plumber cost per day?

Given that a lot of places are charging £30+ an hour (most small garages that I frequent), yes probably. I don't know enough about the work to say whether 4 days is reasonable. Possibly a bit long but it depends on things like waste pipes, probably, more than water supply.

-- Malc

I always work out what the anual sallry is, and compare it to mine, then decide.

So 200 quid a day, *5 is a grand a week, 40 weeks work a year is 40 grand a year, minus employers costs (van, tools, tax, insurance, accountants, training etc etc), the most his sallary is is 30 grand a year. Less than a train driver, so probably a good deal.

Rick

Heck!

In article , Mary Fisher writes

Yeap your in the wrong job

"r.p.mcmurphy" wrote | had a plumber round today to give me a quote to fit a new | bathroom to the room next to our old bathroom. he recons | on 4 days work @ £200 per day with me helping, supplying | the suite and a fair amount of the pipe and fittings. | what do you chaps recon...is it a fair cost?

Owain

"Mary Fisher" wrote | > ... the most his sallary is is 30 grand a year. | £600 a week? | Heck!

Still not enough to get a mortgage for a first time buyer in many parts of the country though. Perspective and all that.

Owain.

Depends on a day and how far he has to travel. I'd have expected a bit of discount on his normal daily rate for four days.

I'm not, I'm a pensioner.

I've obviously lost touch with Real Life. But we never had that sort of equivalent income and we never went short of what we needed ...

Mary

It seems like chicken and egg situation ... :-(

Mary

Also, that assumes that the guy works every week of the year. There are going to be weeks where he doesn't have any jobs on and therefore isn't earning.

Also the poor, overworked sod will probably want at least 4 weeks holiday per year.

I'd say £200/day is about right.

sPoNiX

I thought there were 52 weeks in a year, not 40. B-)

You'd cover that by an hourly rate?

I'd expect some discount for what is nearer a week.

When did they change that?!

;)

sPoNiX

Tax & Insurance? lol :-)

Seems a lot but it's all supply & demand, it's not easy getting hold of tradesmen. I'd get a quote to do the whole job rather than pay a day rate and get him to include the fittings with you paying for the suite only. 4 days seems too long just to plumb in fittings to a bathroom (especially if you're helping). A professional should be able to do it in 2 days.

Various other people have posted already.

I was going to add that you should check that he has indemnity insurance.

Don't touch any tradesman that isn't insured.

Graham

How much do chickens earn?

Arthur

About double what mine charges...actually I seem to get him free after I recommended him to a friend for a BIG kitchen/bathroom job...

Depends where they are in the pecking order.