your estimate

[hammers4spanner]

Done a job last year and wonder what the rest of you money grabbers would charge for the following for your labour

job was an office block and it included on first fix (all pipes tails were in rooms just needed re-new)

female toilets
male toilets
kitchen area which included first fix pipe work for electric water heaters
doc m pack
install water main high level 50 meters

second fix includes

female toilets
4xwc's plus wave flow sensors
4 x basins plus sensor taps and blenders

male toilets

1x wc plus wave flow sensor
2x basins plus sensor taps
1 x water less urinal

1x install doc m pack

kitchen includes

1 x sink
2x heatrae sadia water heaters

also heating

14x rads in iron tails within 2 meters on most

then obviously a commission

i know its only guess how much ,also dont forget possibility of call backs and time reading spec organising gear etc etc

so how much would you want to do a job like this???

 

[SafeGasInstall]

..........£7k

 

[jtsplumbing]

What people would be expecting it for would be around £150.00 with a discount for cash !

 

[hammers4spanner]

What people would be expecting it for would be around £150.00 with a discount for cash !

sadly thats kinda true

 

[Phil_Plumb]

6.7k to 8 k depending on how much i would have to work my bum off!

 

[Rickster123]

10 grand.

 

[hammers4spanner]

i should also add its about twenty miles from your door step and approx 3- 4 weeks worth of work

 

[SafeGasInstall]

still £7k

 

[jtsplumbing]

i should also add its about twenty miles from your door step and approx 3- 4 weeks worth of work

That's probably just gone over the £200.00 mark.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Tell us how much you did it for ?

 

[plumber0808]

5-7k.

 

[hammers4spanner]

£2600 i done it for

was wondering what the collective would estimate it at

 

[Atouchofgas]

Hammers are you mental! If you work that out based on 4 wks at 40 hrs per wk that's £16.25 per hour! Ok if employed but no danger if se

 

[SafeGasInstall]

£650 per week omg ...McHammer where are you in uk ?

 

[SafeGasInstall]

min should be £30ph tbh , if there is money on the job then I would ask for £40p/h

 

[hammers4spanner]

in devon where their are a multitude of plumbs , it did gripe me that one tho but if you was estimating at 7 grand for that job you would never have got a look in

 

[jase158]

£2600 i done it for

was wondering what the collective would estimate it at

I would be happy with that, for a month, ain't bad, put some on materials for fuel and your 2600 pound up, better then being sat at home!!

 

[SafeGasInstall]

that is why there is lots of people out of work at the moment

 

[hammers4spanner]

Its a double edged sword her at moment seem to be damned if you do damned if you dont

 

[Plum Bob 66]

£2600 i done it for

was wondering what the collective would estimate it at

And your still in business ;-)

 

[Plum Bob 66]

Mind you, if that's just labour then yes I suppose it's a fair months wage.

 

[Plum Bob 66]

in devon where their are a multitude of plumbs , it did gripe me that one tho but if you was estimating at 7 grand for that job you would never have got a look in

Fair point.

 

[jtsplumbing]

I don't live far from Hammers (15miles) and the rates are very bad, but when you think that the average person is working for min wage, in the Plymouth area and there are over 600 plumbers (and rising) competition for work is savage, move over the river into Cornwall and it gets worse, Agencies are at it again offering £18 per house for servicing and doing a CP12 but when you brake it down it's working out at around £7 per hr cos they have you running around like a blue arse fly from one end of town to the other, I get offered this at least 2 - 3 times a year and turn it down every time. you know that for £18 a proper job is not going to be done, and it's your name on the CP12, and they are expecting at least 10 jobs a day.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

I get lots of them £18 per h for service
mans £22 for installs , I was going to give it a go bit them I changed my mined

 

[jtsplumbing]

I get lots of them £18 per h for service
mans £22 for installs , I was going to give it a go bit them I changed my mined

Its not Pr Hr it was Pr House ! regardless of number of applicences + a CP12

 

[jase158]

£2600 would pay all my bills and have some left over, would love to earn that a month and I live in Bucks, so not the bottom end of the market, in 3-4 years I wont get out of bed for that!! lol

 

[SafeGasInstall]

You mean per day Jase right ?

 

[hammers4spanner]

i am getting £14 per hour subbying to local h/a at moment van supplied to do landlord certs its easy but money is shocking

 

[jase158]

I mean I wouldn't get out of bed for less then £200 a day in 3-4 years, at the moment I would get out of bed for £10

 

[SafeGasInstall]

£200 a day is a bang on rate tbh ! Anything under is not worth going to unless is a favour to a friend or family ! I value my self at this rate at the moment when working/helping fellow plumbers . If its my work the rate goes up ! And I am happy this month I have done 2 boiler changes and got 2 more booked for this month + other little jobs ! Tbh with you if I keep getting 4 boiler changes a month I will not go back to the HA work EVER !

 

[bert large]

Plymouth's not too bad if you are in the right market Joe. I'm in Plymouth, just a one man band, but work on the basis of £200 a day & I'm booked up well into September. I've always tried to steer clear of the cut throat bottom end of the market & most of my work is in the suburbs of Plympton, Plymstock, Ivybridge & Saltash where they seem happy to pay that.
I wouldn't fancy getting any bigger though & having to chase work, thats when you can't be too choosy.

 

[jase158]

I have just put my price up from £150 to £200, Had loads of quotes but not turning into work, Might go back down, but want to stick to my guns for a little bit longer, Priced a job at £300 a day the other day for a recommended customer and ended up getting it at £250, so it really is the hardest part of the job, valuing yourself and the work you do correctly!!

 

[hammers4spanner]

Plymouth's not too bad if you are in the right market Joe. I'm in Plymouth, just a one man band, but work on the basis of £200 a day & I'm booked up well into September. I've always tried to steer clear of the cut throat bottom end of the market & most of my work is in the suburbs of Plympton, Plymstock, Ivybridge & Saltash where they seem happy to pay that.
I wouldn't fancy getting any bigger though & having to chase work, thats when you can't be too choosy.

how long you been trading for??

 

[JAH HEATING]

How much are yous getting for straight boiler swaps ?

firms are doing valliants 7 year guarantee for under £1200, the money is c.ap now

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Have two booked , not even one is straight swap , boilers new location one is £2.5k other is £2.6k