Fuel , expect to pay to drive to work, mostly local or sleep in carFuel
Vehicle repairs and maintenance
Tools
Insurance
Etc etc etc
Just a few over heads you have, so you are now only working for £1.80 an hour
Unforseens I may charge an hourly rate to rectify, but this can be a grey area on certain jobs, and IMO, it's my responsibility to factor into a quote. Sometimes have to take a hit, but hopefully it hasn't eaten into my wage, just my profit.
Yes , refuse cash only accept bank transfer, only earn about £11,000 , just do enough to get bye , been busy with own building work for the last 10 years , wife and kids all sorted with high paid jobs , I love to keep busy and life's just got uncomplicated since the kids got there own houses so I wanted to change my work pattern to block earn 7 days a week for a couple of months at a time hence my enquiry for site rates .
So why not just knuckle down and earn more money out of the private sector? I very much doubt that you'd slot back into making decent money on sites anyway.
Mentally can't handle quote with profit so always on a looser , always been working for 2 builders , absolutely no quibble about cost , they can both plaster so understand about prep , when I was younger I'd work for anyone but was sick of builders cutting corners and always felt I was covering things up for them
Had to live with it, I do some private work for old customers but they all understand that I don't do quotes , much of this is overskim and they accept my unorthodox approach as they know to go elsewhere is going to cost, eg an artex ceiling say 12 m2, good condition, not much depth , they clear the room and sheet the floor , I don't except responsibility for accidents, I scrape , PVA 2 or 3 coats , 2 or 3 mf coats , done in 5 HR , £90 plus materials .
Sorry, not out to undercut anyone , I just want a simple life , paid by the hour , no hassle , hence , probably go on site, will easily throw 50+ m2 at £3.50 it's a pay rise for going to the gym, no gaps between jobs , 2 months work and the rest of the year off to play
You will undoubtedly have to charge much more as you likely have to factor in for maybe 3 qoutes also in case of any problems so at least 50% more , sheeting up etc and probably more drive time , unknown customers , problems with payment and it's likely to double my price , it's a totally different situation for me , I don't work for anyone who I don't know and they have no experience of any other plasterers , you would probably call it mates rates
Also I'm in Bedford so not London prices
If you think my approach to double skimming dodgy artex and multi suction surfaces , dry lining around stud doorway was ? I have some future posts to on boarding cielings and dot and dab techniques to come , I've been working on my own for 20 years , have no real comprehension of what you all do as I don't know any other plasterers
Trouble is on site they have deadlines so 50m a day they wont take you on
That's interesting what do they expect
So how many m2 a day , not usually impressed with the quality I've seen so I'm surprised at £3.50
That's £300 a day , no wonder you all are . scratching your head at me . That's doable , only usually do 6 HR, Don't even bother with speedskim most of the time , great money though , don't mind taking it from a contractor
Cheers , not even got cswhatever , got a house with my builder in a week or so , will be talking about future with him , didn't have a clue what going rate was , not an issue as I've got bye and it's been a convenient way to support my lifestyle , wow £ 300 a day , for going to the gym unbelievable !
Depraved ?
Is the boarding around stud doorway standard practice?
Stick in the hole you are at the moment or you'll lose your job. You said you are happy?!?Why the sudden change If you don't need it?
The builder has long term personal problems , expecting him to slow up and will not have enough work for me, he can plaster , just can't put enough on and get the quality , we're both mid 50's , from our waistlines you can tell who spreads , not that many years ago I was push biking up to 30 m per day to go to spread , got knocked over by a car at a junction and the wife nagged me so much I had to start going by car . Not delighted at the prospect of boards as I enjoy the adventure and sense of achievement with overskim , but can't face the haggle with unknown customers
