Plastering costs

Gilly

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Just had a quote from a plasterer and wondered whether it would match your opinions.

3mx2m (or about 10 foot by 6.6 foot) bathroom, if I was to do all boarding and the lighting, etc. So the plasterer is, in effect, just skimming though there will be some small areas he'll have to fill too.

What do you think a ballpark quote would be? Ta
 
Completely depends what he's actually skimming. Considering it's a bathroom then I'm assuming just ceiling, since you'd tile straight onto the board you're going to lay. In which case £350 is very high and £150 would be about right.
 
Gilly said:
I'm in yorkshire and he wanted £350
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Sounds like he didn't want the job to quote that price, or he's values himself very highly. a lot of factors go into a quote that aren't as simple as room dimensions.

£160 + £15 for materials would be my blind price, 4 walls + ceiling would be around 4/5hrs work. finish mid-afternoon so ~day rate charged.

£200 for an easy days work, £350 is top money.
 
He's not even a proper plasterer. He's more of a handyman, and it was made clear before the quote that if he was reasonably priced with good work we would use him again. It's not just ceiling as we're not tiling everything, which is why I'm getting quotes for plastering - I would give it a go but we need a good finish and it's not something I've done before.

His quote feels 50-80% too high to me. I've got another couple of people coming to quote anyway.
 
You guys seem to pay too much, I pay £85 per day per man. This can be done in one day by 2 guys easy.

£200 tops + materials

Materials 3 to 4 bags of plaster £30, tape £5, beads £10
 
Good to hear about those rates was wondering this question myself, 120-200 quid with all materials per room ? Sounds ok to me especially if you are doing it once only.

I was going to suggest try ratedpeople website?

You get 3 free quotes so they can pop round see the place and quote you on the price of the job, guess one can haggle and bargain away also. Try and do research on the guy and check his rating scores and his feedback and google his company/person before giving the go ahead but its your call.
 
SkodaMart said:
WTF??

Would you work for £85?

Physical graft, no continuity of work, van running costs, liability insurance?

What does a letter cost from a solicitor?
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My solicitor charges me £150 an hour and I feel like I am getting robbed.

£85 to £100 is the going rate here, I ask what they want and hire them if I feel its reasonable I never try and push someone down on their rate as they will just do crap work if I do.

Plumber £120 per day
Builder £85
Painter £85 to £120
Electrician £120
Joiner £100
 
Maybe this saying will come to a chorus of 'MUG!' but I think there is a clear point when the race to the bottom on cost compromises quality.

We've just had our 1930's 3 bed semi (so you get an idea of size) downstairs all open planned, and the walls needed skimming (previously, there was lining paper). In some cases the walls needed full on plaster action due to being on bare brick which got boarded over, and on others, they just had a tidy up.

The end cost for all that was about £350, and the bloke did it in 2 days. The finish is absolutely superb, with zero imperfections.
 
Its not hard to DIY, cost about £2's worth of a £5 bag to do my bathroom ceiling. Get your first coat on as flat as possible. Sand it next day and fill any rough sunken bits. Take your time and you can get a very presentable finish.
 
Not everyone 'knows a guy'. £85 per day per guy is just insane and if House is quoting rates in Prague or wherever, or ex VAT or something, then that's not massively helpful.
 
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Not everyone 'knows a guy'. £85 per day per guy is just insane and if House is quoting rates in Prague or wherever, or ex VAT or something, then that's not massively helpful.
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No Sheffield area, I have had quite a few builders at £85 per day. Honestly I think its the going rate here.

I found them on Rated people or through my builders merchant. I have a good relationship with one guy now, I will ask him when I get back if he feels I under pay him.

Prague was way less, I am in India today on business at the moment and a guy was telling me he was charged £55 for 2 days work for 2 people :eek::eek::eek:

EDIT: My tiler made much more, he charged me per m2 and managed to put down 30+m2 per day at £15 per m2. Sadly he did a **** job but I did not find out until he had put down 500m2+
 
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LiGhTfasT said:
Its not hard to DIY, cost about £2's worth of a £5 bag to do my bathroom ceiling. Get your first coat on as flat as possible. Sand it next day and fill any rough sunken bits. Take your time and you can get a very presentable finish.
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Sand & Fill :eek:
 
I recently paid £600 for two guys to strip the walls in my lounge right back to the brick (120 years of layers) and re-plaster. It took them 3 days but we agreed a fee up front. The finish is perfect.

More recently I paid another plasterer to do another wall and whilst he was cheaper, the finish is nowhere near as good.

You get what you pay for.
 
Well it works for me any imperfections just make up some more plaster and go over them, give it a day and sand it until its flat and smooth. It looks better than it did before for £2.
 
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