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cornish_crofter
I remember a thread started by Darren @ Nett about how to maximise your earnings as a tiler. Although this didn't involve tiling I think it's worth sharing this experience with you guys. If I recall correctly one of his students had managed to rake in £1000 in a week.
A friend and customer of mine (I tiled her bathroom and fitted a new bath a few years ago) asked me to quote for a job fixing her ceiling below the bathroom. She told me her bathroom got flooded and hence the ceiling had partially collapsed. I was a bit concerned that th flood was because of my plumbing :lol: but it wasn't. Her mum had blocked the toilet and flushed it again hoping to unblock it. It didn't work.
Anyway, her insurance wanted a quote for the work. As it was a lathe and plaster ceiling I suggested that the whole ceiling up to a beam in the middle of the room be brought down completely, timbers treated, new plasterboard up and skimmed. The ceiling in question measured at 10m squared.
Now I reckon I could have skimmed it without too much of a problem, but I know a plasterer who can do a better job. His price is 10 per m squared plus materials. I reckoned £100 out of my money would be a good price to pay for less stress.
I worked out a price for the job based on the time I thought it would take plus materials. I then spoke to a friend of mine who is a QS. He reckoned it was a bit high but not out of the bounds of reason.
I went with the original quote, stating exactly what I would do for the money, the size of the ceiling and exactly why replacing the whole section of ceiling was the way to go - Asthetics and Safety. Asthetics because otherwise we're trying to cope with a join on a artex ceiling, and safety because it is quite probable that a large area of the ceiling would have partly delaminated from the lathes, creating a safety hazard.
I also mentioned that the height of the ceiling would probably need staging of some sort.
The insurers accepted.
The job went very well indeed. I managed to drop the whole ceiling. I even had someone collecting the lathes off the floor for kindling! I denailed the joists and treated the timbers by brush that day, well within about 6 hours actually including clearing up etc.
The second day the plasterboard went up. I was on my own and it took about 4 hours. I stopped for lunch then went back to clear up and remove excess materials.
Day 3 - plasterer turned up and worked his magic. 4 hours plus helping to get the staging sorted and he also helped clear up. He did a smashing job. I didn't really need to be there on day 3 but I wanted to learn from him so I helped him out with labouring etc.
Total bill came to £680.
That's £100 for the plaster
£80 for the materials
£500 for me!!!!! :hurray::hurray::hurray:
A friend and customer of mine (I tiled her bathroom and fitted a new bath a few years ago) asked me to quote for a job fixing her ceiling below the bathroom. She told me her bathroom got flooded and hence the ceiling had partially collapsed. I was a bit concerned that th flood was because of my plumbing :lol: but it wasn't. Her mum had blocked the toilet and flushed it again hoping to unblock it. It didn't work.
Anyway, her insurance wanted a quote for the work. As it was a lathe and plaster ceiling I suggested that the whole ceiling up to a beam in the middle of the room be brought down completely, timbers treated, new plasterboard up and skimmed. The ceiling in question measured at 10m squared.
Now I reckon I could have skimmed it without too much of a problem, but I know a plasterer who can do a better job. His price is 10 per m squared plus materials. I reckoned £100 out of my money would be a good price to pay for less stress.
I worked out a price for the job based on the time I thought it would take plus materials. I then spoke to a friend of mine who is a QS. He reckoned it was a bit high but not out of the bounds of reason.
I went with the original quote, stating exactly what I would do for the money, the size of the ceiling and exactly why replacing the whole section of ceiling was the way to go - Asthetics and Safety. Asthetics because otherwise we're trying to cope with a join on a artex ceiling, and safety because it is quite probable that a large area of the ceiling would have partly delaminated from the lathes, creating a safety hazard.
I also mentioned that the height of the ceiling would probably need staging of some sort.
The insurers accepted.
The job went very well indeed. I managed to drop the whole ceiling. I even had someone collecting the lathes off the floor for kindling! I denailed the joists and treated the timbers by brush that day, well within about 6 hours actually including clearing up etc.
The second day the plasterboard went up. I was on my own and it took about 4 hours. I stopped for lunch then went back to clear up and remove excess materials.
Day 3 - plasterer turned up and worked his magic. 4 hours plus helping to get the staging sorted and he also helped clear up. He did a smashing job. I didn't really need to be there on day 3 but I wanted to learn from him so I helped him out with labouring etc.
Total bill came to £680.
That's £100 for the plaster
£80 for the materials
£500 for me!!!!! :hurray::hurray::hurray:
Well done, now thats what a good job feels like :lol:.
