Do decent plumbers still work in the U.K?

samlb

After 2 weeks of chasing plumbers, 5 appointments made for quotes, not 1 has turned up! What am I doing wrong? Have we a shortage of good yorkshire plumbers?

Help!!!!!

McAzrael

There is a shortage of plumbers (and several other trades in construction). Ask around and get recommendations. If you have used another trade in the past who you were happy with then ask them. Don't be too fussy about where the plumber is from; you are not running a cricket team.

tinkerbell1978

my answer would be no well i dont know of any anymore lol father in law is one but retired now in fact the last time i had a plumber round we were charged 35.00 for him to put a new washer in the tap in the bathroom!

Volcano

What do you want doing?

Many trades people (especially if they are busy) aren't interested in small jobs as there's not enough profit in it. They'll tell you they'll be round to give you a quote, then hope you'll try somone else when they don't show.

Tell them you are building 3 houses and need a quote to plumb them all and I'm guessing they'll be knocking your front door down in the rush.....

vivaladiva

They do, but they're like hens teeth - and apparently mostly Polish!

samlb

Cheers! now I know it's not just me...

I think fitting a new bathroom, shower and radiator isn't that small a job? Maybe I should try the 3 houses.....

Quote;Tell them you are building 3 houses and need a quote to plumb them all and I'm guessing they'll be knocking your front door down in the rush.....

Canucklehead

Yes they do exist...I'm married to one...can't help you out in Yorkshire as we are located in Kent.

Good luck.

plumb1_2

Volcano wrote:

Tell them you are building 3 houses and need a quote to plumb them all and I'm guessing they'll be knocking your front door down in the rush.....

Send me a copy of the drawings and i will price/quote them up from them!
Save me a trip to you.

handyman.

tinkerbell1978 wrote:

my answer would be no well i dont know of any anymore lol father in law is one but retired now in fact the last time i had a plumber round we were charged 35.00 for him to put a new washer in the tap in the bathroom!

why did you not do it yourself then?........:rotfl:

tomstickland

the last time i had a plumber round we were charged 35.00 for him to put a new washer in the tap in the bathroom

In any trade/business you're going to want to be pulling in around £80 per hour minimum, so a call out with, say, 10 minutes work might end up using half and hour and that's £40.

Small jobs will be disproportionally expensive.

samlb

gizmoleeds wrote:

Try http://www.polishworkers.co.uk/

Has anybody actually used this site to find polish workers....... plumbers, buliders? And if you have was the work a good standard? No big problems:question: