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just been to look at a job,the guy has 6 rooms to sand cement and set in a 3 bed house,all bedrooms kitchen and lounge,hes hacking off all the lime morter back to the brick and is reboarding the larf ceilings .hes going to do the mixing and stuff so no need for a lab., any rough quotes for the labour only price wud be much appreciated.
 
reli that much? i sed id be doing each room within 2 good days or so and sed about 300 per room, have i massively underpriced ? and yeh its guna be cash if i get it
 
you wont be floating a room on your own over old stone walls and skimming the entire room inc ceilings in 2 days mate
 
was lookin at skimmin ceiling n stick any reveals in between and render walls after as there is coving going up anyways ,next day leaves 3 sets skim the walls ? shudnt be no more than 2 and a half days each room if hes mixing and lumping the muck up for me ? its onli a standard terrace 3 bed house the rooms arnt massive.and the background is brickwork so shud be plenty suction for floating, just hope i havent underpriced to much.cheers tho m8
 
If the brickwork is OK and it's not an occupied house (not having to sheet up) then I'd say about £1490 would be near the mark in Essex and that's not a cash price.
 
yeh it is all stripped out no carpets skirting arcirtave etc. the brickwork all looks fine and will just need a flick of water to kill the dust,hes just taking all the lime of as soo much has blown and sum is paperd etc.i think i shud be done all 6 rooms around about 12 days or so providing they guy can keep up wen rendering so thats a price of 1800 quid ruffly and gives me a good 150 a day. 1495 sounds much more in scope for the amount of work there.the rooms arnt as big or difficult as richard must have thort with his price .cheers tho lads
 
essexandy said:
If the brickwork is OK and it's not an occupied house (not having to sheet up) then I'd say about £1490 would be near the mark in Essex and that's not a cash price.
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WHAT you gotta be kidding
 
for a start his mix's are gonna be sh it, he will spend half the day faffing about etcetc but if the rooms are small then maybe you'll be ok and its over brick.

andy you would price that job at £200 p/d after tax per room ..... your nuts. im in this game to make money not sweat my balls off for that
 
I have just priced a whole reskim of a victorian terrace all the skirting lines and electric chases pva and skim 3 bedrooms h/s/l lounge 2nd reception kitchen-diner and got the job how much?
 
Your time frame is a no go mate, even with a labourer your not going to float and set the room and then do a full skim, no way
 
bodplasterer said:
I have just priced a whole reskim of a victorian terrace all the skirting lines and electric chases pva and skim 3 bedrooms h/s/l lounge 2nd reception kitchen-diner and got the job how much?
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bodplasterer said:
I have just priced a whole reskim of a victorian terrace all the skirting lines and electric chases pva and skim 3 bedrooms h/s/l lounge 2nd reception kitchen-diner and got the job how much?
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I would say about 2.5k for the vicky terrace
 
Johnathon said:
Your time frame is a no go mate, even with a labourer your not going to float and set the room and then do a full skim, no way
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personally cant see y once the ceiling is skimmed off by 11 at the latest, y i shud have any problems rendering 4 flat walls by 4 oclock. even without a labourer once iv shown the bloke how i want it mixed hes jus gotta haul it to me ??
 
I agree jay easily done but i always find its easier to have a day on ceilings then spend the next day or two on the s/c then drop back set the lot.
 
Yeah id skim all the ceilings first turn back and float it all with s&c then skim it the first rooms you floated out should have nicley cured by then, but like i say thatd how id do it ;)
 
yeh i also agree with u here .ived told the customer that its best to get ceilings done while sticking a few reveals so u can hit the render all in one go,but hes doing rooms in stages so il jus have to skim ceiling and drop bk to render the walls in the afternoon then there redi to set the next day,and im sure there guna set quick enuff for me to do 3 easy sets if need be.just posted on here to c if 300 ish per room was enuff or wether i was just over busting my balls for the sake of not losing the job ?
 
yup, you got a whole house to do, why do it 1 room at a time? ceilings first, float it all then set.
 
idealy i wud pug but hes not got all rooms redi as yet and he wants kitchen done first so it can all be fitted etc soon as and theres sum chases and wiring and stuff to do in other rooms so il just be doing a room then onto the next once there redi.otherwise il be waiting around for ages for it all to be redi in one hit,but i defo kno wat ur on about if i go into a new build its crash in with the ceilings and stick all ur beads or boarded reveals up as u go redi to render,jus not reli possible in this case
 
fairy nuff. i think £300 per room is on the cheap side myself, if you were on site ok, but not domestic.
 
so its only ganna be 1 coat of S&C?? old brick work would of fort it will need 2 very thick coats?
 
always 2 coat my render,first coat will pull off like mad then get secong coat on quick and rule it off,isnt a problem wen ur onli doing areas the length of ur str8 edge at a time ,or around doors and windows etc.will need floating up str8 away 2 i shud think
 
u never one coat? meaning u scratch one day then second coat the next? always worked with spreads hu put a ruff coat on then once its pulled in a bit jus second coat it out to ur frames beads or wateva thickness u need ,then rule off and float? wats ur technique ?
 
that explains y i cudnt understand ur time scale comment earlier .iv onli ever done that if the thickness is too great to get over in 2 coats at the same time.wen goling on red old brick with old lime morter dust on it u kno its guna dry as u put it on so ur second coat will stick and rule off if ur quick enuff.must take forever rendering if u have to wait to go over it agen the next day.plus then uv gota wait another day to skim ??
 
i think your all nuts ..... i always float the walls in the room then i can scrim the ceiling lines, skim the ceilings then render the walls .... no thanks
 
Johnathon said:
I give your method a go on my next rendering job
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Think you ought too mate.......Dels under the impression that you think internal render for skimming, is the same method as external render.. ie... Scratch coat one day, top coat the next. ?
 
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