flooring quote

cityangel

My friend`s brother has agreed to lay my laminate flooring. He has also said, to pay him what I think. Well I have no idea. The floor size is 13ft x 7ft. Any ideas

scooper

hi i would say if he is a friend i would say how about £80 and go from there if he pulls a face then up it a bit!!.
also make sure he can fit it good because laminate looks terrible if it is badly laid so he needs to know what he is doing, we made the mistake of having our kitchen one laid by someone we knew and that is no good needs to be redone actully.
good luck!!

MATH

It will probably take him the best part of a day. When my mate fits mine I pay him about £100 per room.

cityangel

He is not my friend remember. I think he may be doing it as a favour to his sister. I want to pay him decent. So should I pay him by the hour? - if so how much

MATH

To reasonably compensate someone for their time I wouldn't consider paying less than £5.00/hr

scooper

i wouldnt pay him by the hour, unless you have seen his work he has done before and has made a good job, i.e he can actually do it and not just have a go!!if you did pay him by the hour, like you said he is not a freind he could take 1 or even a couple of days to do it, then you could of got your whole house done!!just my opioion on what i would do anyway!! ;D

gardnt1

Hi,

as someone who fits laminate , a rough cost to fit this floor (approx 8 sq metres) is going to be £60 depending also on amount of doors/obstacles.

Hope this helps!

condyk

Hi gardnt1

As you are experienced in this kind of work maybe you can give me a quick pointer.

You mentioned doors and obsticles ... how do you get the flooring to fit nicely in those places, like around door frames where it would be hard to mask any slight mistakes with the kind of edging wood that is often put around rooms at the floor/skirting area?

I'm trying to decide whether to have a go or leave it to the pro's. My instinct is to go the latter route and pay someone, but I'd like to understand how difficult my house could be so I could chat to them about it and make proper sense of their pricing.

Thanks a lot

Dave

gardnt1

Hi,

doors can be tricky, but the way I tackle them is to actually cut the frame. Lay an offcut of laminate on a piece of the underlay you are using against the door frame and using this as a guide, saw under the door frame,. You dont have to go over the top, but just take enough out (chisel if need be) so that the floor (which will still probably need cutting in some way too) fits snuggly under frame. This way you get a great looking floor with no mistakes!
It might seem harder than it is, but once youve tackled one, its easy. If any mistakes are made, you can buy coloured silicone to 'match' the floor. Time and patience is the key.

Thanks,

gardnt1

:)forgot to mention, only cut the frame to the point where the edge of the laminate will be fitted!
If fitting laminate both sides of doorway, cut frame all the way across, if its just to one side cut to mid point.

hard to describe!! hope it makes some sort of sense! :-/