Plumbing prices for call-out charge
Quite often a service engineer, whether they are a plumber, electrician or heating specialist, will have a standard call out charge. This call out charge is to cover their costs of coming to visit you, and will often vary depending on the time of day and the day of the week. When calling a tradesman out remember to ask them whether they charge a call out fee and how much it is before getting them to come to your house.
| Detailed Description of Work | Price/Cost | Units | Location | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL OUT ANY TIME £60 INITIAL HR £25 P/H THEREAFTER AT 15 MIN INCREMENTS PARTS EXTRA NO VAT | £60 | item/job | SUFFOLK | 2011-04-07 |
| To be honest we do not charge for a call out unless the repair is not in our in our area. WE always try to give a high class service that will get our services noticed. Liverpool Plumber | £50 | item/job | Liverpool | 2011-03-23 |
| £30 inc 1hr labour call paul at pwplumbing 07807825395 01270 624898 | £30 | item/job | Crewe/nantwich | 2011-01-28 |
| Heating Pump,umder floor boards, failed. CH engineer discovered pump in standing water, isolated electrics and reccommeded plumber. Happened 27th December but charge was bank holiday rate !!! | £160 | item/job | Liverpool | 2010-12-29 |
| emergency call out in west yorkshire £65.00 call out including 1hrs labour then £20ph there after billed in 15 min intervils | £65 | item/job | Leeds | 2010-12-27 |
| Boiler service | £70 | item/job | Coventry | 2010-11-30 |
| leak to radiator | £30 | item/job | Derry city | 2010-10-29 |
| gas fire repair | £165 | item/job | Derby | 2010-10-01 |
| plumb in washing machine | £60 | item/job | Cardiff | 2010-09-27 |
| Call Out charge including 1st hour (not parts) Chamberlain Maintenance | £40 | item/job | Uxbridge | 2010-09-27 |
| Dear Admin I guess this means I am right. Rob | £50 | item/job | Somerset | 2010-08-02 |
| Hi Rob again, just to respond to the above comment from admin. I was not suggesting that £100 an hour was a reasonable amount at all unless it's unusual circumstances!! I was just pointing out overheads and that my example (changing a gas valve) involves more than just pulling it off and putting a new one on. The engineer would first have all gave to get there and spend maybe half hour to an hour fault finding then ring around for price and availability. Then of course he/she has to order it then pick it up for a return visit unless he has it on his van (unlikely) so potentially 2-3 hours work plus fuel used, phone bill etc. I just wanted people to realise that it's not just a case on popping to B&Q paying a £10 then charging it out at a ridiculous rate. I have never charged £100 an hour!! Chance would be a fine thing, I charge £45 call out then £40 there after. I would also like to add I hardly ever charge for time picking parts and spares up (takes forever sometimes) I spoke to a chap the other day that charges £60 to clean an oven and he's got no qualifications for that and apart from chemicals and a van, no real overheads and it takes him less than an hour. | £50 | item/job | Somerset | 2010-08-01 |
| Emergency call out charge at 23.00 on a Thursday. This included the first 1hr of labour, then he charged £25 per half hour after that. | £75 | item/job | Newmarket | 2010-07-01 |
| emergency call out charge including first hours labour.call md building and plumbing on 07951841156 | £40 | item/job | Rotherham | 2010-05-27 |
| £30 call out £25 fix problem under bath | £55 | item/job | Birmingham | 2010-05-11 |
| Emergency call out btd plumbing swindon www.btdplumbing.co.uk | £45 | item/job | Swindon | 2010-02-28 |
| Plumber replaced float valve £15 for the part & labour £60 very good service Mark Sumner Plumbing Services Ltd 07711240244 www.msumnerplumbing.co.uk | £75 | item/job | Preston | 2010-02-12 |
| Replaced float valve part 2 Plumber is M Sumner Plumbing £75 | £75 | item/job | Blackpool | 2010-02-12 |
| Emergency plumbing and electrical services no call out charge just a fixed price. 8am till 5pm £49.00 1st hour 2nd hour £29.00 6pm till 10pm £69.00 1st hour 2nd hour £39.00 10pm till 8am £103.00 1st hour 2nd hour £49.00 Contact JAB Heating Solutions on 07751666101 or email jabinfo@ymail.com | £49 | item/job | Midlands/ South east | 2010-02-09 |
| call out charge | £45 | item/job | Cardiff | 2010-01-30 |
| Emergency call out and 1 hour labour to fix any job £50 then £20 after 1st hour. RS PLUMBING SERVICES 07963058819 | £50 | item/job | Chesterfield | 2010-01-08 |
| call out including 1 hour labour(time including their travel!) | £55 | item/job | Macclesfield | 2009-03-09 |
| pin hole in 15m pipe cold water. under floor boards. coming from bathroom. normal hours | £45 | item/job | Dudley | 2008-09-08 |
| No hot water. Call-out charge £65 per hr | £65 | item/job | Wales | 2008-05-05 |
| central heating | £80 | item/job | Billericay | 2008-01-27 |
| call out | £30 | item/job | Derbyshire | 2008-01-23 |
| central heating | £75 | item/job | Kent | 2007-12-29 |
| call out to leak under bath | £70 | item/job | Kingston | 2007-12-01 |
| One leak | £20 | item/job | Bristol | 2007-09-16 |
| Call out charge to investigate faulty heating pump | £70 | item/job | Cambridge | 2006-12-12 |
| Costs for even the quickest job | £35 | item/job | 2005-08-19 | |
| Initial charge for coming to see problem | £60 | item/job | 2005-07-28 | |
| Initial charge for coming to see problem | £35 | item/job | 2005-07-27 |
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