[luther1]

Are you sure you didn't just wet the bed?

[weetot]

I just love these Plumbing bogs....eh ...I mean ..blogs!

[martinsadie]

have you wet the bed 

[sparklebright]

I was two hours later to a customers house than they expected and they moaned, and I said
"I'm not a dentist, I don't make appointments" She didn't laugh. Oops!

[windowswashed]

If your bathroom is above your leaking kitchen ceiling I would advise re-sealing your bath/shower tray with silicon as it is probably the main reason your ceiling is leaking. Best advise: switch water off at mains and let a plumber resolve your leaking pipe.

[MNWC]

Tosh

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[GWCS]

So... 

what was it, what was the cause?

[simon knight]

Turns out it was a joint in a pipe leading to the bedroom rad that had become corroded. 3 floorboards up, a quick bit of soldering (or whatever they do to stop leaks) and £80 later (around 1 1/2 hrs work) it was sorted.  Except of course the big damp patch downstairs but I can live with it until Mrs K finally nags me enough to repaint.

[Oakley Windows]

Same rate as the slackers on here then 

[GWCS]

he took, about £54 per hour on that job.

If you look at it with business sense, say he pay's himself 30p for every pound taken he "earned" £24 total so approx £16 per hour.

The rest went into company funds.. Thats about right for any trades person running a legitimate business properly.

[simon knight]

he took, about £54 per hour on that job.

If you look at it with business sense, say he pay's himself 30p for every pound taken he "earned" £24 total so approx £16 per hour.

The rest went into company funds.. Thats about right for any trades person running a legitimate business properly.

I certainly had no problem with his charge..in fact I was expecting more!

To me with plumbers electricians, plasterers etc they can charge more per hour because the jobs they do tend to be one-offs. With us it's on-going regular work
(in theory).

Also (dare I say it) plumbing and the like is more skilled work. I charge £25ish ph which for what I do is sensible imo. I know a lot on here charge more (and good luck to them) but I feel that the £50ph merchants must be always looking over their shoulders for the undercutter to come along.

[GWCS]

You say you look to take £25/hr but how much to you pay yourself? and how much goes back into the company?

[simon knight]

Company?

I reckon of the £25 most will be profit as I'm trad with 99% of my round within a mile radius of my home. Take off 30% in bees wax and I'm left with around £17ph net.

[Oakley Windows]

I find the view of some on here kinda odd when it comes to discussions on business management.

How do GWCS work out that the plumber would want to plough back 66% of his  businesses income back into the business?

Lets say for simplicity sake this guy brings in £60,000. Are you seriously suggesting he is going to want to plough back 40K on an annual basis year on year, year after year?

Buggered if I can see it.

I wouldnt want to do that. Id invest some, but not 40K every year. What on? Plumbing  magazines?

[GWCS]

It was just an example - i dont know for sure.

Im sure we all have expensive insurance public liability, vehicle etc, vehicle servicing and motoring related costs, equipment replacement or new equipment, advertising (flyers, newspaper, yell etc) fuel, vehicle replacement (over time), training, uniforms, accountant fees, tax, IT (computer, printers, hand held palms), stationary.. yada yada...

then you may want to think about taking staff on, and have to budget for them too.

[scud]

  I'd guess that if you paid him cash it has gone into his sky, he didn't need to supply any materials for the job so it will just dissapear.