Standard.
no doubt the final bill would be £900
Whatever your emergency rate is for a Saturday evening, that’s what it is…it could take you away from time with your family….that’s worth more than £150
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I have been to many properties where the home owner didn't have a clue in where their stop tap was or even been able to turn it off as it hasn't been touched for years.
Andy
I have the keys for a few of my neighbours houses. My next door but one was away on a cruise a few weeks ago and the neighbour in between us told me that water was dripping out of both her overflows (I assume one was the cold water storage tank and the other the central heating header tank - I wasn't going up in the loft though). I couldn't turn her mains tap off under the sink because I couldn't get to it - there was a hole in the unit back board but it was nowhere near the tap. I ended up turning it off in the street at the meter. I turned it back on the day she came home. Saw her the other day and she said she got a plumber in and she said she 'had to have both tanks replaced'. Pointless talking to her as she's in her seventies and knows nothing about plumbing things. She'd never be able to turn her water off in an emergency.
Some relatives of mine came around mid-last week. We were talking about professions, kids going to uni and going for a worthless degree. This family is uni orientated especially the dad who is a professor. One of their children went to uni, got a worthless degree and is still out of work as he does not know what he wants to do but had talked about "hands-on work." The mother stated he liked making things. I asked them if they agreed that most people work to make money and a nice life they agreed. So I said why not talk to him about becomeing a plumber as its easy as he is clever, good with his hands
and does not want to be working in an office. I also told them how much some plumbers charge and that their sone could work two days a week in london and easily make 1k.
Our regular plumber for a good 20 years retired after ill health. Some said he was expensive as the family used him as well. In my judgement, he was not cheap and certainly not expensive. A few weeks ago we wanted 2 horizon rads repositioned to vertical to accommodate new furniture. The prices we got were shocking. Evetually got someone from Heros inc guarantee vat ect paid 135 plus 30 for parts ie no chrome fittings/connectors
From my own personal experience electricians and plumbers make a load of money, in London at least
and does not want to be working in an office. I also told them how much some plumbers charge and that their sone could work two days a week in london and easily make 1k.
Our regular plumber for a good 20 years retired after ill health. Some said he was expensive as the family used him as well. In my judgement, he was not cheap and certainly not expensive. A few weeks ago we wanted 2 horizon rads repositioned to vertical to accommodate new furniture. The prices we got were shocking. Evetually got someone from Heros inc guarantee vat ect paid 135 plus 30 for parts ie no chrome fittings/connectors
From my own personal experience electricians and plumbers make a load of money, in London at least
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Yer, but I would respectfully suggest that you don't want to shut the stop tap in order to drain either a sealed system or a gravity fed one.
Me too. It's the first question I ask before putting the digger bucket in the ground i.e. "is your road stop tap working ok?..."
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I would also respectfully suggest that it is a great way to prevent water from entering onto the property footprint.
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Should tell her to get one if these when she had her tanks replaced
Surestop Stopcock With Remote Switch 15mm
https://www.screwfix.com/p/surestop-remote-stop-cock-push-fit-15mm/48604
They are so easy. I fit a few of them
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The thing is not many people want to do emergency work. Most definitely 2am on a cold Tuesday morning.
Get it right there is money to be made but its not everyone's cup of tea.
I will help people out if they have water coming through the ceiling at 3am. I'm not god I need paying a decent amount to do so it's just not worth doing otherwise.
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I had a fella call me Boxing day blocked toilet...
I said to the fella that I don't really do drainage "is it your only toilet" yes he said and his son was over for Christmas.
Andy (HERTS P&D)had already told me that he's not back until the 27th.
So I said I'll be with you in 15 minutes. Its £ 150 for first hour. (1st hour is normally enough to get someone out of trouble)
"Yes please" he said.
It took me two minutes. He was happy his son was happy.
He had called another fella who quoted £500 because it was boxing day..
I may not be God but I will not take the píss. During Lock down I never increased my prices... some did.
I said to the fella that I don't really do drainage "is it your only toilet" yes he said and his son was over for Christmas.
Andy (HERTS P&D)had already told me that he's not back until the 27th.
So I said I'll be with you in 15 minutes. Its £ 150 for first hour. (1st hour is normally enough to get someone out of trouble)
"Yes please" he said.
It took me two minutes. He was happy his son was happy.
He had called another fella who quoted £500 because it was boxing day..
I may not be God but I will not take the píss. During Lock down I never increased my prices... some did.
I'll ask her when I see her again. Hopefully the plumber that fitted them sorted out her stopcock too. For some reason, a 3" hole had been made in the backboard of the sink unit but it was too high - I could only just see just the tip of the stopcock handle so was unable to get my hand on it either through the hole or from underneath the unit. Just needed a bigger, lower hole cut.
