Emergency call out

[Deleted member 294929]

Just put this on the Combustion Chamber

See what you the general public think.

I just had a call fella me, he was fitting a radiator and now has a leak he can't stop. I said £150.00 for first hour. If it goes into a 2nd hour then I'll charge £150.00 ÷ 4.


He turned his nose up... too expensive do you think?

 

[noseall]

I don't think that's an emergency, sorry. That job could be tended to in regular hours along with a shallow water catching vessel beneath the drip.

 

[Mottie]

It's not like we're in the depth of winter and he's going to freeze.

 

[Deleted member 294929]

He was capable of draining the system he could wait until Tuesday.

 

[noseall]

Proper emergency (Friday) fixed by heroic builder armed with duct tape. Eat your heart out plumbers.....

Oops1

• noseall
• 30 Apr 2022

 

[transam]

Proper emergency (Friday) fixed by heroic builder armed with duct tape. Eat your heart out plumbers.....

Oops1

• noseall
• 30 Apr 2022

gas leak ? Than

 

[gas112]

fixed by same builder that caused it . could be a 700 quid bill coming to someone depending on depth

 

[noseall]

fixed by same builder that caused it . could be a 700 quid bill coming to someone depending on depth

Nah, got it done for free in the end.

My protogé put the bolster (on the breaker) through it. When they came out they said they'd have to charge although in mitigation, we could counter claim that the pipe was not deep enough as it was at less than 350mm. In the end, I sent a picce of the fellas working on it to a bloke I know and they changed their mind. They put it through as a dodgy connection.

Oops2

• noseall
• 30 Apr 2022

Oops3

• noseall
• 30 Apr 2022

 

[HERTS P&D]

It's not like we're in the depth of winter and he's going to freeze.

No, but he might flood his house if he can not turn the water off.

Andy

 

[Deleted member 294929]

No, but he might flood his house if he can not turn the water off.

Andy

He said to me he will drain it down. So it wasn't really an emergency..

 

[Justin Passing]

No, but he might flood his house if he can not turn the water off.
Andy

Unlikely you wouldn't be able to turn the heating water off, though.

I would have thought the distance would come into it as it's your only call. £150/hr sounds on the high side, if he's an Ocado deliverer earning £11/hr. What's your normal rate?

 

[noseall]

£150/hr sounds on the high side

What, for emergency call out? Not especially considering Bodds area.

 

[Justin Passing]

Why, where is he, Liverpool?

 

[noseall]

Why, where is he, Liverpool?

Sarf East

 

[Justin Passing]

Yes highish. Pimlico are £160, central London. For the B/H - I just looked.