Is £30 per hour the going rate for plumbers??

Kavanne

My oh just got off the phone with a plumber recommended to us by our old builder. We've got a couple of odd jobs need doing. Replacement of tap in the kitchen sink, install plumbing for a dshwasher and fix our broken loo. He's quoted 30 an hour for this. I am not sure how long it will take, srely no mor than a day but that could be expensive if it takes 7 hrs!!

What do you mseers think? Many thanks!

garratt83_2

30 an hour is very good, I would be careful with him only quoting per hour. Maybe get him to come a price the job with a quote not an estimate.

My oh works in the building trade, plumbers usually 40 an hour

thommy

garratt83 wrote: »

30 an hour is very good, I would be careful with him only quoting per hour. Maybe get him to come a price the job with a quote not an estimate.

My oh works in the building trade, plumbers usually 40 an hour

agree with the above. get a total quote for the jobs. 30 is good per hour but he might be the slowest plumber in the world!

Kavanne

Does he live in the Southampton area? Lol

Canucklehead

Kavanne wrote: »

My oh just got off the phone with a plumber recommended to us by our old builder. We've got a couple of odd jobs need doing. Replacement of tap in the kitchen sink, install plumbing for a dshwasher and fix our broken loo. He's quoted 30 an hour for this. I am not sure how long it will take, srely no mor than a day but that could be expensive if it takes 7 hrs!!

What do you mseers think? Many thanks!

Good afternoon: Get a written quote for the works including parts, never by the hour/day/week, from someone who has seen the job. No doubt someone will be along later to suggest you tackle the work yourself or find a handyman/person rather than paying for a qualified plumber.

HTH

Canucklehead

ormus

thats a very good rate. get the total hours too though. you dont want him to take all week to change the bath taps.

craigf136

Your local DIY store will/should be able to supply a Y piece, your washing machine will already be plumbed in. You simply remove the red and blue pipes for the washing machine and attached a Y piece to both the hot and cold water (red & blue for washing machine and dishwasher). The total should cost you no more than £5 & can be done in a matter of 5/10 minutes max.

Ebay has the Y piece listed for 99p

Replacing a tap is relatively straight foward and should take a novice about 20 minutes, if you dont feel comfortable with doing this, then get the plumber/handyman to do this for you along with the toilet

Kavanne

It's a cold fill washing machine, and so is the new dishwasher (I hope), what do I do about the water exiting the dishwasher, do you know?

You are putting a lot of faith in my DIY skills, Craig!! I failed design technology!!