2 hourly rates ???

[townfanjon]

Good day guys, a question aimed at you one man bands .
Do you charge the same hourly rate on what ever job you are on, whether its a plumbing job or gas ??.
Or do you charge separate rates ??

Myself its the same rate whatever, but I am considering changing it !!!
Thank you

 

[village idiot]

I charge £40/hr for plumbing jobs and £60/hr for gas work. But depending on the customer, I can make changes. I'll charge OAP's less.

 

[Masood]

Same rate for whatever work it is but I charge more for 1st hour than subsequent ones.

 

[Leo21]

I make it up as I go along, I charge oap,s more.

 

[lame plumber]

village isnt such an idiot , me plumbing/gas callout first hr £75/85, next hr 40/45 normal working hours, weekends and evenings think of a figure, boxing day etc callout £250 min

 

[plumben]

Good day guys, a question aimed at you one man bands .
Do you charge the same hourly rate on what ever job you are on, whether its a plumbing job or gas ??.
Or do you charge separate rates ??

Myself its the same rate whatever, but I am considering changing it !!!
Thank you

don't see the point in charging two rates id never do plumbing if I charged more for gas

 

[lame plumber]

don't see the point in charging two rates id never do plumbing if I charged more for gas

coz you make more with gas and the little old lady gets you to do her washer and u end up repairing her boiler next job

 

[plumben]

well theres the exception to the rule
but if you where to charge less for plumbing on say day rate on a bathroom
you've still got to pay your gas safe and such

so you'd end up loosing money

 

[lame plumber]

well theres the exception to the rule
but if you where to charge less for plumbing on say day rate on a bathroom
you've still got to pay your gas safe and such

so you'd end up loosing money

no, just not make as much

 

[hammers4spanner]

Depends what I charge usually 40 quid first hour thirty after.

However I am also of the opinion of the custs money looks better in my bank than theirs

 

[brum]

This is obviously where I have been going wrong in the past charging 25 each and every hour.Got called to an "emergency" this week they got B&Q fitters over to fit their bathroom turned off stop tap on a wiped joint and it collapsed flooding house.I ordered a leadloc and new stoptap when asked how much I said 120 only for the fact they never gave local boys the work they could not pay me quick enough that's 100 for 1.5 hrs work,in all fairness to the B&Q fitter he had a hard ride off the customers but did tell me he was not a plumber or a tiler but a joiner I have never seen so many flexis ever.Did any of you see a grey flexi 3/4 about 900mm connected to polyplumb WTF..brum

 

[Millsy 82]

No to 2 different prices. I pay extra insurances etc to be gas safe registered insurances etc, if they want a plumber I am more than qualified to work on most domestic systems but they will pay the same as gas, I can't see the point in having 2 different charges.

 

[southcoastboile]

So,e people are way to cheap. You need to work out all your overheads per working day. I.e, petrol, van ins, pl ins, tax, gas safe, stationary, advertising etc, I have 1 office staff 4 days a week, 1temo 4hrs a week and an apprentice. (Just had one engineer leave so have had to work out daily overheads again. It's really surprising how much it adds up.
Mine is currently £300 plus vat per day to break even. As a one man band it would be £160 plus vat to break even.
we charge £42 plus vat per hr every hour. No free diagnosis. (Why anyone does this for free is beyond me, it's your time your petrol so should be charged for).

 

[cr0ft]

Couldn't agree more. I used to do free diagnosis and I used to be charging out at £200 and wondered why I never had much left in the account each month. We are a smallish company and charge out at £250 plus VAT a day and are finally making a decent profit!! Slowly saving up for my dream of building homes eventually

 

[IDCHAPPY]

We charge £30ph/ph and work on a 2 hour call basis as we factor in traveling time too

 

[southcoastboile]

I charge £240 plus vat day rate as we'll. I make more on breakdowns/servicing and safety checks though. Rarely do day rates.

 

[MOSSEP]

Are all of you VAT registered?

 

[lame plumber]

nope...

 

[Ermintrude]

Overheads all the same weather lads doing gas water or cleaning windows. Flat rate EXPENSIVE! Love the idea of happy money now it's always happy money!

 

[tomplumb83]

i find it hard to justify charging over £30. Things need to change....
Thing is, i only do plumbing so thats the going rate. Most calls are poxy dripping taps, toilets, that sort of thing. For a dripping tap, nobody wants to pay more than £20-£30 if that. And I can no longer be bothered with them but needs must.
I also do more 'specialist' sort of work which I have another price for..
Basically I make it up as I go along.
I had a call at 1730 last night - water dripping through a ceiling.
I couldn't be bothered but I thought I best help them out. I went out straight away.
I turned up to a hovel of a house and the seal on the bath waste was leaking. They'd filled the bath up in the morning (for some reason) and the bath plug was passing water causing a steady drip through the trap - £45 cash for half an hour which I was satisfied with

 

[helpsy]

I charge £40 for first hour, £35 thereafter. £225 for the day. Emergency £80 for first hour then £35 thereafter.

 

[Millsy 82]

i find it hard to justify charging over £30. Things need to change....
Thing is, i only do plumbing so thats the going rate. Most calls are poxy dripping taps, toilets, that sort of thing. For a dripping tap, nobody wants to pay more than £20-£30 if that. And I can no longer be bothered with them but needs must.
I also do more 'specialist' sort of work which I have another price for..
Basically I make it up as I go along.
I had a call at 1730 last night - water dripping through a ceiling.
I couldn't be bothered but I thought I best help them out. I went out straight away.
I turned up to a hovel of a house and the seal on the bath waste was leaking. They'd filled the bath up in the morning (for some reason) and the bath plug was passing water causing a steady drip through the trap - £45 cash for half an hour which I was satisfied with

I find a lot if people don't care over the extra £10 I charge for the 1st hour. I was charging flat £30 an hour and thought I would try upping it a bit and only 1 person has said I'm expensive. I do a lot of plumbing jobs and to me they are more awkward (probably because I have more experience with heating)