Wage growth

[megamix]

I see in the news wages have gone up . Yet it’s still £2.50 sqm skimming on site . Despite house prices are through the roof . Anyone explain this ?

 

[Cockney]

£2.50? Hahahaha!

 

[Feck this]

Don't know how you guys do it.
What's the average meterage a day for spread on site.

 

[Djr]

I do between 70 to 80 I'm slowing down in me older years

 

[megamix]

2.50 - 3.00 around Notts

 

[Djr]

2.50 3.00 Manchester. But we board and dab our plots not just skim

 

[megamix]

I do between 70 to 80 I'm slowing down in me older years

Does it bother you that you’ve been on the same wage for last ten years ? While everyone else has a wage increase

 

[Djr]

We get £3.00 quid now . Wooh. Ha ha it was a lot lower than that not so long ago

 

[megamix]

We get £3.00 quid now . Wooh. Ha ha it was a lot lower than that not so long ago

Around £30 a day then after tax

 

[Djr]

Around £30 a day then after tax

£3.00 x 70 mtrs a day on average

 

[megamix]

Around £30 a day then after tax

Have actually seen an increase though ? Do you measure your plots ? . I know blokes that just say any price to get lads in .

 

[megamix]

£3.00 x 70 mtrs a day on average

Your extra 50p based on 70 metres is about £30 a day

 

[Djr]

I know exactly the measure of the plots because I measure them myself . Plus you can work out what your earning on the amount your putting on . I wouldn't trust our qs as he's a slippery little fukef

 

[Djr]

Your extra 50p based on 70 metres is about £30 a day

Yes correct . I had a good few years on domestics but it ended up getting on my nerves . 15 years ago it was good money it's fuk all now just wages but I don't need fortunes to live on my mortgage is pennies and my girls are older

 

[Andy g]

I am not aloud on site I am to slow bout I can get 500 a week but I am not fastiuff

 

[megamix]

Yes correct . I had a good few years on domestics but it ended up getting on my nerves . 15 years ago it was good money it's fuk all now just wages but I don't need fortunes to live on my mortgage is pennies and my girls are older

I’m considering going back on site . My apprentice is nearly out his time and he’s gonna want more money soon. It’s hard on domestics to get enough work for two . It’s ok if it’s a full house but not on single rooms

 

[Feck this]

I am not aloud on site I am to slow bout I can get 500 a week but I am not fastiuff

How's that job going.

 

[Andy g]

s**t it so hard on your own this game

 

[satan]

Wait for Walter Mitty to come and tell you how much he knocked out from his armchair today. Of course with no proof as usual.

 

[Djr]

I’m considering going back on site . My apprentice is nearly out his time and he’s gonna want more money soon. It’s hard on domestics to get enough work for two . It’s ok if it’s a full house but not on single rooms

If your lads a decent skimmer you'll do alright . As I've said before there's many blokes out there who'll smash 100 mtr + for fun

 

[megamix]

We piss 3 bags a gauge on domestics . So 9 bags between us on site should cover us .

 

[Deleted member 21440]

If your lads a decent skimmer you'll do alright . As I've said before there's many blokes out there who'll smash 100 mtr + for fun

Is that a 2 set day or 3? 35 boards skimmed in a day. If that's to a high quality then I don't know how you do it. Fair play. I do a third of that a day

 

[Andy g]

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Does it bother you that you’ve been on the same wage for last ten years ? While everyone else has a wage increase
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On your tod

 

[Djr]

Depend on how much your lad wants . If it's 50 /50 it's not exactly footballers wages

 

[megamix]

70/30

 

[Djr]

Is that a 2 set day or 3? 35 boards skimmed in a day. If that's to a high quality then I don't know how you do it. Fair play. I do a third of that a day

Of coarse it's high quality a cheap plot is 800k . This time of year 2 gauges warmer weather 3

 

[Djr]

70/30

Yes definitely.

 

[megamix]

Of coarse it's high quality a cheap plot is 800k . This time of year 2 gauges warmer weather 3

800k they sell it for £2k to skim it . That’s my point

 

[megamix]

Is that a 2 set day or 3? 35 boards skimmed in a day. If that's to a high quality then I don't know how you do it. Fair play. I do a third of that a day

11 boards a set . That’s hard even if they are all lined up in a row . These are in houses with doors , windows , stairs , cupboards .its some good going

 

[Djr]

800k they sell it for £2k to skim it . That’s my point

Very few houses I've done I would be able to buy these days it's always been the same . Price work plastering is brutal and it takes a long time to get used to . It's all we've done from being apprentices so it's the norm to me

 

[Deleted member 21440]

Of coarse it's high quality a cheap plot is 800k . This time of year 2 gauges warmer weather 3

So 1 guy is skimming 17 boards a set to a high quality? I don't see how that's possible

 

[Djr]

So 1 guy is skimming 17 boards a set to a high quality? I don't see how that's possible

2 x 35 mtr gauges ain't breaking and world records on large houses like this one

 

[megamix]

Very few houses I've done I would be able to buy these days it's always been the same . Price work plastering is brutal and it takes a long time to get used to . It's all we've done from being apprentices so it's the norm to me

Does your gaffa just do house bashing or does he get any commercial stuff big walls . Like offices and schools

 

[Deleted member 21440]

2 x 35 mtr gauges ain't breaking and world records on large houses like this one View attachment 32036View attachment 32036

As the old saying goes. f**k that

 

[Djr]

Does your gaffa just do house bashing or does he get any commercial stuff big walls . Like offices and schools

No just houses that are in high end areas.if it was those normal house builder jobs 3 bedders say well that shear graft . But there's always money to be made . Depends on how much you want to earn a week