Labour cost for fitting laminate ?

TheCyclingProgrammer

Anyone can lay laminate badly.

Ruski

Hallways are a nightmare and need to be done properly, 2 men @ 150 per day is more than good value.

HTH

Russ

AlexMac

Whoever fits it, suggest they 'float' it under the architraves around doorways by cutting a horizontal slice off the bottom of the architraves and sliding the laminate in. This looks much neater than fitting fiddly little bits of scotia round the projecting moulding, or, even worse, cutting the laminate short of it and filling the gap with mastic as I have seen done.
Its also really easy; just put a bit of laminate on the floor as a height guide and use an ordinary hand saw.

I'm no carpenter but I did a DIY fitting job on some mid-price B&Q laminate the other day and it was incredibly easy to lay- just clicked into place without the need for tapping in. A room only took 3-4 hours and even without removing the skirtings I managed to do it sufficiently neatly that I didn't have to bother with scotia; no-one ever notices the tiny expansion gap if the line is straight!

Reece_

AlexMac wrote: »

Whoever fits it, suggest they 'float' it under the architraves around doorways by cutting a horizontal slice off the bottom of the architraves and sliding the laminate in. This looks much neater than fitting fiddly little bits of scotia round the projecting moulding, or, even worse, cutting the laminate short of it and filling the gap with mastic as I have seen done.
Its also really easy; just put a bit of laminate on the floor as a height guide and use an ordinary hand saw.

I'm no carpenter but I did a DIY fitting job on some mid-price B&Q laminate the other day and it was incredibly easy to lay- just clicked into place without the need for tapping in. A room only took 3-4 hours and even without removing the skirtings I managed to do it sufficiently neatly that I didn't have to bother with scotia; no-one ever notices the tiny expansion gap if the line is straight!

Whilst this is very true and the way it should be done, I wouldn't think of hiring a tradesman that needed this suggested to them, first sign of cutting around architraves and door frames they'd be gone, real amateur even below DIY standard. Certainly do not accept any excuses as to this being in any way okay.

As much as £600 sounds steep , I agree with Russ, hallways can be a nightmare, certainly one containing 7 doors! Remember that those 7 doors could well need the bases shaved down once the laminate is installed.
Obviously get more quotes but a hallway with that many door frames in, really needs to be done right, go too cheap and get a cowboy who cuts around all the frames etc and it will look a mess.
The comment regarding £15 per square metre costing more than the laminate is completely irrelevant. You can buy a cheap hollow core door for £10, doesn't mean you should expect it fitted for less.

TheCyclingProgrammer

AlexMac wrote: »

Whoever fits it, suggest they 'float' it under the architraves around doorways by cutting a horizontal slice off the bottom of the architraves and sliding the laminate in. This looks much neater than fitting fiddly little bits of scotia round the projecting moulding, or, even worse, cutting the laminate short of it and filling the gap with mastic as I have seen done. !

Undercutting the door frames and architraves is the ONLY correct way to do it. Any so-called fitter who doesn't do this is crap.

deejaybee

Thanks for further feedback all...

I haven't updated before cos laptop died, and is in for hd replacement - using better halfs's iPad which is a struggle !

Anyway, I have had a price off a highly recommend handyman - reckons will take max 2 days on his own - £280, happy days.

Roachy_2

Please note that you do not shape around door ways because that just looks rude. You install the boards underneath the the doorways