Current "day rate" for a plumber,carpenter,Electrician?

ronan45

Whats the current "day rate" for the likes of a fully legit/insured/professional, carpenter,plumber & electrician?

kerryaviva

ronan45 wrote: »

Whats the current "day rate" for the likes of a fully legit/insured/professional, carpenter,plumber & electrician?

around 175 a day especially with the price of diesel and other hidden costs;)

john_cappa

kerryaviva wrote: »

around 175 a day especially with the price of diesel and other hidden costs;)

Could even be more if he wants a fully legit, paying tax, registered, insured tradesman. 220-250 per day?

I wouldnt pay it.

martinn123

john_cappa wrote: »

Could even be more if he wants a fully legit, paying tax, registered, insured tradesman. 220-250 per day?

I wouldnt pay it.

What would you pay?

Without compromising on the Legit,Tax,Insurance, etc.

true

ronan45 wrote: »

Whats the current "day rate" for the likes of a fully legit/insured/professional, carpenter,plumber & electrician?

A colleague at work said he got a carpenter recently to do 9 hours work at his home for 140, and very glad he was to get it too. win win. Of course in an ideal world wages would be higher from the tradesmans point of view. However if he quoted 180 someone would quote 160 or 140 ....
Better to get 140 than nothing at all.

091chippy

i charge €150 incuding vat @ 13.5% but the price of diesel that will have go up soon

mathepac

I paid €120.00 for a good day's work by a plumber (5 year-old house, all the toilets blocking, broken, cisterns not fixed to walls, bowls not fixed to floors, ,wastes from showers / bath backing up, etc). Included €18 / 20 for a few bits of hardware. Cad is bri le VAT, le do thoil? I got a receipted invoice for the round-sum amount

endasmail

jesus i dont know where ye are getting them prices from
what were ye charging during the good days?

isaos

ronan45 wrote: »

Whats the current "day rate" for the likes of a fully legit/insured/professional, carpenter,plumber & electrician?

In Kerry, fully legit (and competent) professional can be found for €125 per day + €90 for helper.

true

mathepac wrote: »

I paid €120.00 for a good day's work by a plumber (5 year-old house, all the toilets blocking, broken, cisterns not fixed to walls, bowls not fixed to floors, ,wastes from showers / bath backing up, etc). Included €18 / 20 for a few bits of hardware. Cad is bri le VAT, le do thoil? I got a receipted invoice for the round-sum amount

isaos wrote: »

In Kerry, fully legit (and competent) professional can be found for €125 per day + €90 for helper.

Chatting to a cousin recently who got an extension done and he was saying the same - about €115 to €130 a day for a fully legit (and competent) professional. And glad to get it.

endasmail

endasmail wrote: »

jesus i dont know where ye are getting them prices from
what were ye charging during the good days?

Yip some of the building trade still think its 2006. :rolleyes:

kieran24883

electrician costs.....500 a year for public liability insurance
500 a year for regristration
350 van insurance
330 road tax
add diesel, tools, van maintenance, time to quote the job and diesel costs, travel costs to quote, so to be honest i think that 150 excluding vat a day is not out of the way, and of course not forgetting quiet often calling again and again trying to get money for that day of work or perhaps not getting it at all

ronan45

Bit off topic but for instance if you get the number for a sparks from a mate. If he turns up in unmarked van etc. How do you know he is legit. Can you ask for his RECI card or some other forms?

kieran24883

does anyone else a agree the that everyone looking for registered electricians is a joke, once you are qualified and insured what difference does it make once you dont need to get the ESB involved in the job.

the only difference betweedn a registered and unregistered spark is thta one has forked out 500 quid or so.

ronan45

kieran24883 wrote: »

does anyone else a agree the that everyone looking for registered electricians is a joke, once you are qualified and insured what difference does it make once you dont need to get the ESB involved in the job.

the only difference betweedn a registered and unregistered spark is thta one has forked out 500 quid or so.

Kieran I couldnt care less if a sparks is registered mate, i just assumed all electricians had to be regisitered. thats good info thanks.
I have a guy that says hes qualified on a web add, should i check he is or just take his word for it. And how would one check if he was qualified or a cowboy

kieran24883

never take any tradesmans word, simply ask him for his qualification card, everyone gets it when they qualify, and also ask for his insurance policy number, never leave an electrician work without these,

isaos

kieran24883 wrote: »

does anyone else a agree the that everyone looking for registered electricians is a joke, once you are qualified and insured what difference does it make once you dont need to get the ESB involved in the job.

the only difference betweedn a registered and unregistered spark is thta one has forked out 500 quid or so.

If anything goes wrong, doesn't it make a difference whether you are registered or not? This is a real question, knowing the consequences can be really tragic in case of a bad job.

kieran24883

isaos wrote: »

kieran24883 wrote: »

does anyone else a agree the that everyone looking for registered electricians is a joke, once you are qualified and insured what difference does it make once you dont need to get the ESB involved in the job.

the only difference betweedn a registered and unregistered spark is thta one has forked out 500 quid or so.

If anything goes wrong, doesn't it make a difference whether you are registered or not? This is a real question, knowing the consequences can be really tragic in case of a bad job.

No difference once the spark is insured

ronan45

is there any reason why one sparks would get registered and another would not?
Just for the case of the 500 Euro? Seems money well spent no?

kieran24883

bascially a registered electrician can cert jobs, new houses, fire alarm systems etc, so in other words no point in regristering unless you need to cert jobs or need to get the esb involved

Ronan Raver77

How much would the lads charge if they were already on site and you needed extra sockets etc put in and cabling/wiring..

kieran24883

i charge 25 euro an hour ex vat and materials

rum and coke

230 a day ex vat. I wouldn't work for less.

muffler

rum and coke wrote: »

230 a day ex vat. I wouldn't work for less.

Not hard to see why you have time on your hands to post here in the middle of the working day

jblack

muffler wrote: »

Not hard to see why you have time on your hands to post here in the middle of the working day

Maybe he's posting from his blackberry at the top of a power station...

rum and coke

haven't been idle one day this year mate.we are still allowed a break..are we not...i wasn't bragging i was stating a fact that to keep a show on the road you would have to be getting that.all my work is repeat and i didn't rip them off in the good times.

engineermike

Hi
Just wanted to comment on the rates of pay for the last year or so.
Plumber / sparks - Max 150 per man per day.

Plumber (with SEAI acc. / renewable proficient) / Sparks (data patching / UPS / or solar ) - Max 200 per man per day (+VAT).

There is a few trades that are specialist / craftsmen - or are proficient and accredited to service multiple systems / brands of systems that are billed even higher, but their worth their weight in gold.
For instance An F class registered engineer to service your heat pump bills out at 200 - 250 for your first hour - labor only (ex. parts and vat).
mike f

wirehairmax

muffler wrote: »

Not hard to see why you have time on your hands to post here in the middle of the working day

Begrudgery at its worst!
These sort of threads really piss me off. What right has anyone on an internet forum got to comment on another persons expected salary or earnings? The moderators here who are architect/architectural technicians wouldnt be long about clogging up a thread if someone came on here suggesting day rates for them. can we not put an end to these sort of threads and while we're at it, how about an end to ''price per square foot'' threads, to which there is no answer, and have been done to death at this stage.

muffler

Begrudgery at its worst!

I call it fair comment.

These sort of threads really piss me off.

Not trying to be smart but if you dont like it then just ignore it and move on to another thread that may appeal to you.

What right has anyone on an internet forum got to comment on another persons expected salary or earnings?

Im entitled to express my opinion on it just as you are entitled to.

The moderators here who are architect/architectural technicians wouldnt be long about clogging up a thread if someone came on here suggesting day rates for them.

First of all no one has suggested a day rate for any other trade from what I can see but its more a case of people coming on here gloating about what they can earn and how busy they are. Secondly I have criticized fees I seen quoted in the past regardless of what profession the person belonged to.

can we not put an end to these sort of threads and while we're at it, how about an end to ''price per square foot'' threads, to which there is no answer, and have been done to death at this stage.

(Mod hat on) The answer to those points would be no and no

engineermike

I think the point of a 'forum' is to discuss - share knowledge and learn from others.
- Some people don't know what is a fair rate for a trades person.
- Most of us 'professionals' are on a day rate during these times, and working 10 / 12 hour days doing the work of 2 people.
What on earth is wrong with an estimated price per square foot ?

New build in sight

Hi all, we currently ahve a plumber employed for a new build and he charges €150 per day inc VAT. He is registered etc.

My concern as always is paying per day rather than per job.

However we are keeping a close watch on things and he was on site until well after 6pm last night so we cannot complain. And he is a terribly nice guy which helps.