combi to combi £800 fitted

[kirkgas]

All I can say if you can supply and Finnish the instal for that money I will give you a job

there are tons of guys who can do a combi swap in 3-5 hrs so £300-400 for that kind of money is not too bad, wait till tam sees this thread he used to do boilers in half a shift, mind you that was in the 70's when he was fit

 

[tamz]

He'll end up wasting his own time as surely the punters are not that stupid to fall for this advert

There was a woman on last week who got a boiler service for cheap through a groupon ad. It ended up with a bill for £1300 to fix a leak!
That is some big footwork lol

 

[johnnyplumb]

there are tons of guys who can do a combi swap in 3-5 hrs so £300-400 for that kind of money is not too bad, wait till tam sees this thread he used to do boilers in half a shift, mind you that was in the 70's when he was fit

aye, i've seen the 3hr boiler swappers, most leave right mess.

 

[quality]

Yeh I agree but I am not into that in and out thing (age probably) I like to do my thing my way if it takes 1 or 2 or 3 hours then so be it
PS I am not sure if I am as strong as tamz as I used to drag the old boilers not lift them

 

[gaspastemania]

its easily done in 3-5 hours and the place is often left cleaner than when i first go in !
To be honest if your taking 8/9 hours to do a combi combi swap then you must spend half the day looking at the job rather than actually working !!

 

[kirkgas]

aye, i've seen the 3hr boiler swappers, most leave right mess.

ooohhh tam will bite you for this comment, i'm telling you there are tons of guys who can/could do it, and leave a top class job, depoends whats in and what goes in, its all about being organised, doing one thing on auto pilot, starting the next one with one hand and thinking about the thing after that, loads of guys in a 2 man team used to do a great one day install on an indirect system with a new cylinder and control pack, with F&E tank in the loft and quite often a new BBU

 

[tamz]

Can still do them in a day with a powerflush, gas upgrade, condensate, and wash the dishes!

Fit to drap!

On the other hand i'm doing a bbu to regular swap for an old couple atm so had to keep the heat on for them.
Yesterday hung the boiler and ran the pipes just ready to T in, new pump and S plan on and gas run halfway while the boy played at powerflushing and blethered to the old guy.
Cut the old one off today and swapped the pipes about, wired it up and got it running by about 3.
Take the old fire and boiler out tomorrow and brick up and plaster the fireplace.

Sometimes you just need to pace yourself :smile:

 

[johnnyplumb]

if your working on less than a £200 profit margin, you would need to be doing them in 3-5hrs better to charge more and spend longer at it.

 

[mak]

Anyone can be a "busy fool"

 

[Halesowen1]

Charge more and stay longer??
Better to get to the next job I say.

 

[quality]

if your working on less than a £200 profit margin, you would need to be doing them in 3-5hrs better to charge more and spend longer at it.

You may have missed the £ was replaced by %

 

[johnnyplumb]

Charge more and stay longer??
Better to get to the next job I say.

customers like to think there money has been well spent. stay longer, charge more and everyones happy.

 

[Halesowen1]

I worked on the EAGA contract a couple of years back, I reckon for a straight combi swap, 4 hours is average, thats all on my own, no flushing, just drain down, cut off pipework, remove and fit new boiler then repipe, fill and test. If you are taking longer on price work you aint gonna earn any money, many a time I used to fit my next days boiler too and have the next day off.
I must say though that if i have a good price in for the job, I make it last the day.

 

[Halesowen1]

Many customers know you are messing about making the job longer, and would rather you hurry up and go so they can have the doors shut and keep warm.

 

[Halesowen1]

£800 minus 20% tax etc. Leaves him £640, it is impossible to be doing for that. So it must be a con, either they are not Worcester or Vokera or price is wrong.

 

[gaspastemania]

customers like to think there money has been well spent. stay longer, charge more and everyones happy.

sit in the van and have a siesta then pop back in later for a brew etc etc till 4 o clock then

 

[johnnyplumb]

I worked on the EAGA contract a couple of years back, I reckon for a straight combi swap, 4 hours is average, thats all on my own, no flushing, just drain down, cut off pipework, remove and fit new boiler then repipe, fill and test. If you are taking longer on price work you aint gonna earn any money, many a time I used to fit my next days boiler too and have the next day off.
I must say though that if i have a good price in for the job, I make it last the day.

thats the key words hear good price for the job & make it last

 

[johnnyplumb]

thats the key words hear good price for the job & make it last

when the price no good the jobs no good

 

[johnnyplumb]

£800 minus 20% tax etc. Leaves him £640, it is impossible to be doing for that. So it must be a con, either they are not Worcester or Vokera or price is wrong.

maybe the boilers fell of a lorry

 

[Halesowen1]

Thats nowadays as I work for myself and do now contract or subby work.
But you cannot be on a combi swap more than half a day when working for companies. I know guys who are doing combi swaps for firms now for as little as £120, and they reckon other firms are paying less.