Labour cost for fitting laminate ?

deejaybee

Hello,

Have been quoted around £500 for laminate fitting to a just over 18m2 living room ( 5.04 x 3.64 )

Room is basically a rectangle with no fireplace or chimney breast.

and a Z shaped hallway ( approx. 7.6 m2 )

( except that the middle leg of Z is at 90 degrees to other legs )


Quote is just for the labour as I will probably source laminate , underlay, scotias etc myself.

Does that sound ok ?

Thanks

Jamiesmum

That sounds ridiculous.

Any reason you can't do it yourself? It's actually really easy. I'm a 24 year old female with little to no DIY skills but got fed up waiting for OH to do it, started and found it was pretty easy. You need minimal tools as well. I had everything required already. Jigsaw tape measure etc.

If not, you'll be better off hiring a handy man, or even a friend. Ask around before you pay that price just incase. I reckon you could easily half that.

deejaybee

Thanks for feedback jamiesmum.

I must admit my gut feel was that it sounded excessive.

There are several doorways off hallway, so a lot of architraves to shape round, don't know if that is bumping it up or not, plus I don't know whether quote was with vat on top, and I could maybe get a better deal for cash.

Will try to get more quotes for sure

Thanks again

chappers

somewhere around £15/sqm with maybe a bit more for the hallway, for the reasons you have identified

zaax

It should be about £200 if not London. Try a local carpenter

jakemillspaek

If you are ripping out existing skirting and replacing with mitred skirting can add to the cost...but recommended IMO.

gingernut352000

How many hours do they think it will take my rule of thumb is £200 a day for a reasonable crafts man the has served me right for plumbers sparks and joiners when judging a quote if there 2 men then tweak the figures this includes a call out fee and a reasonable hourly rate.

TheCyclingProgrammer

As somebody said above about £15/m is about right for a decent fitter and is about what mine (one of two Essex Quickstep master installers) charged me. Our downstairs (open living/dining room and hallway), about 40sqm I think cost us about £2k fully fitted with QuickStep impressive which also included fitting of new skirting boards and architraves which I supplied, and some prep work which involved levelling off the whole hallway (old tiles had left adhesive on concrete subfloor) and part of the living room.

The same guy also did our back bedroom with the same laminate, 3x3m square room, came to about £750 fully fitted, again with fitting of new skirting and architrave which I supplied.

I'd say £350-400 is a better price but please don't bother with a handy man if you want a decent job! (There was a recent thread on here with a good example of a handyman laminate job!)

deejaybee

Thanks again for all the feedback folks:beer:

I take the point about possibly getting a not great result from a "handyman" - but I am sure there are some good ones out there.

The quote I got is from a flooring specialist, due to speak again next day or two, so I will wait and see what develops for now.

deejaybee

Firm quote come back as 600 now, apparently it is 2 days work for 2 men - I have politely declined.

As in OP - living room I would have thought would be straight forward, as no fireplace/ chimney breast etc and judt one door.

Hallway is obviously more challenging as 7 doors off it..

Should be getting 1 or 2 names from my sparky soon, and hopefully more reasonable quotes.

konark

Laminate is designed to be easy to lay and supposed to be a DIY job, I mean it's not rocket science. Would you pay £600 for someone to lay a carpet? £15 a square metre to lay laminate is money for old rope, it doesn't even cost that much to buy!