Why I don't advertise on facebook....

[JCplumb]

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Just hope for his sake it’s a 2 part else he’s decked

 

[rpm]

Wonder if Jenna likes being called a hun?

 

[Old Account]

That’s the problem we all face in each city. There is always somebody cheaper and will beat others.

 

[Old Account]

Wonder if Jenna likes being called a hun?

Don’t like it either to talk like this to customers. It is not the right way imp

 

[Harvest Fields]

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Let him do it for that price and expect my phone to ring 10 minutes after he starts to fix it all.

 

[townfanjon]

Billys probably the local greengrocer

 

[Scott_D]

I bet she thinks £30 is too much

 

[rpm]

I bet she thinks £30 is too much

Somebody has given it a like though.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Somebody has given it a like though.

His missus probably.

 

[JCplumb]

The post has gone now but an actual plumber said he'd put a new syphon in for £50 and they tore him a new one...
I remember one last year of someone doing outside taps for £25, absolute joke.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

£50 - £60 would be about right

 

[Pickwickpick]

The post has gone now but an actual plumber said he'd put a new syphon in for £50 and they tore him a new one...
I remember one last year of someone doing outside taps for £25, absolute joke.

As in they were having a go at him for £50 being too expensive?

How on earth is anyone doing an outside tap install for £25, it costs that much just to turn up to the front door once you factor in all of your costs!

I was wandering whether it might be worth setting up a facebook page to advertise (planning to move to London at the end of the year from Birmingham for family reasons and the bulk of my word of mouth is currently back in Brum), clearly not worth wasting my time with!

 

[Harvest Fields]

£50 - £60 would be about right

I wouldn’t earn any money at that price.

 

[firemant]

£50 - £60 would be about right

Seriously ? Not in my world.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Seriously ? Not in my world.

local job 30 mins easy money

materials around 15-20
labour 35 - 40 sorted

 

[Harvest Fields]

local job 30 mins easy money

materials around 15-20
labour 35 - 40 sorted

You can do a syphon in 30 minutes? On a 20 year old toilet where the bolts are corroded?

 

[Harvest Fields]

Seriously ? Not in my world.

That’s what I was saying

 

[ShaunCorbs]

You can do a syphon in 30 minutes? On a 20 year old toilet where the bolts are corroded?

snap them off / multi tool can get a cistern off the wall in 10 mins max

used to race in granted works whole bathroom stripped in an 30 mins to an hour not breaking anything

 

[Harvest Fields]

If I did that everything would break.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

If I did that everything would break.

tighten them a wee bit spray with wd40 and then undo should help alot

 

[Harvest Fields]

tighten them a wee bit spray with wd40 and then undo should help alot

I never get that lucky mate.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

I never get that lucky mate.

Then just keep undoing till it snaps you can get wingnut drill adapters so they buzz off

 

[Best]

I usually only charge about £30 - £40 for fixing close coupled toilets faulty siphons. I try to replace the siphon washer if possible.
Some can be fixed within an hour.
But it isn’t enough money.

 

[Pickwickpick]

Then just keep undoing till it snaps you can get wingnut drill adapters so they buzz off

There really is a tool for everything out there, that's going onto my list of things to add to the toolbox!

 

[ShaunCorbs]

There really is a tool for everything out there, that's going onto my list of things to add to the toolbox!

mechanical engineering on Instagram: “#gatorGrip#gator_grip#expert_engineer#mechanical_engineering”

Can get different dia

 

[Pickwickpick]

I usually charge around £60 in Brum for a syphon replacement (£80-£90 when down in London) and unless its really tiny toilet cut rusted wingnuts off with the angle grinder.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Then just keep undoing till it snaps you can get wingnut drill adapters so they buzz off

Can you get them over here?

 

[Harvest Fields]

I usually only charge about £30 - £40 for fixing close coupled toilets faulty siphons. I try to replace the siphon washer if possible.
Some can be fixed within an hour.
But it isn’t enough money.

If I split the toilet and cistern I put a new donut in every time.

 

[Pickwickpick]

mechanical engineering on Instagram: “#gatorGrip#gator_grip#expert_engineer#mechanical_engineering”

Can get different dia

Nice! Do they work as well as they do in the video? Reminds me of the old fashioned profile/contour guages, used to be fascinated by my grandads one, inherrited all of his tools and I still carry it around despite pretty much never using it. I like tools way too much, the missus' eyes glaze over the minute the topic comes up

 

[Pickwickpick]

If I split the toilet and cistern I put a new donut in every time.

Yep, learnt that one the hard way, for the sake of the cost of one, saves a whole load of potential faffing about!

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Nice! Do they work as well as they do in the video? Reminds me of the old fashioned profile/contour guages, used to be fascinated by my grandads one, inherrited all of his tools and I still carry it around despite pretty much never using it. I like tools way too much, the missus' eyes glaze over the minute the topic comes up

They do work Won’t toque down a bolt but will do medium to light things cheap enough to replace once a year tho

 

[ShaunCorbs]

If I split the toilet and cistern I put a new donut in every time.

Fluidmasters come with them and a plate

 

[Harvest Fields]

Fluidmasters come with them and a plate

Rarely get to use fluidmasters if I’m honest est.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Rarely get to use fluidmasters if I’m honest est.

Only one I use or turbos got a box of them when they were on offer from rays discount

 

[Harvest Fields]

Only one I use or turbos got a box of them when they were on offer from rays discount

I use a few turbo’s myself. Just used my last pink one. I did the same when they were on offer.

 

[hammers4spanner]

50 to 60 quid to change a syphon are you having a laugh! !!

Considering you need to see what type it is first then go get one and come back to fit . I charge 2 hours plus part very rarely have the exact syphon in the van.

Absolutely no way would I do it for 50 quid . Sprawling around some grotty bog where high chance pee has been splashed on the floor no no no

 

[hammers4spanner]

Also why has everything got to be a rush it his trade??

It takes 20 mins lmao won't take 20 mins if you get a call back for a weep will it !!!

Want to earn money not race for it

 

[rpm]

mechanical engineering on Instagram: “#gatorGrip#gator_grip#expert_engineer#mechanical_engineering”

Can get different dia

Two things, don`t be misled by the video and if you think about it how often do you have the room to use it under the cistern on wing nuts even if you use a ratchet rather than that driver in the video.

 

[Ted808]

" but it's just a washer ? "
The thing I think about most, is not the technical stuff that I think I don't know, it is this: AM I getting what I'm worth, will they pay that, am I undercharging, overcharging, over and over again.!?!

 

[WaterTight]

I charge around 2-3 times the figures being suggested for a syphon. Been doing that for last 8+ years, vast majority of customers use me again, take my time, advise them to change inlet while I'm there if it looks old, new doughnut, new cc kit or through bolts if any sign of a hint of weep on one of the bolts or it was tiny bit loose, usually new screws to wall with penny and rubber washers, fit a handle isolator if there isn't one and show them how to use it. Make a job of it and make it a job well done.

 

[JCplumb]

Seen another example of why I don't bother with facebook, you're up against clowns like this:

 

[Scott_D]

I get a few jobs from Facebook but some people have no idea.
Not just plumbing, people want plasterers and tilers to start today, man and a van to drive one end of town to the other for £10, a garden full of rubbish tipped for £20 and people are queuing up to do the jobs

 

[ShaunCorbs]

They don’t comply with water regs especially the dog washing ones (cat 5 risk)

 

[Best]

They don’t comply with water regs especially the dog washing ones (cat 5 risk)

If double check valves had been used on supply pipes I guess fine?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

If double check valves had been used on supply pipes I guess fine?

Not when the use is washing pets or filling pools cat 5 risk eg animal mess and pool chemicals

 

[Best]

Not when the use is washing pets or filling pools cat 5 risk eg animal mess and pool chemicals

So no direct water connection to where animals are, or pools etc?
Makes sense

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Correct

 

[Ted808]

As in they were having a go at him for £50 being too expensive?

How on earth is anyone doing an outside tap install for £25, it costs that much just to turn up to the front door once you factor in all of your costs!

I was wandering whether it might be worth setting up a facebook page to advertise (planning to move to London at the end of the year from Birmingham for family reasons and the bulk of my word of mouth is currently back in Brum), clearly not worth wasting my time with!

Where in London? PM me I'm moving out of London.