Electric Towel Rail Change

craig1000 · Oct 5, 2012

Hi Just wondering on people thoughts!
Been to look at a towel rail change for a old couple!
Old lady has been battering the connection plug with her zimmer as she goes past bless her & its knackered!
Old towel rail & at the moment doesn't look like I can source a replacement spare plug so new towel rail it is!
Flex goes up the wall & through into the kitchen & on a plug top plugged into socket!
Sockets are RCD protected so if I can add a spur in the kitchen to replace the fact its plugged in & new towel rail job done.
Im just wondering what any of you reckon for cost etc
Hate these little jobs as cant do anything else with the day but the time its all done & don't wana rip off a little old couple!
Towel rails about £80 so wondering on labour?
Still getting used to pricing these small domestic jobs & looking for pointers to find the right balance!

Farmelectrics · Oct 5, 2012

Price of rad plus your hourly rate £20 an hour is fair

cbw · Oct 5, 2012

Hi I have attached invoice for one we did a couple of weeks ago.

I think £20/hr is too cheap, I Charge double that.

Hope this helps?
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Farmelectrics · Oct 5, 2012

Ok CBS looks good to me not cheap but very profesional

fishyrs · Oct 5, 2012

Charge what you feel comfortable with, however at the end of the day you need to make a living. Just split out your charges for parts and labour on the quote to show them what they are paying for.

HandySparks · Oct 6, 2012

Work out an hourly rate that makes sense for you. I charge £28/h and add travel time at the same rate. So a one hour job with half hour travel each way gets charged £56. Provided you tell the customer up-front how you charge then it's their decision whether to go for it or not.

vjsmarwick · Oct 6, 2012

I charge £20 per hour and normally don't charge for travel unless its on an island or something that takes ages to get to some of the boat trips here can be 2 1/2 hours each way

craig1000 · Oct 7, 2012

Cheers all for your input! Its clear from your reply's just how varying things can be ;-/ I'll just have to try to gauge it the best I can!

telectrix · Oct 8, 2012

cbw said:
Hi I have attached invoice for one we did a couple of weeks ago.

I think £20/hr is too cheap, I Charge double that.

Hope this helps?
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maybe not a good idea to broadcast your bank details on an open forum.

oldtimer · Oct 8, 2012

Look at Screwflux they sell replacement elements for towel rails so if you want to help the old biddy have a look at them

craig1000 · Oct 8, 2012

Elements ok, it's the actual plug connection point that the flex terminates into! It's been knocked & is broken, exposed etc!

oldtimer · Oct 8, 2012

craig1000 said:
Elements ok, it's the actual plug connection point that the flex terminates into! It's been knocked & is broken, exposed etc!

So if towel rail is ok why are you changing it plus if it is working the change the plug connection point

craig1000 · Oct 8, 2012

Because if you read my original post you will see I explain the towel rail is old & as such I have yet to be able to source a replacement connection plug for it!

telectrix · Oct 8, 2012

can you replace it with a FCU?

oldtimer · Oct 8, 2012

craig1000 said:
Because if you read my original post you will see I explain the towel rail is old & as such I have yet to be able to source a replacement connection plug for it!

Ok sorry here is a link Heating Elements - Towel Radiators | Screwfix.com