInstall]

It's down to what type of customers you have really ! Some take the price at its other never come back as they are after the chipset possible almost free if you like !

 

[jase158]

so just stick to your guns and keep standards high, then I will get better customers etc

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Only if you are as good as me Jase and I am foreigner which makes it harder , unfortunately as I am bloody good looking pmsl

 

[jase158]

So I can charge more then, as I am sooooo handsome?

 

[jase158]

Think its harder as I look about 18, even though I am 27

 

[jtsplumbing]

It's down to what type of customers you have really ! Some take the price at its other never come back as they are after the chipset possible almost free if you like !

Well if prices get any lower, we will be paying the customer for working in their house!