any boiler serviced for £29.99

[John_]

This £30 service, shouldn't their be a radius for this price (say within 5 miles), then another price, say £40, radius for say 6 to 10 miles etc. Isn't this much fairer?

 

[jase158]

Was sat in my van, cleaning it out and a chap comes up and says "are you a plumber" i said yes, turned out he wanted bath tap changing to mixer style, done it for £30 as he was in my street and wasn't really doing much anyway.

Last week I tiled the whole bethroom and he is going to get me to do his bathroom in his own house too, so a lot of work coming my way for that initial first £30.

Why do so many think it is a con because you are getting a foot in the door, services are a simple way of getting a build up of customers.

 

[Millsy 82]

It does not matter if you charge £10 £20 £30 £100 £200 as long as the job is done correctly and that is how most people get repeat business. The company I work for is mainly repeat business they are not the cheapest around by far but they still get the work. Nobody complains about the price most people pay there and then.

Nowadays a lot of the larger companies are spewing out people who go out and do 10 services in a day and if you charge £30 a time then you will make a healthy living but are the people getting what they pay for? I would say 9 times out of 10 NO. I have to follow these people round and flag up faults that have been missed for the passed 5 years because not enough time was spent properley inspecting the appliances.

In an average working day it is 8-8.5 hours with getting to a job and carrying out a job I reckon 7-8 services max unless you are on a street for a whole day then yes 10 but then no travelling involved.

 

[jase158]

I am a quick worker I can fit a 3 port in 45mins all tested rads nice and hot before I leave

really, takes me 40 minutes just to drain down, get my tools out the van and get ready to work. suppose you dont need to completely drain, but i hate airlocks. still couple hours usually.

 

[tamz]

really, takes me 40 minutes just to drain down,

Get yourself a set of bungs and live in the fast lane
Toolstation > Hand Tools > Plumbers Tools > Radiator Valve Change Kit

 

[hammers4spanner]

really, takes me 40 minutes just to drain down, get my tools out the van and get ready to work. suppose you dont need to completely drain, but i hate airlocks. still couple hours usually.

I done one other day and took me about 45 mins i reckon . Depends tho how easy it is to access in cupboars and how much space you have at times

 

[BLOD]

did one a while ago using bungs, cap was missing off the aav so put some blue tack on it.
About 20 mins to change the valve and a further 45 mins to get the blue tack out of the aav

 

[julesverne]

No business sense just because they are not ripping off folk??
They need work and more than likely will get more if they lower price, seems like good business to me. Nothing wrong with a full diary.

just because i charge what i charge doesnt mean i'm a rip off. it means i charge what i am worth and what i want to earn. and i dont see what your problem is anyway, you'll be smoking 50 quid notes soon with all your 29.99 services that your doing. but remember you'll have to do 2 of them before you can do that :bucktooth:

 

[mutley racers]

So fellers, to change a motorized valve just put a bung in the cold feed and cap the vent and not drain down then? And for a sealed system?

 

[tamz]

Shut any auto air vents and let the pressure out. Sometimes you can get away with just dropping the pressure.