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"Is this a rate your trade person thread for when you get work done? And is it exclusively for men as there are female trades out there! Just saying. "
Very few females in the trade so I think a female tradesperson on fab is like the elusive unicorn.
Carpenter/ Building contractor here |
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By (user no longer on site) 18 weeks ago
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I'm also in the trade game. I'm a plasterer, slabber,metal stud partitioner, suspended ceilings electrician, tiler, part time chippy and painter. That's all really |
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By *og-ManMan 18 weeks ago
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"I'm also in the trade game. I'm a plasterer, slabber,metal stud partitioner, suspended ceilings electrician, tiler, part time chippy and painter. That's all really"
Daniel O Donnell would make a lovely ad about you |
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Not sure if it's an actual trade but I am a well qualified fabber.
No meet too big or too small and distance no object.
For references please see attached verifications ...also some from people who are not attached..😂.
No rushed jobs and satisfaction always guaranteed.
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By *oc09Man 18 weeks ago
near u |
"Is this a rate your trade person thread for when you get work done? And is it exclusively for men as there are female trades out there! Just saying.
Very few females in the trade so I think a female tradesperson on fab is like the elusive unicorn.
Carpenter/ Building contractor here"
plenty of girls in it now 6 girls on my site now the girls are driving the crains and all these days great to see bit of eyes candy 😂😂 |
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I am a time served welder, been out of the welding game now a good few years due to it being a male dominated workplace and my boss was sexist 
I once had a Plummer over looking at my toilet and I forgot to remove my suction cup dildo from the shower. I was fucking mortified  |
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"Well it’s a trade but I don’t do work on or in houses..
goldsmith
Is a goldsmith and jeweller the same?"
Jewellers buy pre-made jewellery from wholesalers.
Goldsmiths make the jewellery, usually bespoke. |
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Genuine question to all the trades listed here... why is it so hard to get bloody hold of yous? Moved a few months back, have a whole tone of stuff needing done, have rang multiple trades people and can't seem to get any responses. (It's almost as bad as trying to get a response here on Fab lol). Is it the time of year? Supply versus demand or what?  |
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"Genuine question to all the trades listed here... why is it so hard to get bloody hold of yous? Moved a few months back, have a whole tone of stuff needing done, have rang multiple trades people and can't seem to get any responses. (It's almost as bad as trying to get a response here on Fab lol). Is it the time of year? Supply versus demand or what? "
I know 5 blocklayers I used to work with pre recession. All 5 are now in different jobs. None came back after the recession. I've seen one appreciate mason in last ten years. Quite simply not enough tradesmen to go around imo. A lot of younger ones are in Australia. |
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"Genuine question to all the trades listed here... why is it so hard to get bloody hold of yous? Moved a few months back, have a whole tone of stuff needing done, have rang multiple trades people and can't seem to get any responses. (It's almost as bad as trying to get a response here on Fab lol). Is it the time of year? Supply versus demand or what? "
the trades are here just after covid they realised the travelling isnt worth it with time spent on the road and missing on local stuff because of the traveling theres more money on staying within a hour drive from home and get to go home to family before they head to bed. |
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By (user no longer on site) 18 weeks ago
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I’m an electrician. Not by trade like, I just like sticking my fingers in things and seeing what happens. Unlike an electrician though I’ll turn up on time and not charge a fortune. |
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By (user no longer on site) 18 weeks ago
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Supply and demand. People expect to pay trades peanuts so the trades don’t work. I’d rather spend 3 days working for top dollar than 5 days pleasing other people for low rates. Takes years to get qualified, fortunes on tools, and experience saves people money.
Trades are there for you, however you’ve to pay for them. Easiest trade in the world is painting and a good painter is getting €250 a day.
Learn a trade. |
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"Supply and demand. People expect to pay trades peanuts so the trades don’t work. I’d rather spend 3 days working for top dollar than 5 days pleasing other people for low rates. Takes years to get qualified, fortunes on tools, and experience saves people money.
Trades are there for you, however you’ve to pay for them. Easiest trade in the world is painting and a good painter is getting €250 a day.
Learn a trade."
Talking about pricing, often when I try to charge for a photoshoot I get the usual question ‘why so much? followed by ‘you’re just taking a photo!’ But as with all other trades insurance, cost of transport, upgrading equipment, subscriptions such as photoshop, as well as the years of learning and upskilling - and when I’m finished taking the photos the work has only begun. I am a professional and take pride in my work as well as being good. But the problem I have is others new to it undercutting the price to get a foot in the door - and worse those who think they can take a good photo.
Rant over! |
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By *ani57Man 18 weeks ago
Naas |
Courier here, nice clean van, no cement dust mud, oil or foreign cabling in any orifices here.
Do 400 odd kilometers each day so I goes all day,
Gentle with things when needs be but more often than not things bounce off the bulkhead and get dumped off over the front piers/gates
Can educate as to how a breakfast roll works
Anything up to 3.5 tonne isn't an issue
Fuelled by podcasts and Monster |
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By *oo32Man 3 weeks ago
tipperary |
Blocklayer/Mason....but eughhhh go away and get someone else...
Most of the lads I worked with over the years on sites are gone off doing something else
The wet trades seem to be in decline,hardly any apprentices
Shur anyone could be a plumber or a carpenter or even worse...an electrician |
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I'd an Ukrainian lad worked for me as years screening and steel fixin.
One Tuesday he landed to a job kinda lateish and next I noticed him missin, I eventually ground him sittin in the workshop on his mobile.
I asked Danny what's you up 2 which he replied, 'I'm hiding, apparently good tradesmen are hard to find 
Just thought I'd share
Sorri for off topic OP. |
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"I'd an Ukrainian lad worked for me as years screening and steel fixin.
One Tuesday he landed to a job kinda lateish and next I noticed him missin, I eventually ground him sittin in the workshop on his mobile.
I asked Danny what's you up 2 which he replied, 'I'm hiding, apparently good tradesmen are hard to find
Just thought I'd share
Sorri for off topic OP."
very good 👍 👏👏 it's a fact give it another 10 years or so and irish tradseman will be a thing of the past no young people want a trade anymore. They don't like the physical side of it |
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"I'd an Ukrainian lad worked for me as years screening and steel fixin.
One Tuesday he landed to a job kinda lateish and next I noticed him missin, I eventually ground him sittin in the workshop on his mobile.
I asked Danny what's you up 2 which he replied, 'I'm hiding, apparently good tradesmen are hard to find
Just thought I'd share
Sorri for off topic OP. very good 👍 👏👏 it's a fact give it another 10 years or so and irish tradseman will be a thing of the past no young people want a trade anymore. They don't like the physical side of it "
I'd say 5Max.. Jay
Sur it's a penalty kick atm for Emm.
Fair play to them they deserve it.
Use ur head for making it, and ur hands for a counting it😉 |
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By *rBakersMan 3 weeks ago
dublin/kildare/wicklow |
I'm a carpenter myself and I've about a 1 year waiting list at the moment.
Depends on what the person wants and is looking for, some will wait, some won't.
I went to look at a job today that they waited about a year and a half for me to get to them.
What can I say... I'm good with wood   lol |
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"I'd an Ukrainian lad worked for me as years screening and steel fixin.
One Tuesday he landed to a job kinda lateish and next I noticed him missin, I eventually ground him sittin in the workshop on his mobile.
I asked Danny what's you up 2 which he replied, 'I'm hiding, apparently good tradesmen are hard to find
Just thought I'd share
Sorri for off topic OP. very good 👍 👏👏 it's a fact give it another 10 years or so and irish tradseman will be a thing of the past no young people want a trade anymore. They don't like the physical side of it
I'd say 5Max.. Jay
Sur it's a penalty kick atm for Emm.
Fair play to them they deserve it.
Use ur head for making it, and ur hands for a counting it😉"
too true  |
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"Asking for the average price per day for a painter for a 2 story house... being charged 3k for painting.... "
that's dirt cheap I'd say, I'd be curious to ask what paint their usin
Good quality weather shield for a 2 story will set u back a grand+ easily,, |
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By *tobyMan 2 weeks ago
galway |
A goldsmith works with gold, silver and other precious metals and precious/semi precious stones.
A jeweller is a person who has a retail outlet !
Could be a goldsmith but maybe a horologist or just sells and is neither !! |
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