your estimate

[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 !