Fitters and rates

Discussion in 'General Flooring Chat' started by Rswproj, Jul 6, 2021.

  1. Rswproj

    Rswproj Member

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    Hi All

    I'm well aware there is a general shortage of fitters around at the moment but I'm getting quoted best part of £450-500 a day for guys at the moment! Am I that far in the dark ages thinking that £300 a day is good money for a subbie?
     
  2. Neilydun

    Neilydun Well-Known Member

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    I`m available @ £449

    +vat
     
  3. Neilydun

    Neilydun Well-Known Member

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    Seriously, there must be a real shortage of guys at the moment.
    Ive taken loads of calls about labour only works.
    Ive not been offered £500 a day though. Except on the weekend.
     
  4. Nick58

    Nick58 Well-Known Member

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    Depends on the area your asking to be fitted?

    dont see anything wrong with getting 40m2 of lvt on the floor in a day and earning upwards of £400?

    are you a developer or flooring shop?
     
  5. Rswproj

    Rswproj Member

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    I'm just a flooring contractor. I have no problem with people earning that either and happy for people to earn as much as they can. I already pay 12-15m2 for LVT in shops which are over 60m2 in size and still getting no interest or asked for more money.
     
  6. Nick58

    Nick58 Well-Known Member

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    Including prep?
     
  7. Rswproj

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    No prep on top of this
     
  8. nevertrever2

    nevertrever2 Well-Known Member

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    £300 a day for one man and you can't get no fitters? Got to be joking I don't care if your London £300 dayrate is good monies labour only
    I will send you 3 fitters ASAP,
     
  9. nevertrever2

    nevertrever2 Well-Known Member

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    Pass it to me dude, I know firms paying £130 a day to their subbies
     
  10. nevertrever2

    nevertrever2 Well-Known Member

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    I've been on site with Lithuanian guys earning £80 a day subbing to massive company's working on that battersea powers station few years ago. Just show all the bollox about slave labour they have in their contracts don't mean a thing
     
  11. Rswproj

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    this was our advert a few weeks back feel free to get in touch!

    Guildford based company looking for floor layers to help out. Work is Surrey/ Hampshire and south east. Would suit people both looking to fill their spare days or someone looking for full time work. Usually daywork did to nature of works (around £250-£300 a day) but price work if preferred.

    Call/ Text Tom 07850035221 if interested.
     
  12. Neilydun

    Neilydun Well-Known Member

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    Thats shit for subbies. Ok for cards in with a van & tools provided etc
     
  13. nevertrever2

    nevertrever2 Well-Known Member

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    I know, firms win the job but havnt got fitters on the books or fitters to sub work out to so use agency.
    Had a firm ring up £1.50m2 carpet tile but each room 20m2 less 2 doorways loads of cuts,
    Guy told me he had a group of Romanians working on last job for him that smashed them down
     
  14. Neilydun

    Neilydun Well-Known Member

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    Thats all ok, until the work get condemned, the firm gets knocked, and the guys turn up outside the house with torches demanding there monies.
    I know of a hospital site with lino going down. They did something similar, and most of what was fitted, came back up.
     
  15. stan1191

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    Been subbing to the same place for the last 6 years on price, usually earn 400ish and finish around 1 or 2, £300id be done by 11 or so. £300 for a full day i wouldnt be happy coming in for, vans and fuel and travel arent free and are still time consuming.

    A full day of work id clear £750 thats 7.30 to 5.30 of work
     
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  16. Neilydun

    Neilydun Well-Known Member

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    Thats very good money I would say.
    I do a fair bit of new build and don`t get near that, but then I am an old git now.
    Long gone are the days where I would complete a 4 bed house on my own, in a day.
    To be fair even my lads don`t get near that money and there pretty quick.
    Is that on carpets or a mix of everything ?
     
  17. Rswproj

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    £300 plus a day and I do pay travel on top of this and if blokes can do enough in a day to earn more then I'm all for it but you saying £750 a day! Sorry but I'm calling bullshit on this
     
  18. nevertrever2

    nevertrever2 Well-Known Member

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    Bollox, £750 a day doing new builds what are you putting it down with a magic wand
     
  19. merit

    merit Well-Known Member

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    Do you use gripper or just spray it down for that m2


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  20. Neilydun

    Neilydun Well-Known Member

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    Ha, funny replies.
    New build normally pays about £5 for carpet. That`s 150 sq m a day, so a fair size 4 bed house probably.
    I have done that in a day on my own, but not anymore, and not day in, day out.
    Much more achievable with a competent apprentice though.
    I know a lot of guys on new build and no-one can clear that sort of dough consistently. Its nearly 200k a year.
     

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