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Fit 5 internal doors

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£125 labour only.

I am providing the doors and all fittings (Wickes)

Old house so each hole different, some wonkey lintels too.

Fair?

D70
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  • I would say fair as it should take half a day.
    :eek:Living frugally at 24 :beer:
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  • leveller2911
    leveller2911 Posts: 8,061 Forumite
    edited 24 January 2013 at 8:25PM
    I would say fair as it should take half a day.



    If you can do that for £125-00 then the OP had better employ you to do it.

    Turn up, tools out of the van, dust sheet up.Hang 5 doors with 3 hinges per door, fit 5 latches (possiblyincluding a bathroom privacy lock),fit 5 pairs of handles, possible move door stops to allow the doors to close properly,clean up,take all your kit back to the van and go in half a day?.

    Most guys price work on a basis of a days work being 8 hrs, no way I would do 5 doors in 4hrs including the above , guess I must be getting slower.


    I would charge a full days money so anywhere between £150-£200 would be a fair price.
  • Moomum
    Moomum Posts: 958 Forumite
    Bargain, we were just charged £100 to fit one!
  • john.h
    john.h Posts: 357 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I would say fair as it should take half a day.

    Are you a joiner?
  • phill99
    phill99 Posts: 9,093 Forumite
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    I would say fair as it should take half a day.

    Don't take the mick. It's more like a day.
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  • It's half a day, an hour per door at most. After all it's a couple of hinges.
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  • john.h
    john.h Posts: 357 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    It's half a day, an hour per door at most. After all it's a couple of hinges.

    So you are not a joiner then? :D
  • dseventy
    dseventy Posts: 1,220 Forumite
    Thanks for the replies all.

    To be fair to all the joiner he said "It would take the best part of a day" so not a half day but not a full one I read it as. So we are all right (or wrong).

    What made me laugh is he said all of his work is outside at the moment and the thought of working indoors with heating and hot tea sounds good!

    D70
    How about no longer being masochistic?
    How about remembering your divinity?
    How about unabashedly bawling your eyes out?
    How about not equating death with stopping?
  • LEJC
    LEJC Posts: 9,618 Forumite
    we have just had 6 custom made doors fitted in an old house with non standard size doorways hence the custom made aspect....it still took a full day to fit them,carpenter started at 8 and finished well after 6...fitting was included in our total price but your price seems very reasonable to me for the possible work involved....and potentially longer than half a day to complete.
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  • nickj_2
    nickj_2 Posts: 7,052 Forumite
    john.h wrote: »
    Are you a joiner?

    magician ? possibly ?
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