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It makes his job and then mine easier and gets a better finish I think, I don't have aggro fitting the achitrave over a curved edge or have to router it out to sit flat.
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It's £200 plus materials a day for a plasterer round here.
A day is a description of what a tradesman/woman gets done before they go rather than a number of hours.
On the odd occasion I do day rate a day counts as any amount of time over that which means I can't go to another job on the same day. So realistically 14:00 onwards. I'd only to work to hours a customer decides if they put me on the cards.
A day is a description of what a tradesman/woman gets done before they go rather than a number of hours.
On the odd occasion I do day rate a day counts as any amount of time over that which means I can't go to another job on the same day. So realistically 14:00 onwards. I'd only to work to hours a customer decides if they put me on the cards.
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Thaks for the replies.
A few more details. I'm in devon so prices tend to be a bit lower, £400 to me represents 1/3 of my monthly take home pay.
Walls will be mostly tiled afterwards so plastering is really just to level up, 3/4 will probably be covered in tiles.
Beading and taping I could do, no more than an hours work.
Three walls at roughly 4 square metres so maybe 14 square metres, britsh gypsum estimate 2x 25kg bags so allow 3 bags @ £12 each plus one length of beading equals £40. VAT at £60 so roughly £300 labour.
The chap that quoted me £100 would do it in an afternoon, I'd just seen what he did next door and it was good, owner of house is quality control for a big commercial builders locally so would be complaining if it wasn't good.
Chippy I used recently charged less than £150 day rate.
I don't mind paying the going rate, to my mind £200 a day would be right £300 seems on the pricey side.
Got a few more emails out so see what replies I get.
A few more details. I'm in devon so prices tend to be a bit lower, £400 to me represents 1/3 of my monthly take home pay.
Walls will be mostly tiled afterwards so plastering is really just to level up, 3/4 will probably be covered in tiles.
Beading and taping I could do, no more than an hours work.
Three walls at roughly 4 square metres so maybe 14 square metres, britsh gypsum estimate 2x 25kg bags so allow 3 bags @ £12 each plus one length of beading equals £40. VAT at £60 so roughly £300 labour.
The chap that quoted me £100 would do it in an afternoon, I'd just seen what he did next door and it was good, owner of house is quality control for a big commercial builders locally so would be complaining if it wasn't good.
Chippy I used recently charged less than £150 day rate.
I don't mind paying the going rate, to my mind £200 a day would be right £300 seems on the pricey side.
Got a few more emails out so see what replies I get.
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Don't understand
I would never quote for a 1/2 day, what am I going to earn in the afternoon? Full days or nothing.
I would never quote for a 1/2 day, what am I going to earn in the afternoon? Full days or nothing.
Depends how you value your time off ,,,,, Half day is a great chance for a Matinee on the way home.
Matinee for those who dont know ....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matin%C3%A9e
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Where abouts? If you're next door to me, id come over and do it.
(not that you are next door - one of my neighbours already has my work on their walls, and working for the other wouldn't be sensible)
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i was thinking that too!Does it need plastering, looks like a lot will be tiled anyway, spend the £400 on extra tiles?
good place to learn.
I learnt in the bedrooms first before i ventured onto the down stairs.
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bonding then tiling over is a no no
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Depends how you value your time off ,,,,, Half day is a great chance for a Matinee on the way home.
Matinee for those who dont know ....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matin%C3%A9e
I said I'd never quote for half days, not the same thing as working all day, job and knock rules.
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Bonding not only supports mold growth, it actually encourages it big time!
I know someone who went bust over using it in damp conditions on a big contract.
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I just re-did a bathroom that was tiled over bonding, water had got into the bonding and been sucked up and tiles falling off.
Bonding removed dot and dabed cement board and tile straight over the cement board
That may well be the case but after the discussion there were full days being done so this clearly wasn't the issue.
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I can't go trim a couple of doors then book a full day.
I can however work 4 half days in a single day.
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Friend just paid £800 for a 12x12 living room, including ceiling. That was materials, vat and labour, in South Manchester. The £100 quotes seem ridiculously cheap for a quality job in a room with loads of corner bits to do.
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It's such a rare occurrence for me to do anything on a day rate it's not a big issue really. Principle stands though, at some point there's a cut off where you can't do anything else for that day so it's a full day charge. Similar situation with collecting materials, emptying the van of kit for one thing and loading it for whatever I'm doing that day or the next, it's all billable time for me. I'm not doing those things for my benefit, and if I'm doing them for a customer then it's only right that they pay for services provided and time spent.
