2 hours to fix a toilet leak

[opps]

Some do and some dont opps, all sorts out there.

Fair enough, thanks.

I must admit, I have have previously used a multitool to cut through loo seat connectors, and on other occasions kept bending the threaded bolt until it snapped.

 

[just pumps]

Praise the lord for whoever invented the mulitool I say, just wish good blades didnt cost what they do.

 

[Notch7]

a good plumber would do in 1 hour

thats rubbish, a cowboy could do it in half an hour.

 

[yartin]

thats rubbish, a cowboy could do it in half an hour.

thats rubbish a cowboy could do it in 15 mins, have you seen the job?

 

[HERTS P&D]

Yartin, no comment on Pimlico's rates??

Andy

 

[yartin]

Yartin, no comment on Pimlico's rates??

Andy

I have seen them long time ago, are they now £200 vat inc. So what? Big deal, well done to you to spot it, they've been around for ages.
Do you want a trophy medal??

 

[HERTS P&D]

The point is that £80 per hour is reasonable compared to Pimlico.

Andy

 

[Keithmac]

If he's been on the job for 2hrs why shouldn't he get paid 2hrs?.

I was thinking of this today while stuck in an engine.

You could have a set rate for a job (ie major service including valve shimming on a bike), but to make that work you would have to charge some people more than the time actually spent to even out the longer jobs that require camshaft removal to re-shim.

To me that's unfair and that's why we charge per job.

So for the plumber it wasn't a simple in and out 1hr job, he's had to start cutting corroded bolts out (through no fault of his own) so is he supposed to suck the labour time up?.

 

[yartin]

The point is that £80 per hour is reasonable compared to Pimlico.

Andy

It's £80 plus vat = £96
I pay £60 to my plumber, he isn't vat registered, am in greater London inside M25, he quotes me for a job say 2 hours £120, he spends more time but still charges for 2 hours, This is called "fair and not ripped off".
For me £96 is too high when I pay £60.
It depends where you are and you compare it with.

 

[FiremanT]

1½ of those two hours was probably spent playing on his phone posting barking mad conspiracy theory nonsense on internet....

seriously though, probably took up half his day by the time he had spoke to you on the phone,picked up part, travel to your home then back to base, then made out invoice...
£380 a day - 91K a year - 21k to run business (tools vans) so 70K a year -

conclusion - does all sound a bit steep to me.

Your calculations and assumptions reveal that you actually know sod all about running a plumbing busines