Dean Lofthouse
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Everything posted by Dean Lofthouse
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I must start taking on landscaping jobs, just price the job, cream off all the profit then get some labourers in to do all the work. I can't understand why someone advertises tree work that then get others in to do the work
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Whys he doing tree work then
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That's why he hasn't commented, he on the phone right now
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Whooooeeee boy !! Would be the most uttered words in the cab
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I wonder what qualifications John Prescott has, apart from being a mouthy git. I can't stand Yorkshiremen trying to talk with a plum in their gob, sounds awful
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I'd say like an ocean liner
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By not doing the job right.. I recommended a good fencer to a customer by saying "if they want the job doing right, ring this guy" Three months on, I have been back and there's a new fence, 3" posts that are all over the place. I asked them if they rung this lad and they said no because they got a price they couldn't refuse. I asked what had happened to the fence and they said it was the last winds.. I just shook my head and said, I think you'll find it was the fencer, not the winds. I still can't understand after all the tv program's, all the publicity and still people let themselves be ripped off. Beggers belief
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Log sellers experience of last winter
Dean Lofthouse replied to gensetsteve's topic in Firewood forum
I was busy last year so didn't get has much split and stored as I usually do and I pushed my prices up to £80 a cube. I didn't,t sell as much, but I cut out a lot of hassle buyers and I just had exactly the right amount to sell, I sold my last bag and have had no more calls. Although I didn't sell as many as the previous year, I still made the same money, with less work so I,m happy. But again, as you say, you can only use firewood selling on the scale we sell it as a bonus -
I tell many of my customers I am pricing to do the job properly, not to be the cheapest. It,s also how you come across to the customer not always about price, I hope to god my customers don't just pick me because I,m the cheapest, I don't want that type of customer
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Have you ever had a chimmney fire
Dean Lofthouse replied to predator's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
Thanks for your input Andy. What liner would you say is a good liner, I have been looking at the double skinned 914 stainless on both skins which is £36 a metre ish ?? -
Good post
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Just to give you an idea. I have kept all the costings of my chipper from new, it has done 350 hours and I have had it 3 years. So far it has cost over £1 per minute to run.
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I,d say £300 minimum is a very fair figure. One thing that joe public doesn't realise is the cost of our "tackle" Just because the waste is not being removed doesn't make your chainsaw trouser cheaper, boots cheaper, insurance, advertising, accountancy....... The only thing that is factored out is the chipper cost and if the chipper was on site I would be charging a minimum of £30 per hour per man
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A grand total of £15.60 per hour per man ? Assuming the job doesn't run over or they don't expect too much out of you. Not taking into account Insurance Lunch Petrol Chains Chain oil Travel costs Vehicle insurance Wear and tear on kit, saws transport vehicle Then knock off 20% tax
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Have you ever had a chimmney fire
Dean Lofthouse replied to predator's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
Best thing if it does happen is to shut the fire down, close all vents and starve it of air from below -
I'm 48 and can still pee all over most young uns another 10 years I might let my groundy take over
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Has as been said above, your overheads will be different to everyone else If you are like me and employ your groundy and are paying employers liability then £250 is nowhere near enough etc etc
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Have you ever had a chimmney fire
Dean Lofthouse replied to predator's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
My chimney is a big wide stone one, the problem being the bottom of the chimney get hot whilst the top doesn't, so the vapour containing the tarry residue condenses on the upper portion of the flue Lining such a chimney, even without vermiculite, is better than no liner at all. Sweeping a large chimney like mine does nothing more than drop all the crap onto the top of the register plate and all you get is a little brush waving about in a large cavity doing nothing. The tarry residue at the top is quite thick and a brush wouldn't touch it, more like it would have to be chiseled off. Putting in a liner would make the chimney a breeze to sweep, because your only sweeping a tube and not a huge cavern. I,m going to vermiculite mine anyway, but in the case of big old stone chimney breasts, any liner is better than no liner -
Have you ever had a chimmney fire
Dean Lofthouse replied to predator's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
A lot of the tarry residue that will burn builds up higher up the chimney, your better looking from the top down to get a better idea. I'm thinking of fitting a liner this year as mine has built up quite a bit and I only burn well seasoned stuff -
Take it as a bit of light hearted banter
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I was going to tell you to "bog off" but there may have been demands for me to be modded for advertising
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I was going to tell you to "bog off" but I may have been modded for advertising
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It would be much easier to restart again Jammy, hence my comment they should have been taken down and replaced with a species best suited to pollarding. They were ruined the first time they were done because from what I can see, they were "proper" topped, it looks as though many were left as poles. Therefore the rot will be in the head of the main trunk.
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Yeh....go away Spud...you haven,t got a clue
