A bit of fun, guess the quote

[Dustydazzler]

He might have 3 office staff and 6 vans on road..

Come to think of it he did actually look a bit like Rod Stewart wearing a bad wig and talked with a cockney accent

 

[Dustydazzler]

My pricing must be way off now I reckon, if wet pants are quoting £175-200 per hour the world has been spun in its head

 

[UNG]

So second wet pants + his carpenter buddy wanted nearly £3000 to fit a loo , sink and do a bit of flooring
think I will be using first wet pants

How big is this bathroom, 3 grand sounds a bit excessive

 

[Dustydazzler]

How big is this bathroom, 3 grand sounds a bit excessive

Tiny , 2m x 2m usable floor space

bath is staying put, wife ordered a new side board type toilet / sink vanity she wants plumber in and new flooring

I think £3000 for 2 days Labour is too steep even for my area as we are suppling the actual flooring as well

 

[PEG]

If the two that turn up,are Roger Bisby,and Robin Clevett......it's a bargain....i'd pay ?

 

[Intoelectrics]

So second wet pants + his carpenter buddy wanted nearly £3000 to fit a loo , sink and do a bit of flooring

think I will be using first wet pants

If I was still in the trade of fitting kitchens and bathrooms I'd travel down and do you this myself. Assuming it's as straightforward as 2 days for a tradesman and his mate, then I'd be charging around £900 - £1100 labour only, and including travel & one night stop over.

 

[i=p/u]

Yous old coffin Dodgers just dont like to pay

 

[Dave Appleby]

Wren just quoted one of my customers £400 to put 5 sockets back on as part of a kitchen fit! Everything already in place, just the three connections each.

My reaction was disbelief. My day rate is £240, or £60 for first hr then £30 after. £400 is extraction the urine. Especially as we know it's not going to be a sparks who does it.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Wren just quoted one of my customers £400 to put 5 sockets back on as part of a kitchen fit! Everything already in place, just the three connections each.

My reaction was disbelief. My day rate is £240, or £60 for first hr then £30 after. £400 is extraction the urine. Especially as we know it's not going to be a sparks who does it.

the independent kitchen company I work for charge £750 a day + materials to the customer for electrical alterations, I think the gas man to connect / move any gas pipes is something batty like £500 per half day.

my sister was just quoted £24,000 by howdens to fit a new kitchen , Labour rates must be in excess of £1000 per day

 

[DPG]

the independent kitchen company I work for charge £750 a day + materials to the customer for electrical alterations, I think the gas man to connect / move any gas pipes is something batty like £500 per half day.

my sister was just quoted £24,000 by howdens to fit a new kitchen , Labour rates must be in excess of £1000 per day

Unbelievable figures them.

 

[Intoelectrics]

the independent kitchen company I work for charge £750 a day + materials to the customer for electrical alterations, I think the gas man to connect / move any gas pipes is something batty like £500 per half day.

my sister was just quoted £24,000 by howdens to fit a new kitchen , Labour rates must be in excess of £1000 per day

OMG! This is scandalous, I spat out my coffee in disbelief!

 

[UNG]

the independent kitchen company I work for charge £750 a day + materials to the customer for electrical alterations, I think the gas man to connect / move any gas pipes is something batty like £500 per half day.

my sister was just quoted £24,000 by howdens to fit a new kitchen , Labour rates must be in excess of £1000 per day

So what is the material / labour split on that £24,000 and what is the contribution to the chairman and chief execs bonus

 

[ipf]

the independent kitchen company I work for charge £750 a day + materials to the customer for electrical alterations, I think the gas man to connect / move any gas pipes is something batty like £500 per half day.

my sister was just quoted £24,000 by howdens to fit a new kitchen , Labour rates must be in excess of £1000 per day

That's a quote worthy of Winston Churchill.

 

[Dustydazzler]

That's a quote worthy of Winston Churchill.

scary thing is she nearly went with it and was seconds away from signing the order when she called me ask if imo was it a fair price

I told her NO, £24 grand is way expensive and to shop around

we did out kitchen 5 years ago using an independent company for £6500 and our kitchen is the same sizes

 

[ipf]

Ridiculous. Sounded like it was for Blenheim Palace.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Ridiculous. Sounded like it was for Blenheim Palace.

nope , standard 3 bed mid terrace in Guildford

 

[Dave Appleby]

nope , standard 3 bed mid terrace in Guildford

Well that explains it ?

 

[i=p/u]

Get the money out of dusty wallet.

 

[Dustydazzler]

So , took the day off today and fitted my new sink / toilet unity unit

quite a fiddly faffy job as had to cut several bits out of the back of each unit (so bought myself a new jigsaw) so for the pipes to come across but apart from that it went in fine

now all that’s left is to pull up the old flooring , lay new 5mm ply as instructed by the flooring company in readyness for the new LVT

saved myself over £1000 in Labour

Who Needs a Wet Pants

 

[UNG]

saved myself over £1000 in Labour

And probably a better job as well

 

[Dustydazzler]

And probably a better job as well

100% better

the reason for charging the vanity as the original wet pants whom fitted it 3 years ago bodged it (he cut the pan connector pipe too short, rather than buy a new pipe he stuck 2 sections together with some sort of tape and mastic everywhere so eventually we had a slow drip leak which had dripped inside the unit eventually blowing all the wood at the bottom and rotted the plinth)

useless wetpants and he wasn’t cheap either

 

[Dustydazzler]

I will say I thoroughly underestimated how long it would take , I started at 8.00 this morning ripping out and didn’t have the new toilet and sink back in and fully finished until about 6 this evening

I honestly thought I would have taken 3 to 4 hours max , but took more like 10 hours

it would have been a full day for wet pants I reckon

 

[UNG]

I will say I thoroughly underestimated how long it would take , I started at 8.00 this morning ripping out and didn’t have the new toilet and sink back in and fully finished until about 6 this evening

I honestly thought I would have taken 3 to 4 hours max , but took more like 10 hours

it would have been a full day for wet pants I reckon

But how much time was spent / lost going and getting the bits you needed because you didn't have them on your van.