What's the going rate for a decent plasterer daily rate?

[LabourForApprenticeship]

Hi, I got my house that needs skimming. 2 guy's have come out to quote job. According to them job should take 5 days. Price one guy quoted for just labour is obscene. More than an electrician.

1400 for hallways both upstairs and downstairs. Knocked down to 1100.

10×14ft bedroom, without ceiling or one large wall as I'm getting fitted wardrobes all along. Price quoted 380.

What should I be paying, location derby, east Midlands.

 

[Squid]

£400 a day for a painter

Ssssshhhh don't let the Romanians know......

 

[UNG]

Must be putting in low prices then.

When benefits claimants are moaning about being cut back to £25K a year it is not all about low prices

 

[Squid]

Must be putting in low prices then.

Check the JIB rates and the average salary of an Electrician is about £37k, if you are self employed and have decent customers then you can make a decent living supposedly, on those wages in London it will be a tough.

 

[buzzlightyear]

I have just finished a plastering bathroom taken me 3 hours to reskim.
so bag of plaster £6 tools me own .so stop bleating how much it will cost you .and it was not put on with a butter knife .

 

[MJPD29]

Do they have an reccomendations? Pay peanuts and the work will probably be poor so don't go looking for a cheaper option based on price

 

[Squid]

I have just finished a plastering bathroom taken me 3 hours to reskim.
so bag of plaster £6 tools me own .so stop bleating how much it will cost you .and it was not put on with a butter knife .

Stone the crows and knock me down with a feather guvnor, a post from Buzz that is 95% comprehensible, I need to sit down and pour myself a large brandy....... ;o))))

 

[PEG]

I have just finished a plastering bathroom taken me 3 hours to reskim.
so bag of plaster £6 tools me own .so stop bleating how much it will cost you .and it was not put on with a butter knife .

....Yeah,but did it look like a Dalek's skirt?

(...and never mind "those lumps are for hanging the soap-on-a-rope,on...)

 

[Andrew Hunter]

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Hi, I got my house that needs skimming. 2 guy's have come out to quote job. According to them job should take 5 days. Price one guy quoted for just labour is obscene. More than an electrician.

1400 for hallways both upstairs and downstairs. Knocked down to 1100.

10×14ft bedroom, without ceiling or one large wall as I'm getting fitted wardrobes all along. Price quoted 380.

What should I be paying, location derby, east Midlands.

My Ex wife recently paid £640 for her hall stairs and landing took three lads a day to complete. this is in an old house with heigh ceilings that neede boarding first. Hope that gives you some idea.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Mr hunter new member not introduced you self then .

 

[pe2dave]

Sat here whilst a plasterer removed coving + artex. Plastered, tidied up.
Kitchen + utility.
I left him to it.
Cleared up, left an excellent job. The actual plastering was probably 1/3 of the time. Prep and clean up being the largest part.
IMHO well worth a days pay. I can't fault the workmanship.

 

[Loky11]

Jesus christ, I wouldn't get any work charging them prices round my area, day rates/prices vary across the country massively.

 

[Loky11]

Jesus christ, I wouldn't get any work charging them prices round my area, day rates/prices vary across the country massively.

 

[Gakure]

The trade where prices have shot up in my area is painter decorators , I have chatted with a few and one block is now charging £400 per day.

I remember the days when you could get a painter in for 60 quid a day

Wow, what is an average day rate for an electrician then?

 

[Gakure]

The trade where prices have shot up in my area is painter decorators , I have chatted with a few and one block is now charging £400 per day.

I remember the days when you could get a painter in for 60 quid a day

Wow, what is an average day rate for an electrician then?

 

[telectrix]

sensible salary for a spark is 40K.
overheads (1 man concern) about £10k
so £50k/40 = £1252. (assuming 40 productive weeks per year)
1252/40 = £31/hour. or £250/day

 

[Thrashman]

Gotta say , we are plasterers and electricians ( were a team ) and the day Rate is £225 a day per man, plastering is a hard graft and for a top quality job takes skill and years of practice .
The work you have sounds approximately 5-6 days work including all the prep work of walls prior to skimming and removing / re-fitting of radiators / socket faces etc.
So price maybe a couple hundred too much but this price you have been quoted is not way off what we would charge and if you have references of their work being top quality then sounds quite reasonable .
Putting right a cheap/ below par plastering job after its complete could cost you more or will make the decorators job a nightmare .
But to answer your question , electricians and plasterers prices where I am ( West Midlands ) are around the same price and rightly so.

Good luck with your work : )

 

[Leesparkykent]

About £8-£10 per square meter for skimming including all materials.

 

[holychihuahua]

Anyone seen a decent spread use s speed skim?
It don’t take em long to earn good money......still f£&kin hard work though! Good luck to em I say

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