Plumber wanted

[Killy Bing]

Eee im starting out, thats a blinding rate for me as my overheads are minimal.

 

[dontknowitall]

I accepted a job for £150 a day a year or two back. 10 days later I was handed £1,500 and had used about £50 of materials and about £75 of fuel so was over £1.400 better off. And well chuffed. I had no worries about how the job was going, whether the customer would pay me, whether the job would be finished in time. I was asked to complete a few things by Wednesday afternoon, this by Thursday, etc.

£160 does not sound much but if someone's got the job for you, done all the marketing, taking the flak from the customer, sorting out supplies, liaising with other trades etc, £160 is a very fair wage.

 

[Dannypipe]

I agree.

 

[lame plumber]

i give up, i paid a brickie £150 a day 10 years ago to convert my flats with me, arent you better than brickies?

 

[Dannypipe]

We're in a reccession LP, rates are going down not up.

My rates haven't changed in 3 years, yet materials get more expensive, as does food, and bills.

The hay days are behind us in my opinion, though I charge more than £160 a day, I think £800 a week for a subbie is pretty good. It's not like he said £110, or something daft.

 

[lame plumber]

if your going to survive you have to keep charging not dropping your rates, youll lose some but youll keep enough, old enough to have seen this before.

 

[Howsie]

You and only you will know how good you (your firm) are. Chase it when you need to but don't drop to compete with idiots.

 

[lame plumber]

You and only you will know how good you (your firm) are. Chase it when you need to but don't drop to compete with idiots.

there is sense out there somewhere

 

[Keefy]

If people are happy to pay you at the higher end of the scale then you must be earning it.

 

[lame plumber]

If people are happy to pay you at the higher end of the scale then you must be earning it.

and you owe me £10 for everytime you use my copyrighted quotes