What else do you offer or would think about offering ?

[Pretty Mouth]

Plumbing. A lot of sparks won't touch it, so it gives you a competitive edge if you can do a bit, for things like showers. Customers generally prefer to deal with just 1 tradesperson for this sort of thing.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I quite enjoy plumbing ( I plumbed my own bathroom make-over and I plumbed my parents new bathroom and new kitchen)
but because I am not a trained plumber I don't generally offer it as one of my paid services. Although I do get lots of people ask if I do boilers and bathrooms etc.
I reckon a one man band in my area who could do plumbing , electrics , tiling , plastering etc could probably earn well over a grand a day

 

[Baddegg]

I quite enjoy plumbing ( I plumbed my own bathroom make-over and I plumbed my parents new bathroom and new kitchen)
but because I am not a trained plumber I don't generally offer it as one of my paid services. Although I do get lots of people ask if I do boilers and bathrooms etc.
I reckon a one man band in my area who could do plumbing , electrics , tiling , plastering etc could probably earn well over a grand a day

Well I do all them things and more so I’m on me way dusty!

 

[LukeD]

I quite enjoy plumbing ( I plumbed my own bathroom make-over and I plumbed my parents new bathroom and new kitchen)
but because I am not a trained plumber I don't generally offer it as one of my paid services. Although I do get lots of people ask if I do boilers and bathrooms etc.
I reckon a one man band in my area who could do plumbing , electrics , tiling , plastering etc could probably earn well over a grand a day

Ive had jobs for 4 months on my own. very very rare I need a labourer >Clients like their privacy and they hate the living daylights out of scruffy trade types that you always wonder if you can trust them. We sometimes see stuff that needs to be private even if the media would pay well for the details !!!!!!

 

[Vortigern]

Commercially and some domestic, I used to do plumbing, locksmithing, bit of wet trades, carpentry, data cabling, computer troubleshooting but latterly I decided just to do electrics. Keeping track of five or more different tool sets and lugging it all about just became too much. Now I can travel light and just laser in on one trade. I find it much better especially now I am semi-retired. Though I have a workshop at home and do carpentry and still have those tools mostly hand tools at that.

 

[westward10]

I never trust ant bloke who plays around with someone else's wood, but that is just me.

 

[pc1966]

100% if I ever get an idea things good go wrong and a female is acting a bit "tarty" ..I am off . Its not worth it and Ive seen a few guys really regret it .From cock rot to mad calls in the middle of the night or a Husband been told and wanting to kick the ---- out of the guy etc . And I have had to "escape " a few times ....some of these wealthy women are nuts after a couple of drinks which they seem to like .

Ha! One advantage of my line of work (and general appearance) is I don't get such poisoned chalice offers!

 

[littlespark]

If you’re doing more than one trade, you’re gonna need a bigger van.

I’ve got a bag of plumbing bits in the van for doing the odd shower, but that’s about it.
Little bit of wood butchery if I need to.
Have been known to dismantle a brand new kitchen to get cables run as the customer hadn’t thought of getting the spark in before the chippy.

My plastering skills are abysmal. I can fill a hole, but advise the customer beforehand that they might need to patch again afterwards.
Painting is the same.

Playing away from home.
You got to be crazy if you think you won’t get found out.

 

[Timbo]

A few other bits to keep customers happy.

 

[ipf]

So that made me train and qualify .
So what else would you do to add to your worth etc ? Obviously this is more Domestic type work!

Become a painter, or a plumber, overnight, maybe?