Casual Work - Neighbour's Son

greenface2

pay per hour he will drag the job out /. pay for the drive to be washed and weeds to be gone . I think £80 in his pocket for that would be ok from both sides for a job done well . don't be soft its a job that needs doing and not something you need to touch up later . shouldn't take more than an average day and if its all done in less than 5 hours find a little something extra to fill an hour 

outtatune

Pressure washing a driveway requires skill and the correct professional equipment, despite what the Karcher ads say.

Bigphil1474

Bear in mind that as a 16 year old, he shouldn't be working more than 8 hours each day, and no more than 40 hours a week. Don't pay him for doing a 10 hour day.
Personally, I'd give him a set price for the job - how long you think it should take x £10. I work for a local council and £15 per hour is mid level management pay. Our professional gardening and works staff get around £9.50 per hour (outside London), so anything more than that is very generous for an inexperienced amateur.

grandadgolfer

Sounds like the OP is going ahead regardless of the comments on here and has already made his/her mind up.......hope he does a good job but if it goes pear shaped you have nobody to blame but yourself

Tucosalamanca

Wow, people can be so generous. I've got time served lads earning less money (and I've carefully researched market rates).
For light tasks (such as pressure washing) £60 a day is good money. I know 16/17yr olds moving aggregates for £70 per day.
The last 18yr old I took on was earning £45 cash in hand for doing demolition work (I don't approve but it's real world figures).
£150 per day puts them on £39,000 (£150x5x52). That's strong money for a skilled tradesperson in employment, ridiculous for an unskilled 16yr old.

diystarter7

outtatune said:

Pressure washing a driveway requires skill and the correct professional equipment, despite what the Karcher ads say.

I messed up our drive, never the same again unless I get it sealed etc.

OP. Ask him how much he thinks its worth and take it from there as by all accounts he appears to be a decent young man.

Ebe_Scrooge

diystarter7 said:

outtatune said:

Pressure washing a driveway requires skill and the correct professional equipment, despite what the Karcher ads say.

I messed up our drive, never the same again unless I get it sealed etc.

I'm intrigued as to how you "messed it up".  It's not really a difficult job - very time-consuming to make a good job of it, and very messy.  But not at all difficult.

silvercar

Ebe_Scrooge said:

diystarter7 said:

outtatune said:

Pressure washing a driveway requires skill and the correct professional equipment, despite what the Karcher ads say.

I messed up our drive, never the same again unless I get it sealed etc.

I'm intrigued as to how you "messed it up".  It's not really a difficult job - very time-consuming to make a good job of it, and very messy.  But not at all difficult.

OH has messed up in the past. The jet is so powerful it not only removes the weeds and the sand, but the bricks start shifting around and you end up with areas where the gaps between the bricks are too big and the pattern goes out of line.

FreeBear

silvercar said:

Ebe_Scrooge said:

diystarter7 said:

outtatune said:

Pressure washing a driveway requires skill and the correct professional equipment, despite what the Karcher ads say.

I messed up our drive, never the same again unless I get it sealed etc.

I'm intrigued as to how you "messed it up".  It's not really a difficult job - very time-consuming to make a good job of it, and very messy.  But not at all difficult.

OH has messed up in the past. The jet is so powerful it not only removes the weeds and the sand, but the bricks start shifting around and you end up with areas where the gaps between the bricks are too big and the pattern goes out of line.

And a pressure washer can also remove the top layer of some blocks depending on how old they are.

diystarter7

Ebe_Scrooge said:

diystarter7 said:

outtatune said:

Pressure washing a driveway requires skill and the correct professional equipment, despite what the Karcher ads say.

I messed up our drive, never the same again unless I get it sealed etc.

I'm intrigued as to how you "messed it up".  It's not really a difficult job - very time-consuming to make a good job of it, and very messy.  But not at all difficult.

We had a new drive, block paving, decent brand, grey and beig edges. Had liquid in it and washed at high power - it was not that direty as we look after it -  for a week of so it looked nice and gradually it has turned disgusting. It only about 7 years old..
I think I removed the top layer. You can rewash and put sealer on it but I have not bothered.