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  1. hammers4spanner

    Ball park figure for this job?

    So you ask for a reply on opinions on pricing and dislike an opinion? Why bother asking if you only want to hear that your price was right ?
  2. hammers4spanner

    Taking deposit on jobs

    This wwas the funny bit as anyone who said take a deposit was lamblasted about poor cashflow.
  3. hammers4spanner

    Taking deposit on jobs

    My local rag had article about how a local builder went into liquidation after taking a large deposit on a job. End result the customers are skint and left with a property in disrepair. The comment section has remarks about how any decent company would never take a deposit. Also how builders...
  4. hammers4spanner

    Ball park figure for this job?

    Sorry but i think 7 k is dear for a shower room, it depends on area but after that coving incident your charging top whack here for standard work imo.
  5. hammers4spanner

    When customers insist they want a quote for a small job

    I always say i want 100 quid to do it then plus materials on top of that.
  6. hammers4spanner

    Ball park figure for this job?

    I done one similar last year , they supplied tray , screen,toilet,about 18 m2 of tiles which were hard as hell,wall mounted vanity, mixer shower, towel rail. I was 3 k labour plus whatever my materials were . I got stung by the tiler on that one said he wanted 25 per square meter then...
  7. hammers4spanner

    Ball park figure for this job?

    Also are yhey supplying much?
  8. hammers4spanner

    Ball park figure for this job?

    Sounds quite a small shower room , what is the access like up to the loft and parking outside property ?
  9. hammers4spanner

    Self employed/ contracting gas work

    Biggest new build site in the southwest of england is just up the road for me and it looks awfull. Be fun when electric cars come in and need charging lol
  10. hammers4spanner

    Self employed/ contracting gas work

    Thats why i said become an approved one get full rate of pay . Friend does it earns a packet and you get paid on completion. Earns couple k a week but like u say he has to jump through alot of hoops
  11. hammers4spanner

    Self employed/ contracting gas work

    Contractor but an approved one direct to them ,
  12. hammers4spanner

    Self employed/ contracting gas work

    Go direct to homeserve , need to jump through a fair few hoops and paperwork excercise but pays alot if you can be bothered.
  13. hammers4spanner

    Running water main externally in a sleeve

    Personally i would walk away sounds like it would look a bag of s***. Wouldnt want to put my name to that imho. Another note i always laugh when expensive laminate is everywhere and you get a request to look at a job where you cant access pipes.
  14. hammers4spanner

    Feeling very low indeed...

    I read somewhere few months back that plumb and gas is the most stressfull trade in the UK. Unreasonable demands from public and management causes most of it. I recently went back on the books just to remind myself how utterly awfull having a boss is . We all go through the cycle of fed up with...
  15. hammers4spanner

    Glow worm betcom 4. Making noises

    I wouldn't, Will point finger at all sorts
  16. hammers4spanner

    Labour only quote please

    Their will be other trades on site so take into account delays I was thinking 12 k labour
  17. hammers4spanner

    Labour only quote please

    3 flats and full house labour quote please or v rough guess Flats include Full rip out of existing supplies . New gas and water supply to each flat Full first fix heating plus hot colds 1 combi in each flat 6 rads in each flat Bathroom each flat , bog,basin ,shower tray En suite each flat...
  18. hammers4spanner

    Do you quote for small jobs?

    40 quid call out blimey you're cheap
  19. hammers4spanner

    That was a joke of you wasn’t it...

    Blimey still going on
  20. hammers4spanner

    That's me done now blah blah

    What i did notice is how it has changed to how they jazz it up. We give you a new phone , a tablet and a new van but you cant use it out of hours. Then next day fleet management comes in tells you about the traker and what it does but we dont monitor you but it does go on a system for your...

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