Frederick Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I was talking to a guy today with a son who is a London based plumber / heating engineer ...he is worried about his sons future with family mortgage etc as when once he could expect 6 months work on his book he now only has 6 weeks work booked ahead ...He is angry as his estimates are being ignored and people are turning more and more to having cheaper jobs done by our visitors from the Baltic.... I didnt ask if the holiday to Bermuda this year would have to be cancelled ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaud Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Six weeks booked ahead is not bad, how many people want to wait six months for their plumber / heating engineer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 Thats just what I thought Renaud ....but its the new house builds estimates that he is not getting accepted now for fitting the central heating systems ....the firms planning and building the houses are using Baltic plumbers now ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastines Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Amazing how they know UK regs and get Corgi registered so quick. I wonder how long the guarantee lasts? Mind you, our plumber mamaged to have at least one leak per job,"Must be a faulty part/joint/valve". One on renovation job in Bournemouth I thought I'd try to get another plumber on board our team and phoned 6 for quotes on a complete re-plumb. 2 bathrooms/kitchen/central heating and drainage.Clean site and ready to go. 4 didn't ever turn up,one said it wasn't the sort of plumbing he did and one quoted £4000.oo more than our regular chap. If I return to earth I shall train as a plumber or perhaps a telephone engineer,the tool box is smaller.Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaud Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 We had a girl who spoke Polish living with us whilst next door was renovated by a Polish team. She overheard several conversations like:'Where does this go?"'Dunno, stick it anywhere, they will never know'Eventually they got fired and another company repaired their work. Frederick, your friend's son needs to ask the main contractors what are the going rates, then decide if he wants to match them. If not there seems still to be a huge demand for plumbers hired directly by householders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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