Plasterer's working hours

Lychee

I was wondering what is the standard number of hours a plasterer works in a day's labour?

hope that makes sense. Thanks

Crinkmeister

You need to ask the plasterer!

dingdongsaving

However many he/she wants to if they're self-employed. All tradespeople are different, but they should be willing to tell you before you employ them for a job.
We've just had some building work, some new windows, a new loo, some new plumbing work and new rads put in, a new fuse-board and some new electrical work done (sockets/new lights/powering & chasing in a tv) and some tiles removed and new ones relaid and every person we used was different in terms of their hours.
The glaziers worked 9-5 with an hour for lunch.
The builders worked 8-6 with an hour for lunch.
The kitchen fitters worked 8:30-3:30 with no breaks.
The tiler worked 8 until whenever he was at a suitable stopping point with 20 mins or so for lunch.
The plumber worked 9-4 with an hour for lunch.
The electrician worked 9-5 with an hour for lunch.

I didn't care as long as they came when they said they would & did the jobs at the prices they'd quoted. I was paying them for their skills and time...and as long as the did a good job at the price I had agreed (after shopping around and asking lots of questions) their chosen time-frame didn't matter to me.

Lychee

Thanks. I didn't realise working hours can vary, would've thought a day is 7-8 hours work. The plasterer turned up for 5 hours and that is apparently a day's labour, so I was just wondering if that's right to pay a day rate for 5 hours work. He's not finished either, coming back tomorrow and stating it's another day's labour in cost.

phill99

So why have you employing tradesmen on a day rate? Thats just an invitation to tradesmen to drag z job out. You should employ them on a fixed price. Then they have an incentive to get the job done quicker.

dingdongsaving

Did you have a price for the job before he started? All of my jobs were done at the price quoted before the jobs...hence I didn't care how many of their hours/days it took em!

force_ten

it is always better to get a price for the job inclusive of labour, if it is a day rate then the trades person could drag the job out to get a bit more money

if the job is a fixed price they may factor in more time than is actually required but it is in there interest to complete on time and not drag the job out as they wont gain from any delay

smifffy1989

Could it be that he had got to a suitable stage to leave it? For example he may have boarded the walls, but not really had enough time to start plastering?

pinkteapot

In the future, always ask for the job rate, not the day rate.

McKneff

And if you are wanting a price for the whole job, get a 'quote' not and 'estimate' big difference,.

drusilla

I think my arms would drop off if I was plastering for 5 hours. That's usually why we pay someone else.

As the other posters have said job rate not day.