cost for paying wood floor, doors and skirting
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mudgekin
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Hi
I wonder if anyone can tell me if this is a reasonable quote. I have been quoted £1230 for the following work.
Lay a solid wood floor. The room is 5 yards wide and 4.4 yards long. He said he will lay a plywood base first over the existing wooden floorboards which are a bit uneven. I have already bought the wooden flooring.
Hand 3 internal doors and fit the door furniture. I have supplied these.
Replace the skirting and door facings for the room. there are 3 doors. He has suggested MDF skirting and facings which he will supply as I simply want to paint these white
I was a bit surprised at the amount he has quoted. He was recommended to us by the guy who is doing the plastering in the room and he said that this is who he would always chose to work with. He is a local joiner to us in Central Scotland.
It is always really difficult to find tradesmen and none of my friends knew of anyone to recommend which is why we asked the plasterer.
Any assistance gratefully received or any recommendations if anyone knows a really good joiner who could do this for me would be welcome.
thanks
I wonder if anyone can tell me if this is a reasonable quote. I have been quoted £1230 for the following work.
Lay a solid wood floor. The room is 5 yards wide and 4.4 yards long. He said he will lay a plywood base first over the existing wooden floorboards which are a bit uneven. I have already bought the wooden flooring.
Hand 3 internal doors and fit the door furniture. I have supplied these.
Replace the skirting and door facings for the room. there are 3 doors. He has suggested MDF skirting and facings which he will supply as I simply want to paint these white
I was a bit surprised at the amount he has quoted. He was recommended to us by the guy who is doing the plastering in the room and he said that this is who he would always chose to work with. He is a local joiner to us in Central Scotland.
It is always really difficult to find tradesmen and none of my friends knew of anyone to recommend which is why we asked the plasterer.
Any assistance gratefully received or any recommendations if anyone knows a really good joiner who could do this for me would be welcome.
thanks
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Sounds like quite a lot. I recently got quoted £575 for my main living room (approx 5x4m), little living room (approx 3.5 x3m) and hall (4x2m). I have to supply the skirtings myself (which I've roughly worked out will be £100ish). This is for laminate though, not wood. The same guy quoted £25 to hang a door.
Is your floor the type that clicks together easily or will he have to nail or glue each piece down. Perhaps that is why it's quite pricy.0 -
It does seem excessive. He's essentially charging for 10 days full-time labour; is the job really going to take him 10 days? I doubt it.0
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I wonder if anyone can tell me if this is a reasonable quote. I have been quoted £1230 for the following work........................ a really good joiner who could do this for me would be welcome.
CheersThe difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein0 -
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You pays your money - you takes your choice. A really good one can and will charge more for his services than a mediocre one. I suspect you mean a cheap really good one. The trouble is you can have a good job and you can have a cheap job. What you can't have is a good, cheap job
Thanks for the replies everyone. Re the above, I am not looking for cheap at all. What I am looking for is a decent quote and I was not sure if this was reasonable or not. If it is the going rate, then I am more than happy to pay it, if it is extortionate then I am not. I had originally thought it would be around the 800-900 mark but not having any real idea I was guessing that.0 -
Steve_the_fitter wrote: »How have you worked this out? Do you know what the guys day rate is or something?
No, I know what the guys day rate ought to be. Of course he might charge £500 per day, but that's no reason for the OP to pay it. This is a semi-skilled job; any capable DIYer could do it. There is no reason to be paying more than £120-£130 per day for this.0 -
No, I know what the guys day rate ought to be. Of course he might charge £500 per day, but that's no reason for the OP to pay it. This is a semi-skilled job; any capable DIYer could do it. There is no reason to be paying more than £120-£130 per day for this.
When did joinery become a semi-skilled job??
John....0
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