plastering cost for one wall

cannyscot_2

I need one wall five metres long plastered. I took off wallpaper and it took the plaster with it plus fireplace and shelves were taken out leaving bare bricks and mess.


Plasterer has quoted £200 but that seemed dear as I had researched on here and had a mind it should be nearer £100. I wondered if the extra cost is justifiable for the bare bricks and the fact some needs skimmed and other bits need more plaster ie on brick bits?

Andybez38

I think you estimate of £100 is nearer the mark, without seeing the job i would say it wouldnt take mor than 3 hours to do. The £200 estimate is on the steep side. Im a dryliner/ plasterer so speak from experience.

cargo

Sorry have to disagree:
2 bags multi finish:
PVA
At least 1 bag bonding/dry line ahdesive (dependant on dry line versus traditional)
Scrim for any cracks visable.
If boarding the cost of board.

Not gonna be much left out of ya £100 to make it worth turning out.

Again we could argue all day as to pricing of work and without seeing the job its hard.

No offence just my opinion.

Plasterer also.

Sorry for confusing the issue.

catkins

Most good palsterers in the south east charge around £50 a square metre. Once they pay for materials and pay their taxes this starts to make sense.

Ohhohoho

Plasterers i have used charge a daily rate of around £250, on average they can do four walls of a room or one ceiling in a day.

So i would guess that whether you got a plaster in to do just the one wall, or all the walls in your room, the price would be pretty much the same.

I did get around this problem once by paying cash in hand for plasterer to work on a Saturday morning - so he didn't have to put it through books, and he also wasn't losing out on any 'full day' jobs that came up as he didn't normally work weekends.

I'm in London by the way, so rates are probably highest.

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Ohhohoho - Whereabout in London are you? I am in North London and also looking for a plasterer to do a whole room, could you PM me your plasteres' phone number please, £250 a day sounds like a good deal! Thank You!!

jason_s_2

On small jobs like that you will struggle to find a quote for £100, as cargo say's pay for all the materials and you haven't got much left for a days work. You couldn't skim straight on to the backing plaster any way as you have to leave it to set,this can take 4-5 hrs in its self.To be honest £200 aint that bad.

And it looks like someone else is on there way for a ban too.

disco_driver

:eek: £100 - never ! 3 hrs is certainly pushing it, and dare I say it? perhaps not a professional job I have to agree with cargo the material costs alone would be eating into the £100 not to mention that it would be unlikely that the plasterer would be able to do any other jobs that day taking into account traveling time, cleaning down and setting up.
You have to pay the daily rate I'm affraid - personally I would not do it for less than £150 + materials, any less and I would simply walk away.

misgrace

jason_s wrote: »

And it looks like someone else is on there way for a ban too.

Tell me more Jase

misgrace

I must defend the plasterers here, even though some are off my Xmas card list, except my pal Jason ofcourse

But like OP says,he has to pick the gear up, he still has to set up, lug his gear in, sheet up (:laugh: the last lot I saw didnt know what a cloth was let alone a sheet)
Do the scrimming, PVAing, knocking up, flinging it on the wall, (sorry, I meant, trowelling it on the wall ) letting it go off a bit, smoothing etc.

Infact it does work out cheaper to have more walls done than the one wall, as by the time he's waited around for the PVA to go tacky, plaster to go off etc, the day has gone, and its too late to go off to another job.

tony_plasterer

cannyscot wrote: »

I need one wall five metres long plastered. I took off wallpaper and it took the plaster with it plus fireplace and shelves were taken out leaving bare bricks and mess.


Plasterer has quoted £200 but that seemed dear as I had researched on here and had a mind it should be nearer £100. I wondered if the extra cost is justifiable for the bare bricks and the fact some needs skimmed and other bits need more plaster ie on brick bits?

sound fair to me