Is this a fair price

[Legion]

Can`t have been very tasty if you had to drink 4 pints an hour. EEEEEEEE.

 

[Whitespirit66]

When I was doing privates @ the weekend as an apprentice...it was 4 pints an hour

It usually depends on whose privates you're doing, and what you're doing to them.

 

[Whitespirit66]

Mate of mine has asked me to install a dishwasher into a utility room next to his kitchen. There is no plumbing in that room. So i will need to run pipework from the kitchen cold mains, through the wall into the utility room. I then need to connect this up to the dishwasher. The I will need to go through the wall, install a waste upstand and out into the outside drainage.

I'm looking at charging £120 for this job (pipework and fittings, waste fittings etc included). Is this a fair price?

Note: just to add, i've called several local plumbers and got 5 estimates.

1) £450

2) £300

3) £270

4) £250

5) £150

Why such variation in the prices?

Quote number one either thinks you're an MP, or doesn't want the job. If its straightforward, then £150 is near the money. Maybe a bit more if its a bit of a slog.

 

[Whitespirit66]

Re. mates rates.

A few years ago, when I passed out of plumbing college, I did loads of mates/family jobs. Didn't earn anything really, but good experience. For some reason, I found that I had a lot more mates then.

However, the novelty of working for beer soon wears off, and there's nothing like getting reasonably well paid for a job well done. I do very few mates rates jobs now.

 

[namsag]

Ripping out a fire and ch back boiler(already drained) in morning mates rates £30 but she has a crackin pair of thruppeny bits.

 

[glasgowgas]

thruppeny bits.

or Parkhead Smiddies

 

[bengasman]

.... but she has a crackin pair of thruppeny bits.

All mates are equal, but some.........

 

[holty]

im surprised at those prices.just the fact that 3 weeks ago we did a call out. basis 45+vat and materials. anyway in all 70£ job.yet i used one of them stupid plastic y pieces.guess what i tested the fecker to death yet 4 hours after i left it still managed to blow off causing 3 flats worth of damage. lesson learnt. well worth the poxy 70 quid.