any boiler serviced for £29.99

[Halesowen1]

799 + vat is about £960, there is an easy £350 or more to be made there for a easy days work, is that not enough for you each day??

 

[GQuigley67]

in all fairness a £799 boiler install is a B rated banger probably

 

[Guest123]

He'll turn up, part carry out his service and do a BG and condemn the boiler as unsafe or say it's too difficult and costly to get parts for it. "Missus, ya need a new boiler and I can supply and install one for £xxxxx" The guy's VAT registered so he's above the 70k thresh hold so he's not daft, he knows what he's doing. Get in, condemn boiler, get paid for new boiler installation. Simples!

 

[jase158]

hmmm maybe the bigger picture needs to be seen here,

6 months of Gas boiler servicing at this price, 2-3 boiler services a day over 5 days = £450 a week.

he can also do other jobs between then. Now he has a list of people for next year that he can send a letter or call. Your boiler service is now due the total cost is £90 + vat.

1. how many people will check the price or even have kept receipt from previous year?
2. most people like to keep things the same so will just use him again as they will only remember that they used him before and he was good.

 

[Halesowen1]

Speculate to accumulate, but some need to realise, not everything thats cheaper than their price means its rubbish, rough or a con. It means they are getting the work and you aint.
I have had this argument a milion times on here, if I do a boiler change in a day I will guarantee my work against anybody on here who takes longer. It dont make me rough because I am quicker, it means I am off onto my next job while you are trying to justify your expensive prices.

 

[Halesowen1]

This was finished today took 2 days, orignal boiler in kitchen below, run new 28mm gas and fit new Worcester combi. Pipes straight, clipped, no runs on solder. Quick does not mean rough.

 

[REDSAW]

Nobody should ever be on a servoce for longer than 30 mins and thats very generous, otherwise you are charging to much and are trying to justify the fee.

i must be doing it all wrong!! takes me 15mins to find, check the meter and do let-by, sp, wp and gas rate.
i take at least an hour cause thats what i book out for..then try and tout some business.

 

[GQuigley67]

no one is saying quick is rough, most of us on here are quick at our jobs, for £799 i wouldnt be able to make much of a profit once i bought boiler and materials i would be just as well working for someone on pricework with less hassle, because it says from £799 doesn't mean that's what he charges, once you add on all the extras.

 

[Guest123]

Halesowen1, you don't have to justify what you do. You do a good job, do it quickly and no justification needed. It's everyone to their own, I don't touch gas these days, only bathrooms and I take pride in my abilities too.

 

[hammers4spanner]

i know someone who does £15 for landlord cert ,
The argument goes to what does a modern condensing boiler need on a service if your fga readings are bang on?

You can also pick an alpha combi up with vat for about £550 so easy money to install a straight swap combi at a lower rate !

 

[tamz]

i must be doing it all wrong!! takes me 15mins to find, check the meter and do let-by, sp, wp and gas rate.
i take at least an hour cause thats what i book out for..then try and tout some business.

You don't "need" to do a tightness test on a service.

i know someone who does £15 for landlord cert

He'll go far :lol:

Pipes straight, clipped, no runs on solder.

I hate Talon clips, they are good clips but oh, they are ugly :wink_smile:

 

[PowerFlusher2]

But did you pick up that bit of rubbish between the pipes to the left of the black toolbox before you left?

 

[Halesowen1]

But did you pick up that bit of rubbish between the pipes to the left of the black toolbox before you left?

Yes and I even put the casing on the boiler.

 

[julesverne]

i dont have a problem with competition and pricing if your doing a proper job. but this is how i see it.
1. if your prices are low custs will always want that low price.
2. low prices might mean more work but it also means you have to work 2 , 3 , 4 times harder than a guy who's doing 1 service at 2 ,3,4 times the price
3. charging low prices means you will prob mean working life will be a lot longer. i aint working past 60 yrs old less if possible.
4.you'll drive yourself into the ground.
5. why spend all those years training to charge peanuts.
6. i might be a plumber and gas engineer but i'm also a business man not a charity and the name of the game is to make money. i have kids wife mortgage etc. profit isnt a dirty word.
i charge £60.00 an hour labour even more out of hours and look to make a min £600 clear on a straight swap boiler change with powerflushing charged extra. i might not get loads of boilers swaps but i get enough to be comfortable and do plenty repairs and servicing.

i aint the busiest in the world in these hard times but im doing alright but when this slump does eventually end my prices will be same bar inflationary pressures. so my custs wont be expecting cheap prices. i get a lot of repeat business and recommendations.

I think if your confident in your own abilities then charge what you want

 

[dave1]

A great post very good points made.