retired_little.splash

not enough money to buy himself a decent fitting outfit

retired_Rynny

i thought that we had no plumbers then everyone saw it as easy money so now (or in the near future) we will be inundated with plumbers?

retired_fabricodalacosta

Not for a while yet, I reckon - which is why many plumbers can charge £70-80 an hour for call outs.

retired_shannon

The money's good a weeks work can sometimes amount to paying a whole month's worth of bills and food...hours are long but if your in a position that you can do the hours you want it's alright.

It's over-rated that you can earn over 70k-100k a year...as I think that figure is really derived from plumbers who only take on the big lucrative jobs like new installations and contracted work...and those who put expensive pieces of kit into people's homes and get a tidy earner from it. Also these figures are blown up to attract people into the trade...the reality is that you will probably earn 20 something grand a year with a company...and have to do work on the side outside of company hours to prop up your earnings. Also having a decent accountant goes along way to retaining alot of your earnings.

Also you'll find that is alot of lucrative money making if your CORGI registered as you can get paid to sign other people's work. My mentor charges anything from £200 to £500 to sign stuff. The power of a signiture eh...

Other then that I can honestly say it's a very good trade...and if your a plumber your really at the top of the trades food chain unlike chippies and sparkies who are very uncool and have very dull jobs. :cool:

retired_ks reddy

Though of course they don't pass their time up to their armpits in **** and comparing versions of hepatitis.

retired_shannon

Though of course they don't pass their time up to their armpits in **** and comparing versions of hepatitis. </BLOCKQUOTE>

I here-by quit!

Funny thing is that 2 and a half years ago when I wasn't plumbing I was at uni...and one morning after a flat drinking session...I went for a ****...and our flat toilet role holder had plastic casing to keep it in place in the holder...one happened to be at the bottom of the toilet bowl when I entered to do a No.2...me being sleepy and stupid...I had a dump on top of it and hoped it would be flushed down...

I flooded the toilet and there was pÃ*ss and **** all over the floor...I ran into the kitchen and got a black bin liner and proceeded to cover my right arm with it and shoved my arm into the toilet bowl to unblock it...

That's the closest I've come to having my arms-pits into **** and I hope it stays that way...

Btw just a tip...stay away from the following toilet roles...Charmin and Velvet multi-layered toilet rolls...they don't disintegrate as a well as the standard rolls because of the layers they have...so I would recommend that if you don't want to risk calling someone out to unblock your drains...just use the single ply stuff. Plus it helps with the environment and all that jazz...:thup:

retired_ks reddy

Son, you were born to plumb.

mrfunktastick

10 billion złotys

retired_rachelst

g4p, do you work in London?