Little Things You Hate
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Is that all?
Flow-Rider
Burner
I called a plumber out a while ago with the rental, tenant didn't like the rusty braided hose going to toilet cistern and decided to replace it himself, somehow the steel water pipe blocked up with rust. Plumber was there for about an hour and a half, replaced the blocked bit of pipe and got to him to replace some tap washers while he was there and it totalled to $340.
hifiandmtb
Sphincter beanie
Pretty much as it should be, travel time should be funded.
slider_phil
Likes Bikes and Dirt
Yep, we charge for travel. Normal hourly rate plus $1 per kilometre. I've done over 600kms in a day for a single job. That's an easy 6/7hrs of labor plus $600 travel before I even unlock the toolbox 
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
They're a bit more competitive around here.
Dont leave the key at home...Yep, we charge for travel. Normal hourly rate plus $1 per kilometre. I've done over 600kms in a day for a single job. That's an easy 6/7hrs of labor plus $600 travel before I even unlock the toolbox
fatboyonabike
Captain oblivious
that sounds like a stitch upFaith in humanity dented badly again. FIL while I was out agreed to what ended up being a $900 charge for a plumber to spend 3 hours fixing a leaking pipe.
Little steroid abusing fuckwit just got agro when I queried it. Nice work cock head, rip off gullible pensioners for a living.
Was all too late before I realised what had happened
plumbers don't know how to weld pipes anymore, its all crimp these days baby
3 hours to cut and shut with a crimper is taking the piss, who ever said plumbers were dumb, stupid Yes, but dumb no!
in a four year plumbing apprenticeship - its 3 years to learn how to read and write, and one year to learn how to use a pipe crimper!
link1896
Mr Greenfield
Anyone asking me what trade their kids should do, I always say plumber.
Strong unionised workforce, rigid licensing system, never going to be obsolete.
The Roman Empire had plumbing. If civilisation exists in another 1000 years, it will still need plumbing if we aren’t living out the water world movie.
Last decade I was renovating a house and needed to shift the bathroom sinks plumbing around the corner. The plumber left me to bend and extend with flares, both pipes around the corner to the new location. His juniors wanted to do it in poly.
Flow-Rider
Burner
It doesn't even take more than 10 mins to lead sweat a copper join on, the only way I can see someone charging that much is if they had problems with getting access to the pipes and needed to hire other equipment.
Or had a comfortable hourly rate.
Haakon
has an accommodating arse
They’re gross.
Found one on the back of my leg after I found blood in my sleeping bag... I’d sat down in the grass a little earlier icing my bruises and little fucker latched on.
Yuck.
Get onto @rowdyflat, his practice might still use them.
Ticks are way worse, leeches apart from the two legged ones dont bother me. I would set fire to 1 million Ha of forest to kill one tick.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
Given a lot of their work is playing with other people's euphemisms, I don't think plumbers are paid enough. There just isn't enough money in the world to get me keen for that.
Ticks are the seed of Satan.
Fuck you autocorrect. You think you're so clever. Suck an onion.
Ticks are the seed of Satan.
Fuck you autocorrect. You think you're so clever. Suck an onion.
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Flow-Rider
Burner
I'm pretty sure you can report these sorts of pricks to Consumer Affairs Victoria, they were having a crack down on tradies ripping off old folk a few years ago
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Shitters even?
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
Betrayed again.
fatboyonabike
Captain oblivious
I thought you were talking in past tense!