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warriorupnorth

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Got a ceiling 15m2 to skim already boarded and only 2.4 high , should only take a good spread a couple of hours , so i am prepared to pay mechanics rate of say £40 per hour , any one want it, but it has to be done by tues morn, no time wasters please ;)
 
That's £80 then for two hours. It will take me all day so is £150 OK as I would not be able to go to another job after!

Exactly the same request I had last week, same meterage and new board and the experienced spreads on here who could do it in two hours were quoting £150 to £190 with travelling expenses and said that was perfectly acceptable as they could not go anywhere else after.

Must go as meeting my spread at 0815, £90 plus a couple of bags of board finish.
 
If it was next door i'd do it for a bag of toffees and a can of pop, unfortunately I think your around Doncaster arn't you? If so too far for me me.
 
80 quid cash, you supply the dust, no worrries..
how soon can you get it to peterborough?
tell you what, ive got another one to do tomorrow morning if you bring it down we can prop it up the side of the garage and ill do em both together... wont cost you owt then ;D
 
Sorry lad's,..... don't respond to this posting via Pm's please , i was takin the pissss as per another posting on another part of the site , didn't realise some would not of seen this posting, and if you were prepared to travel to Donny and do this for eighty quid you want castrating :o :o
 
my old dad, (who were a lancashire lad), used to gerrup half an hour before 'e went t'bed, wade across morecambe bay in 'is y'fronts, mix all t'concrete fo t'sea wall by 'and, swim back across bay at high tide, give us all a slap fo diner, all 26 of us, wade back again, float all t'concrete, swim back, then kick us all oopstairs t'bed..
8 days a week...
every week o'year...
for NOWT!!
and thee moans abart 40 quid an hour...
tha doont know thee born lad!
 
lumpy said:
That's £80 then for two hours. It will take me all day so is £150 OK as I would not be able to go to another job after!

Exactly the same request I had last week, same meterage and new board and the experienced spreads on here who could do it in two hours were quoting £150 to £190 with travelling expenses and said that was perfectly acceptable as they could not go anywhere else after.

Must go as meeting my spread at 0815, £90 plus a couple of bags of board finish.
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good for you lumpy if you dont like the price f**k off and get someone else to do it :)
 
i pm'd you about this warrior, i saw this thread before the other 1.
£80 for a ceiling in donny (which is where i was asuming it was from previous posts) bearing in mind im at sheffield is the bottom rate i would work for i was going to try get a ton out of you for it.
but all this b0ll0x about what you do for the rest of the day is bull.
i am not 1 for working at a sh1t rate and i have been offered some sh1t, doin house re-skims at 500 quid, and a full day, rate offered to me at £55.00.

quite rightly i turned these jobs down, even give people advice on what to expect when they want to pay so little for a decent job doin in a polite way.
i dont want to get in to a arguement about what people charge for day rate because everyone is different.
but £80.00 for a ceiling skim onto board, providing the materials are there, is not the worse i have heard.

mac
 
mr clamp, you know im the only one who would have made a nice job of it but i would want £250 and then sent on of the lads in for 80 ;D ;D ;D
 
simplybesty said:
mr clamp, you know im the only one who would have made a nice job of it but i would want £250 and then sent on of the lads in for 80 ;D ;D ;D
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only cos you can't reach ceilings ;D
 
mac_plastering said:
i pm'd you about this warrior, i saw this thread before the other 1.
£80 for a ceiling in donny (which is where i was asuming it was from previous posts) bearing in mind im at sheffield is the bottom rate i would work for i was going to try get a ton out of you for it.
but all this b0ll0x about what you do for the rest of the day is bull.
i am not 1 for working at a sh1t rate and i have been offered some sh1t, doin house re-skims at 500 quid, and a full day, rate offered to me at £55.00.

quite rightly i turned these jobs down, even give people advice on what to expect when they want to pay so little for a decent job doin in a polite way.
i dont want to get in to a arguement about what people charge for day rate because everyone is different.
but £80.00 for a ceiling skim onto board, providing the materials are there, is not the worse i have heard.

mac
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Sorry if i offended mac , but i posted this well after the "ceiling" post and after tax and ni and insurance etc etc £80 is nothing , bye the way i would of gid thee £120
 
lumpy said:
That's £80 then for two hours. It will take me all day so is £150 OK as I would not be able to go to another job after!

Exactly the same request I had last week, same meterage and new board and the experienced spreads on here who could do it in two hours were quoting £150 to £190 with travelling expenses and said that was perfectly acceptable as they could not go anywhere else after.

Must go as meeting my spread at 0815, £90 plus a couple of bags of board finish.
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meeting your spread post a pic and ill tell you if hes a spread. :)
 
Yes he is a proper spread, Arrived at 0815am and packed up at 1030am and a very good job he made of it as well.

He is actually packing in his business this week as he said he hates plastering after doing it for so long and is fed up of the dust and suffering from a bad back and neck.

Spunky what are you talking about? Your contribution to most threads on this forum appear to be a complete load of b-ll-cks!

Hard hat on and wait for the replies.
 
He is actually packing in his business this week as he said he hates plastering after doing it for so long and is fed up of the dust and suffering from a bad back and neck.

and workin for fuk all lol
 
Don't really call £90 for a couple of hours work fuk all but everyone has their own opinion of what is an acceptable wage to earn.
 
If I was closer to you I would do it for £100 cash all in. I don' think thats bad money for a mornings work.
 
carlos said:
If I was closer to you I would do it for £100 cash all in. I don' think thats bad money for a mornings work.
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No it's not ,.....untill you deduct tax, n i, pension, public liability , employers liability, advertising costs, fuel, van tax, insurance, repairs n renewals, tools, phone bills,etc etc, wear n tear on the old body , cos beleive me it does take it's toll, you would of made £40 so if your happy with beer money you carry on , your choice
 
lumpy said:
Yes he is a proper spread, Arrived at 0815am and packed up at 1030am and a very good job he made of it as well.

He is actually packing in his business this week as he said he hates plastering after doing it for so long and is fed up of the dust and suffering from a bad back and neck.

Spunky what are you talking about? Your contribution to most threads on this forum appear to be a complete load of b-ll-cks!

Hard hat on and wait for the replies.
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15 metres in 2hours 15 min, 3 things mate, 1 knew what he was doing. 2 did not,rough job, 3 do you know a good job from a bad job. bearing in mind he had to set up etc. me thinks you are a wind up,good job you got him before he packed it in eh ;)
 
lumpy said:
Yes he is a proper spread, Arrived at 0815am and packed up at 1030am and a very good job he made of it as well.

He is actually packing in his business this week as he said he hates plastering after doing it for so long and is fed up of the dust and suffering from a bad back and neck.

Spunky what are you talking about? Your contribution to most threads on this forum appear to be a complete load of b-ll-cks!

Hard hat on and wait for the replies.
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can't wait for spunky to reply, might have to have a day off :D
 
some people dont like the truth ;D..............sorry to all those who i have offended i forgot youre vast experience really stands out in youre replies ha ha ha
 
i tend to agree with Del , 15 m2 in that time from a dead start is tight , whether you choose to do the job for the money depends on your circumstances i suppose , Are you a builder lumpy ?
 
just done a board ceiling 4.7 x 3.4.. boarded by customer, galvo nails, odd step here and there, had to bang the odd one in a bit...
2 coats, fresh mix for topping 1.5 bags started at 9 on the button finished at 12 near enough on the button..


2 hours 15? thats topped with the same mix and gone on flat.. either that or the heating was on...
 
And what did you charge for that chris? Also are you guaranteeing for nails popping and cracks on the joints?
 
onner cash... and am a bollox guaranteeing it for nails popping.. or even the fact that he'd overboarded 2x12.5mm and used 50mm galvo clouts into old timber joists...
he was told before i started...
he was told 2 months ago for that matter when i skimmed his garage conversion and he'd done exactly the same thing... if fact that time he didnt even stagger the boards...
the blokes a builder btw...
'will it be alright'?
'probably not'...
'well it'll have to do, it took me two bloody days'...
 
I know what you mean but at the end of the day anyone who sees it in a few months cracked to fuk and nails poppin all over will be told "yeh Chris done it down the road" and thats you loosin work, very rare i skim a ceiling thats been boarded but i have in the past but at a premium say £150 plus travellin expenses ;)
 
maybe youre right, but maybe next time he'll ring me to board it for him too...
wants me to plaster an extension he's got lined up..
seeing as its highly likely he'll get problems with his own ceiling before that jobs ready, theres a good chance ill be boarding it out...
what do you say to people though? especially when there probably best part of 20 years older than you, youve explained that no one really uses galvo nails anymore, tell them why, explain why they need to stagger boards, explain what will probably happen...
people get set in there ways...
and at the end of the day i didnt board it, i only skimmed it, and the finish is bang on...
I could have got all precious and walked away but i'd have lost a contact, and at the end of the day the blokes ok, pays cash on the nod with no arguments... ill bet that garage conversions poppin already but he never said a word, and i didnt dare go ask for a lookster.. :P
 
p.s. before anyone asks 'why didnt i fire a load of 50mm drywalls into it'...
that would have meant guaranteeing it, and the way it was boarded i would have had to have had the lot down and start again...
 
Chris you wont get the boardin coz he thinks he can do it i know what you mean and agree its a catch 22 you either dont do it and lose money or you do it and loose a reputation ;) I would advise the customer you wont save any money doing it yourself i wont guarantee it, but what i dont tell them is im adding an extra £40/£50 on top to add extra screws that might reduce the cracking and still not guarantee it.
 
dunno, maybe, he'd never actually seen a drywall screw...
he's the sort of bloke thats been in charge all his life and it shows... i bet i wouldnt have got the job at 150, i reckon he's all about factoring labour in at the cheapest posssible price.. chances are all he'll do on the extension is draw the plans, probably even get a couple of lads in on a 'lift a ton cant spell it' basis to board out ::)
he may well have fallen out with other spreads because of it... the way i see it, if i draw potential problems to his attention and he tells me to go ahead anyway, he's the boss...
i'll just have to make sure that if i turn up on any of his contract work i dont tell em me name :-X
 
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