Why I hate small jobs in a nutshell

[helpsy]

yeah, I am curious too, bought a dewalt impact driver from screwfix last week, can I use it to blast nuts off or is this dangerous??

If I can get the picture off of my phone, I would post on here....or I can email to someone who can then post it on here.

 

[solutions]

yeah, I am curious too, bought a dewalt impact driver from screwfix last week, can I use it to blast nuts off or is this dangerous??

Blast your nuts off as much as you like, just be carefull you dont go blind.

 

[cr0ft]

i just cut one side with my fein. back nut isn't so tight then......

This one was an old brass back nut. I've used the Fein before to cut plastic ones that are tight but does it cut brass ones?

 

[WaterTight]

i use my bosch multi-tool to cut of close-coupling wc bolts all the time.going through a backnut would take longer but presumably do-able. oh so much fun though.

 

[Ermintrude]

I smash bath, taps off in seconds

 

[Phil]

This one was an old brass back nut. I've used the Fein before to cut plastic ones that are tight but does it cut brass ones?

Yes...bi-metal blade and a case of just hacking at the nut in whatever place it will fit into and then spiting the nut with a chisel.

 

[WHPES]

I tend to have a backlog of small jobs which I can do in between larger ones or whilst waiting for stuff to be delivered so you aren't non-productive. Yes some small jobs can be a pain but I give them an hourly rate and tell them it will probably be so long but at worst can be so long etc. Thats the rate, take it or leave it......

 

[cr0ft]

Yes...bi-metal blade and a case of just hacking at the nut in whatever place it will fit into and then spiting the nut with a chisel.

Interesting. I grudge paying full price for Fein blades. Luckily I have the old style Fein that accepts cheap blades off Ebay. Got 40 wood blades for it on Ebay for £60recently. Will look for bi-metal blades on there too. Cheers.

 

[mickie]

you think 60 is cheap, me too, i lost 95% of my work from a company today by a man who is doing jobs like this for £35.. he must live in a mud hut.. i hate the north east..

 

[kay-jay]

i love jobbing, much more money for much less effort.
ok so occasionally you get a pain in the bum job, but you will win far more than you lose.

 

[Ermintrude]

It's odd everyone seems to make money in different places. I seem to make a significantly higher margin per day doing installs than jobbing about, servicing or repairs - perhaps too cheap on the latter?

 

[Leo21]

I like to do a mixture, an install early in the week and then jobbing to fill the gaps. I'm far to fluxed to nothing but installs. And it's nice to wind down the week jobbing.

 

[cr0ft]

I make much more money on installs than small repairs and servicing. I enjoy putting in my own work more than fixing other people's as well to be honest. Less stressful.

 

[Leo21]

I make much more money on installs than small repairs and servicing. I enjoy putting in my own work more than fixing other people's as well to be honest. Less stressful.

You need to price your small jobs better!

 

[Ermintrude]

Small jobs suck. Mono block in our main bathroom come loose, tightened up and the 4p mmonoblock back washer crumpled. Any ideas where I can get one Saturday pm?

 

[kay-jay]

Make one up ermi

 

[helpsy]

I have a tub that i put things in like that when I remove old item and keep in van along with things like pump screws.

 

[stevetheplumber]

i have a tub that i put things in like that when i remove old item and keep in van along with things like pump screws.

ive carried the center screw from a gunfoss pump around for the last twenty years since the day i dropped one down a hole in the floor of an airing cupboard

 

[Ermintrude]

I have a tub that i put things in like that when I remove old item and keep in van along with things like pump screws.

Wanna drop one off for me

 

[solutions]

ive carried the center screw from a gunfoss pump around for the last twenty years since the day i dropped one down a hole in the floor of an airing cupboard

And you wont need it till the day you dont have it. Maybe we should start wearing parts jewelry to ward off the dropped screw between the floor boards or down the soil pipe JuJu?

 

[Leo21]

My favourite is vent nipples firing off into the ether. Specially the ones in airing cupboards.

 

[Ermintrude]

Test nippers in dark when it's cold with consealed box and gravel

 

[Leo21]

Test nippers in dark when it's cold with consealed box and gravel

Ermy my old fruit, what are you in about?

 

[cr0ft]

You need to price your small jobs better!

If I price any more than £60 + VAT for 1st hour customer will run a mile.

At that price all the running around (to me) getting bits etc is just not worth it.

 

[Ermintrude]

Ermy my old fruit, what are you in about?

Meter test nipple, meter located in a semi concealed meter box. The box surrounded by gravel it's cold and dark and you drop nipple, nine in van and it's past 6pm