Material cost for a new bathroom

Clive_Woody

sam1970 wrote: »

any way..my question is ..is £1500 a bit steep for material for a bathroom?

Depends whether it is a budget bathroom or top of the range fixtures and fittings.

If you have a parts list you could price it up yourself.

Risteard

cybervic wrote: »

I don't think OP is talking nonsense. Yes customers pay for everything needed for the job but in most practice the cost of tools should be included in the labour cost or better still included in the overall quotes. Drill bits maybe consumables but it's still part of tools. Often customers want to buy materials themselves, they may buy plasters, tiles, bathroom suits, socket plates, but they won't buy drill bits for tradespeople. However, if the cost of drill is only minimum say £20/£30 then I'll suck it up if the job was done well.

OP if you aren't sure about material cost, just do spot check on some items and see if it sounds about right, for example, did he buy 30 meter copper pipe when you only needed 5m? Did he buy adhesive that covers 100m2 area when you only have 20m2? did he buy the most expansive drill bits costing £50+ per set....etc. You can use Toolsation or screwfix website to check price and specs for item.

Drill bits aren't tools. They are attachments which are not designed to last forever.

ceredigion

I am intrigued by this drill bit. If you are talking a bog standard 5.5mm sds bit, I would supply and stand the cost of ware and tare. However I suspect this is a specialist diamond coated tile drilling bit. These don't do many holes before they go in the bin and you can comfortably right off at least one on a job. It is perfectly acceptable to bill the cost into a contract, or if client is suppling materials consider it to be a materiel.

Doozergirl

To talk from the POV of a consumer and decide what constitutes materials and what constitutes labour is talking without experience and taking things for granted. And yet you see what it adds up to!

Drill bits are not labour. Labour is labour. A taxi fare is not just labour, it is the car too. From a tax POV, drill bits are not taxable and no-one is going to bill materials as labour because they'll get taxed on it.

I must have 40 subcontractors on my books. A day rate is a day rate. My subbie's tools do come with them, but we have to buy the unusual tools for special jobs and the whole variety of drill bits. We actually have a separate supplier for most of our consumables and the bill is considerable. I think people assume that drill bits last for a while - they don't.

Your person has tried to help you by giving you the exact fee for their work, without calculating risk and charging it to you. You have been made privy to my world - and I spend at least £250k a year on subcontracted labour. But you illustrate that no good deed should go unpunished!

Find someone less naive and the bill will be higher. There is risk and it costs money. If you pay less, you take on that risk - you pay the day rate and you pay for the materials and you pay for the mistakes. That is how it works. All the guy wants to take home is his day rate. Lucky you.

getmore4less

sam1970 wrote: »

Thank you guys. The labour charge was £3600 in total. The material was £1500 inc. VAT and it included large amount of various size pipes, drains, electrics, adhesive, grout, silicone, drill bits etc

sam1970 wrote: »

two men for 3 weeks

£120pppd looks on the cheap side

Even if you add all the materials you are only at £170.