Feedback required THE WEEKEND PLUMBER

kenshaz

People need a plumber most in an emergency ,so waitng from Tues to Sat would be no help.

kenshaz

plumb1 wrote:

Just had my first out of hours callout 1hr ago, the lady of the household decided to clean the floor under the washing machine.

She pulled the washer out from under the worktop and snapped the cold water hose:eek: water flooding the kitchen floor.

Who was the mystry lady? Mrs Plumb1

Hopefuly i will get my fee paid later tonight :kisses3:

Lucky it was not on a Tuesday ,closed except for babysitting

plumb1_2

kenshaz wrote:

People need a plumber most in an emergency ,so waitng from Tues to Sat would be no help.

Tues-Sat would be available from 17:00- 24:00 when most others won't come.

iceicebaby

I work shifts and weekends and dont get paid any extra. And no I wouldnt pay a premium rate for a plumber on the weekend or after hours. I have a regular plumber I use, hes also corgi registered. hes reliable, and does not charge extra for coming out at weekends. I have called him out on a Sunday morning and he was with me within 2 hours. he always has lots of work and is well respected by all his customers because of the fact he doesnt charge extra.

plumb1_2

iceicebaby wrote:

I work shifts and weekends and dont get paid any extra.

That is your choice

iceicebaby wrote:

And no I wouldnt pay a premium rate for a plumber on the weekend or after hours.

So you would choose to stay wet and cold

iceicebaby wrote:

I have a regular plumber I use, hes also corgi registered. hes reliable, and does not charge extra for coming out at weekends.

He doesn't have to if he is chargeing you £65 per hour



ps, your views are repected

iceicebaby

I wouldnt stay wet and cold as I have a plumber who omes out to me any time and I never said what he charges and if it was 65 quid an hour I wouldnt use him!

jackbremer

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Leonie

What is an average hourly rate for plumbing now any way, can anyone tell me? or is it just what the market will bear?

I'm only asking because I recently had to have the diverter switch replaced on my Central heating / hot water system and it seemed to cost a lot more than I expected.

It was at a time of high demand - it gave up in the first cold snap, when just about everyone else's boiler refused to come back on after being turned off for the summer. I don't turn mine off, just control it on the thermostat, so I was quite peeved with the switch for picking that particular time to go!

And I guess I really should have got a quote for the job, shouldn't I? I just didn't think at the time, and it's been years since I've had a plumber come in to do anything, because my previous one emigrated to Australia for a better life, and I was nervous about finding a new one - even though the jobs were queueing up!

I don't even know how I would decide if a quote was reasonable?

Sorry Plumb1 - maybe I shouldn't put my query here, when it's your query that's being answered? can someone please move it if it's in the wrong place?

whitelabel

for a heating engineer at this time of year from a national company depending on geographical location at dayt/time of call along weith demand for the service, you could be looking at between £59-£129 per hour + vat

BobProperty

Leonie wrote:

What is an average hourly rate for plumbing now any way, can anyone tell me?.....

There was a survey, in a trade magazine I think, in September 2004. They banded the hourly rates, so hour rate band and % respondents:
up to £15 10%
£15-£20 24%
£20-£25 24%
£25-£30 17%
£30-£35 9%
£35-£40 6%
£40-£45 3%
over £45 7%

For some reason my notes have the average at around £25 per hour (must have done some weighting and juggling of figures )
Don't forget those figures are over 2 years old.