Average week on the cards?

[Rickster123]

Evening all, just wondered what you believe to be a fair weeks work for a guy on the cards booking 40 hours a week. I ask because I feel the blokes are being pushed to much at the moment. The work is boiler swaps and or 6 rad combi systems. What should be expected over 5 days?

 

[hammers4spanner]

i would want to be earning £700 per week but i have not worked on the cards for a long time

i would also expect van/fuel/all the gas toys as well

 

[IDCHAPPY]

i would want to be earning £700 per week but i have not worked on the cards for a long time

i would also expect van/fuel/all the gas toys as well

I think he's talking work wise, not wedge wise

A boiler change a day is a fair days graft if it's a straight swap or 2/3 days for a 5/6 rad install.

 

[hammers4spanner]

still depends what the pay is pay crap then get slow production

i would question why oh why would anyone do boiler changes on the cards???

 

[PlumbersMate]

Gotta be 2 day installs on cards IMO

 

[Leo21]

Boiler swap, one bloke one day. Upgrade, bbu out and tanks etc, one bloke two days. Full system two blokes, two days.
The harder they're pushed the rougher the work will be.

 

[Killy Bing]

I might add, the longer they are pushed, the less they will care...

 

[Rickster123]

Boiler swap, one bloke one day. Upgrade, bbu out and tanks etc, one bloke two days. Full system two blokes, two days.
The harder they're pushed the rougher the work will be.

And that's the problem. Jobs are starting to look rushed because the guys are being rushed. One guys been given two full heating systems this week. 6 rads and 8 rads. It's too much. A year back it was a system and a boiler in 5 days. Then it went to a system and 2 boilers. And now this.

 

[Killy Bing]

And that's the problem. Jobs are starting to look rushed because the guys are being rushed. One guys been given two full heating systems this week. 6 rads and 8 rads. It's too much. A year back it was a system and a boiler in 5 days. Then it went to a system and 2 boilers. And now this.

.......from the outside, when companies do this they are either becoming extremely greedy or.........

update your cv adam!

 

[Leo21]

And that's the problem. Jobs are starting to look rushed because the guys are being rushed. One guys been given two full heating systems this week. 6 rads and 8 rads. It's too much. A year back it was a system and a boiler in 5 days. Then it went to a system and 2 boilers. And now this.

Many moons ago, I was doing two six rad systems a week in flats. I was in my late twenties and it nearly killed me. It's just to much! And there was no lift, the flats were three storeys.

 

[Millsy 82]

I came off installs years ago as for what they were paying they expect far too much. Combi swap rad valves in a day. I could do it but for £450 a week before tax not a chance pay me a grand I'll do it with out moaning. Full system was 2 days flat or bungalow 2.5 days average 3 bed house. Those I really struggled with.

 

[Rickster123]

.......from the outside, when companies do this they are either becoming extremely greedy or.........

update your cv adam!

When you've got a face as trustworthy as mine you don't need a cv!

 

[Leo21]

Looks like you got of the tools at the right time Adam!

 

[Rickster123]

Many moons ago, I was doing two six rad systems a week in flats. I was in my late twenties and it nearly killed me. It's just to much! And there was no lift, the flats were three storeys.

But was that price work? These guys are on 30k basic. And overtime is non existent.

 

[Rickster123]

Looks like you got of the tools at the right time Adam!

Hardly. Guys are going mental at me as if it's my fault! Never ending grief!