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Owners call with a weekday number: “Can you come Saturday? The only toilet is overflowing. Same $249?” That sounds like the same closet. It is not the same crew day. After-hours is time-and-a-half. An overflowing toilet is not a stop you combine with a weekday route, so it is a second dispatch. Working around a family that still needs the bath on a weekday is the same wage on a slower set.
Open the free toilet replacement bid calculatorA weekday slot still carries the wage you already timed. After-hours raises that wage to time-and-a-half and adds a starting second trip. On a typical two-piece 12-inch swap — $42 wage, 30% burden, 15% overhead, 20% target margin, 6 miles — the weekday bid is $565.65. After-hours is $779.92. The walk-away jumps from $452.52 to $623.94. Taking $499 to “just do Saturday at the weekday number” covers the weekday slot and loses $124.94 after hours.
| Weekday, scheduled | Same-day, only toilet | After-hours / Saturday | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wage | Weekday | Weekday | Time-and-a-half |
| Set hours | Same | Slower set + punch-list | Same set, plus a second trip |
| Your bid | $565.65 | $595.08 | $779.92 |
| Walk-away | $452.52 | $476.07 | $623.94 |
| At $499 Saturday special | Covers | Covers | Loses $124.94 |
The Saturday special is more tempting when they already bought a one-piece and the flange is rotten. The weekday bid is $1,937.11. Same-day while they stay home is $1,968.51. After-hours is $2,287.56 and the walk-away is $1,830.05. Taking $249 to “just set what I bought, tonight” still loses money — even on the weekday.
Customer-supplied bowls are their fixture and an install-only number — see should I install a customer-supplied toilet. After-hours is when you can stand in the bathroom. A walk-in shower is a wet area, a slope, and glass. A kitchen backsplash Saturday is tile overtime in a kitchen they still cook in. This prices a toilet replacement.
Open the toilet replacement bid calculator, pick the cheap-special or losing-job preset, and put their Saturday number in “price you’re considering.” The access table scores that number against a weekday slot, same-day while they stay home, and after-hours / Saturday. Nothing is uploaded.
This is the same arithmetic as how much to charge to replace a toilet. It is not a labor-law determination, a union scale, or a reason to refuse a customer — it is the walk-away number on each access window.
Only after you price time-and-a-half plus a second emergency dispatch. An overflowing toilet is not a stop you combine with a weekday route. A $249 Saturday special on a one-piece flange repair sits under that walk-away number even on a weekday slot.
Yes. Same wage, slower set and punch-list. On a typical two-piece 12-inch swap the same-day bid is $595.08 versus $565.65 when they can wait for a weekday slot.
Usually not on the job they actually want. On a cheap two-piece swap the after-hours walk-away is $623.94. $499 covers a weekday slot and loses $124.94 after hours. On a one-piece flange repair, $249 still loses money even on the weekday.