Anyone a plumber ?

[Ace Piker]

Well, the problem is you need to know people to find where the jobs are. There is still loads of competition here and plenty of "Eastern European" undercutting going on too! In fact there is a village in Norfolk where all the road signs are in Polish!

[Vagrant No2]

There is still loads of competition here and plenty of "Eastern European" undercutting going on too! In fact there is a village in Norfolk where all the road signs are in Polish!

The same problem here , except the signs are not in Polish , yet , other languges though . One reason need to move is the bodged up plumbing in the flats next door . The noise from the pipes is bad , it keeps me awake and wakes me up . I know how to fix it but the council will not enforce an order on next door to do it . Again , another reason to get away from the area .
What village are the signs in Martin , I will cross that on off the map .

[Ace Piker]

What village are the signs in Martin , I will cross that on off the map .

Barway, it's near Soham (another one to x off!)

[Sancho]

I work with contractors and my understanding on trades is pretty much:

Plumbers - Not hard to find. You don't LEGALLY have to be CORGI registered, but no-one will take on someone who isn't as you need to know that they're 'competent'.

Sparks - Not hard to find. Most are a right old pain in the arse though, so there's always room for a good one.

Chippies - Used to be tricky, now covered by Eastern Europeans.

Labourers - Plenty of work going if you don't mind being paid minimum wage and shouted at all day.

Tilers - Partly covered by the Poles but still quite hard to find.

Dryliners - Tricky to get hold of a decent one.

Plasterers - All Poles, lots of work for very skilled plasterers though.

Brickies - Always consistent work.

To be honest, there's always work in the really boring repetitive stuff (brickies and dryliners) and the more interesting stuff (plumbing and electrics) is a bit up and down (and highly regulated). What about something like this?

[phoebelala]

I am thinking of changing from the motor trade to the plumbing one . All I here is there is a need for plumbers . Anyone on here a plumber and can say that it is a good move as a career change? Or am I just looking at wasting time and money on a course that will lead no where ?

getting back to the original point,

A serious consideration should be tha fact that plumbing is not as difficult as putting on a hat. (no disrespect to plumbers)

I recently fitted a jacuzzi at home and moved some rads and did it all myself with push fit copper connectors.

I did not pick up a blowlamp all weekend and so thousands of jobs that were once only for skilled plumbers are now easy for the competant diy'r

Al.

[CaptainBeaky]

I dont like heights.

OK, so buy a 3rd Gen without a body lift...

[Sancho]

plumbing is not as difficult as putting on a hat.

I was going to say that, but thought it would be best not to make the plumbers angry .

I can do plumbing and that's always a good benchmark for how easy something is.

[Ace Piker]

I was going to say that, but thought it would be best not to make the plumbers angry .

Why not? They are masters at making people angry!

[da SLUG man]

i was an electricain for a while... it's 4 years to become approved though!!

i looked at flatpack assembly/ funiture repairs too but guessed that people arent gonna pay 50 quid for you to build a £20 coffee table!!... they'll just buy a £70 one to start with!

used to do a lot of furniture deliveries and charge to build up though... if you're already there, then there's no travelling costs.

i.e. local delivey of 2 pine beds - £30
then another £20 to build up... it's only 10mins work when you've done them a few times and have a battery drill charged up!!
also if you get cash on delivery then you can go tax free!!... hehehe!!
you would need goods in transit insurance and public liability insurance just incase.

you gotta have a van and get to know a few shops to make it pay though... i.e. i got on with the Newbury branch of Harveys... so this led to getting the Reading store and the manager there went on to become area manager so got warehouse work... then he went on to Carpetright so got work through them.
also had Bensons Beds and got invited to a Christmas party... through that i got work for Dreams and Rosebys

[Vagrant No2]

What about something like this?

Thats the sort of thing , but not sure I would work for a bloke who has a pink web site .

[Ace Piker]

Thats the sort of thing , but not sure I would work for a bloke who has a pink web site .

Maybe he drives a 3rd Gen!

[POPEYE]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ULTIMATE-NVQ-P...em170062772951

There ya go, £50.000 a year