Got_Nailed
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I haven’t been around much because I’m now on my 8th week of being a full time plumber. Right now I’m a one man show unless you count my wife who just hands me stuff and dose all the paper work. I need a helper bad.
This week
2 - 40 gallon rheem electric
1 - Broken pipe in a basement that had a foot of water in it
... 1 - Sump pump and a pump out
3 - Used upper elements and quick clean that I will switch the heaters before noon in the morning (out of heaters).
I have one house I need to trim out on Wednesday
One addition I need to look at this week and will do next week if I get it
First thing in the morning I have to drive to the city and get a truck load of water heaters, burner of a gas heater, a few sump pumps, and some odds and ends.
Last week
2 – 40 gallon rheem electric
1 – 55 gallon rheem electric
3 – Sump pump change outs
1 – Needed a 80 gallon that I didn’t have and I put in a old 40 gallon that had. Swap out in the morning.
2 - Broken pipes in muddy crawl spaces.
2 - Fill valves on some water closets.
1 - Service call on an apartment building that had 4 gas heaters and turned one off that I could not fix (no parts) ordered the stuff and will fix it in the morning.
Week before
12 - broken pipes
3 – 40 gallon rheem electric
4 – 55 gallon rheem electric
redid all the drain lines under a house that looked as bad as the ones in them pics
5 - sump pumps
2 presser switches.
...1 - new tank.
1 – 80’ ditch for sump pump drain
The thing that’s getting me is the markup in the towns that I’m around and it’s 60 miles to the city. For hot water heaters it’s an extra $2 a gallon and everything else is sky high. The bad part is they don’t stock much.
I have only done service work for the last 8 weeks and don’t know if this will keep up the way its going. I’m only bidding on whole house under 3 contractors now (was 4 when I was part time and no service work).
I can’t decide what I need to stock at my shop in the way as hot water heaters and sump pumps. Should I assume that it will keep up or should I think that the end is around the corner? I’m starting to think that I should get a semi load of electric water heaters and a pallet of sump pumps. I know the sump pumps will fall off after the winter is over but how long will the water heater last? My shop is 120’ by 75’ so the space is not a problem and having them on hand will let me charge more and still be lower then everyone else.
As far as getting help I don’t think I want another truck but I think that having 2 extra hands will help out. What would be the best way about getting someone? I know that some times it’s better to work alone but sometimes you need a second person. I have not run the numbers on what it would cost me to have a second person yet.
This week
2 - 40 gallon rheem electric
1 - Broken pipe in a basement that had a foot of water in it
... 1 - Sump pump and a pump out
3 - Used upper elements and quick clean that I will switch the heaters before noon in the morning (out of heaters).
I have one house I need to trim out on Wednesday
One addition I need to look at this week and will do next week if I get it
First thing in the morning I have to drive to the city and get a truck load of water heaters, burner of a gas heater, a few sump pumps, and some odds and ends.
Last week
2 – 40 gallon rheem electric
1 – 55 gallon rheem electric
3 – Sump pump change outs
1 – Needed a 80 gallon that I didn’t have and I put in a old 40 gallon that had. Swap out in the morning.
2 - Broken pipes in muddy crawl spaces.
2 - Fill valves on some water closets.
1 - Service call on an apartment building that had 4 gas heaters and turned one off that I could not fix (no parts) ordered the stuff and will fix it in the morning.
Week before
12 - broken pipes
3 – 40 gallon rheem electric
4 – 55 gallon rheem electric
redid all the drain lines under a house that looked as bad as the ones in them pics
5 - sump pumps
2 presser switches.
...1 - new tank.
1 – 80’ ditch for sump pump drain
The thing that’s getting me is the markup in the towns that I’m around and it’s 60 miles to the city. For hot water heaters it’s an extra $2 a gallon and everything else is sky high. The bad part is they don’t stock much.
I have only done service work for the last 8 weeks and don’t know if this will keep up the way its going. I’m only bidding on whole house under 3 contractors now (was 4 when I was part time and no service work).
I can’t decide what I need to stock at my shop in the way as hot water heaters and sump pumps. Should I assume that it will keep up or should I think that the end is around the corner? I’m starting to think that I should get a semi load of electric water heaters and a pallet of sump pumps. I know the sump pumps will fall off after the winter is over but how long will the water heater last? My shop is 120’ by 75’ so the space is not a problem and having them on hand will let me charge more and still be lower then everyone else.
As far as getting help I don’t think I want another truck but I think that having 2 extra hands will help out. What would be the best way about getting someone? I know that some times it’s better to work alone but sometimes you need a second person. I have not run the numbers on what it would cost me to have a second person yet.