£140 to replace inside of cistern

ahfat41

Is this quote fair? I provided the parts myself and it took 90 mins to complete the job. How much should a plumber be charging per hr. I am in Bucks.

TadleyBaggie

£60 ph would be my guess, so £90 for labour. However was there also a call out fee, travel time etc? Always done these jobs myself.

ahfat41

He charges £65 an hr, that’s the cheapest quote I got.

TELLIT01

They will charge travel time as well as the time required to do the job.  So working time is roughly £100 plus 40 minutes travel time.  Hourly rate seems high to me, but I haven't had to call a plumber out in years.

ahfat41

That’s cheap hourly rate compared to what others are charging.

DanDare999

ahfat41 said:

That’s cheap hourly rate compared to what others are charging.

You seem to have answered your own question then. 

macman

Was this a scheduled call out or an emergency job? Ask him why he's charged you for 2 hours plus if it was a maximum  90 mins.

Risteard

macman said:

Was this a scheduled call out or an emergency job? Ask him why he's charged you for 2 hours plus if it was a maximum  90 mins.

Why? 90 minutes is more than an hour, so at a minimum would be charged as two.

diystarter7

OP
Was it straightforward ie not boxed in?

Slightly steep if you shopped around but
I've noted their hourly rate is often meaningless and often charge per job and I'm happy with that.  (Hourly rates can get you stuff and I run miles from them)

About 120 max and 90 fair for non-boxed-ni cistern. all-round IMO in London, Greater London

PS - Edit =  I'm guessing there was no alterations to any of the pipes, yes?

Doozergirl

I run a company and I wouldn't
be able to get anyone to do anything for less than a half day rate.  

grumbler

Risteard said:

macman said:

Was this a scheduled call out or an emergency job? Ask him why he's charged you for 2 hours plus if it was a maximum  90 mins.

Why? 90 minutes is more than an hour, so at a minimum would be charged as two.

Why just 2, not 3? Half-a-day? Full day?

If you mean the travel time, add it explicitly instead of vaguely rounding up.