What's the going rate for...

[anonymous-user]

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[davepoth]

I believe it's £MTFU.

It's just a couple of nuts for goodness' sake.

[ATTAK Z]

depends if water supplies have isolation valves, if they have, it then depends where you are, expect to pay for 1/2 a day's tradesman's wage

Edited by ATTAK Z on Thursday 30th June 19:53

[miniman]

ATTAK Z said:

depends if said tap has isolation valves, if it has, it then depends where you are, expect to pay for 1/2 a day's tradesman's wage

Half a day?!

[ATTAK Z]

miniman said:

ATTAK Z said:

depends if said tap has isolation valves, if it has, it then depends where you are, expect to pay for 1/2 a day's tradesman's wage

Half a day?!

Yep
travel to job = 1 hour
travel to trade centre and back to pick up bits = 1 hour
do the job = 3/4 hour
travel back to base = 1 hour

add it up = 1/2 day

[xllifts]

anonymous said:

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James is this an urgent job??

[Gingerbread Man]

Where are you located apart from Thames Valley/ Surrey area?

I'll come show you how for nought.

David (Plumber bloke)

[xllifts]

anonymous said:

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If it wasn't urgent i'd have done it for you mate but looks like Gingerbread will sort you fella.

He lurks on South coast seems a good egg, well he knows the likes of Poley and minimatt so .....

Speak soon Diz

[philmots]

Gingerbread Man said:

Where are you located apart from Thames Valley/ Surrey area?

I'll come show you how for nought.

David (Plumber bloke)

Excellent :-)

[andye30m3]

I got quoted £120+vat to change a bathroom tap in a flat I rent out.

Thought it would look better to get a plumber in as there was a tenet in the flat but for the best part of £150 I did it myself.

[Jasandjules]

Well, at least you now have water again.

I don't think £50 is that bad all things considered.

[66comanche]

anonymous said:

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That works out at £85 per hour! Christ no wonder these plumbers can afford to have such tastelessly 'improved' homes!

[OldSkoolRS]

66comanche said:

That works out at £85 per hour! Christ no wonder these plumbers can afford to have such tastelessly 'improved' homes!

You're missing out the two visits to the OP's house and the trip to collect the tap from Screwfix, so not strictly £85 per hour:

anonymous said:

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Haven't been in a plumber's house (that I'm aware of) so can't comment on how tastefully or not their houses are improved though.

[dirkgently]

66comanche said:

That works out at £85 per hour! Christ no wonder these plumbers can afford to have such tastelessly 'improved' homes!

Well go and get yourself trained up and join us in the land of milk and honey. I won`t consider getting up to rip-off old ladies for less than a thousand pounds a day.

[B160 AVE]

My mate has a plumbers merchants, and used to be a plumber, and whilst £50 per hour may well sound expensive, you`re not just paying for his time but also his expertise, tools, van, diesel, insurance, etc, etc.

When he first started he spent £4.5k training, whilst working part time, bought a van for £10k, and approximately £6k worth of tools. First job he was on, got someone out of trouble within 40 minutes, only charged the £45 call out and the bloke started jumping up and down about what a rip off it was and how did he sleep at night!!