Guide! : We need the Plumbing service.

Finding good plumbers in the UK is difficult. Need a plumber in a crisis and you've got a real problem.

We've all heard the advice - get quotes, follow-up references and ask friends and families for referrals. All good stuff nonetheless it causes it to be sound as though people needing a plumber have an option open to them.

This really misunderstands the problem which the average householder faces. Yes we do want to locate a great plumber, that knowledgeable, polite, punctual, inexpensive paragon of virtue but before we get that far, we have to locate a plumber who's prepared to do business with us.

If you need a plumbing master , you'll either find those which may have priced themselves out of the market and so are often available - Mr or Mrs "It'll run you!" or their more inexpensive cousin Dave "Quickest I possibly could get to you is next Wednesday." Not great when you have a flow and it's now Sunday.

 

Indeed the positioning is little better if you're planning routine work such as for example having a boiler serviced or your bathroom installed. Getting a quote could be a challenge - getting the task started a great deal more difficult.

Now, in accordance with recent reports, the positioning should be easing.

Over the past few years, the press has run stories about a shortage of plumbers. In 2003, the British Plumbing Employer's Council estimated that the plumbing industry would need to recruit 29,000 new entrants over another 5 years. This led to reports of City workers leaving their jobs in the hope of earning £70,000 annually as a plumber.

Now, however, you will find accounts of workers with plumbing experience from Eastern Europe filling vacancies on building sites and a surplus of trainees searching for jobs.

For the householder, this would signify finding a good plumber who can be obtained is much easier. The logic is okay but plumbers that are available for work continue to be an elusive breed. So when you have water pouring through the ceiling or your new bathroom arrives next Wednesday, continue reading for Hot Hints on investigating a plumber.