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no theyll turn up and stick a fga in it or do bp and gas rateHow does £30 plus vat work out, time driving, diesel, labour, they going to actually strip and service a boiler for that?
Nobody should ever be on a servoce for longer than 30 mins and thats very generous, otherwise you are charging to much and are trying to justify the fee.
i must be doing it all wrong!! takes me 15mins to find, check the meter and do let-by, sp, wp and gas rate.
i take at least an hour cause thats what i book out for..then try and tout some business.
i know someone who does £15 for landlord cert
Pipes straight, clipped, no runs on solder.
But did you pick up that bit of rubbish between the pipes to the left of the black toolbox before you left?
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This was finished today took 2 days, orignal boiler in kitchen below, run new 28mm gas and fit new Worcester combi. Pipes straight, clipped, no runs on solder. Quick does not mean rough.
i dont have a problem with competition and pricing if your doing a proper job. but this is how i see it.
1. if your prices are low custs will always want that low price.
2. low prices might mean more work but it also means you have to work 2 , 3 , 4 times harder than a guy who's doing 1 service at 2 ,3,4 times the price
3. charging low prices means you will prob mean working life will be a lot longer. i aint working past 60 yrs old less if possible.
4.you'll drive yourself into the ground.
5. why spend all those years training to charge peanuts.
6. i might be a plumber and gas engineer but i'm also a business man not a charity and the name of the game is to make money. i have kids wife mortgage etc. profit isnt a dirty word.
i charge £60.00 an hour labour even more out of hours and look to make a min £600 clear on a straight swap boiler change with powerflushing charged extra. i might not get loads of boilers swaps but i get enough to be comfortable and do plenty repairs and servicing.
i aint the busiest in the world in these hard times but im doing alright but when this slump does eventually end my prices will be same bar inflationary pressures. so my custs wont be expecting cheap prices. i get a lot of repeat business and recommendations.
I think if your confident in your own abilities then charge what you want
.This maybe why you aint busy, if you charge less or advertise at a lower price you will get more work. Then you can charge £40 per hour but be working 40 hours a week instead of 10 or 20. Just a thought.
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with the greatest of respect i dont think you have understood the point i am trying to make.
whats the point of being busy if your making peanuts or just surviving. i would say i'm doing on average 30 hours a week plumbing excluding all the other crap we have to do.
and just to clear things up it was in no way intended at anyone directly just my thoughts . i do a fair bit out of hours work so i can on a bad week work 10-20 in week and still clear a decent whack.
example last saturday hebden bridge flooded. cust calls wanted all gas checking as meter had been under 8 ft of water in the cellar. checked everything out all ok after checking water heater, cooker,meter etc( didnt really expect any problems) then property either side asked to me do same whilst i was there. i told em all price all custs happy as insurance were paying 5 hours later 600 quid richer.
This was finished today took 2 days, orignal boiler in kitchen below, run new 28mm gas and fit new Worcester combi. Pipes straight, clipped, no runs on solder. Quick does not mean rough.
Good on you, nobody on here can tell anybody what to charge, the ones who are moan ing are worried they may have to work for a living soon.
For most self employed people, being work shy is not an issue, it's a fair price for the job most tradesmen want,
this forum is full of people moaning that there's no work and that prices of jobs are falling.
it's the people who do servicing for £30, that are causing prices to fall, if everyone charged say £80 for a service, then thats what the customer would have to pay.
cost cutting only benefits the customers
Excellent point, There should be a standard price all over the country for servicing, will never happen, but there should be.
Sadly there are law's against price fixing.
Really! Is that why all the big players are within a few quid of each other with their prices.
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