Fitters and rates

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

  1. Rugmunching

    Rugmunching Well-Known Member

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    You are the new harrods of flooring :D
    Fair play to you though
     
  2. nevertrever2

    nevertrever2 Well-Known Member

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    £5 labour only, yorkshire they are paying £2.50 to £3m2 for carpet £3 - £4 vinyl,
     
  3. Neilydun

    Neilydun Well-Known Member

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    Yep, a fiver is about it. You have to protect as well, just the cling film type stuff.
    £6.50 cushion floor, plus about £2 latex & prime.
    Its all relative, property is nice and cheap up there and a rip off down here.
     
  4. nevertrever2

    nevertrever2 Well-Known Member

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    I don't know anyone getting or shops giving fitters more than £3m2 for fitting carpet, carpet fitting is underrated around my way every other trade gets a pay rise flooring gets knocked back
     
  5. nevertrever2

    nevertrever2 Well-Known Member

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    I'm coming down in tour bus for a week earn some good monies
     
  6. merit

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    New build round here is £4 a m2. But everyone I know that does it gets shafted eventually


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  7. Neilydun

    Neilydun Well-Known Member

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    Really ? How come ?
    We work for 3 or 4 firms and they have all been established for time.
    If they shafted anyone, word would soon get round, and they would be fooked.
     
  8. merit

    merit Well-Known Member

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    Had a firm advertising on the cfs trade counter. Was warned off of them as they had been knocking the fitters. Also a lad that use to work with me was doing it but was waiting too long for payments so knocked it on the head. Anything we have ever priced on new build has always been to low so not worth doing it.
    We don’t really do site work and much commercial tho


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  9. stan1191

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    i dont earn £750 every day, i couldnt hack that. i generally make 400ish a day.

    done a 5 bedroom town house with lounge and study that paid £737, 7.30 start 4pm finish with my apprentice 2 days in a row

    im young,fit and healthy and i have the mindset to work at 100% every day without breaks, i dont smoke so dont stop 6 or 7 times a day like alot of fitters.

    my grippers mitred every single day all around the house, i stretch all four walls on in a room, gapped correctly. nothing is bodged in im just quick and i only do carpet which probably helps maintain the speed every day
     
  10. Neilydun

    Neilydun Well-Known Member

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    Thats pretty much what I thought. Same as I used to do.
    Except the gripper mitering.
     
  11. nevertrever2

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    That's between 2 of you then, house bashing makes young men old if your doing it day in day out,
     
  12. merit

    merit Well-Known Member

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    You don’t have a break all day. That’s horrible


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  13. merit

    merit Well-Known Member

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    The day I see a new build with mitred gripper il know it was you


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  14. merit

    merit Well-Known Member

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    Those numbers are achievable tho. The firm I started with absolutely ploughed through work. I went back to sub for them a few years back. My days work was h/s/l first then on to 2 bathrooms LVT with 6mm ply prep and last job 3 bedrooms. Next shop I worked for only expected a fitter to do one LVT bathroom with prep per day, 2 max.
    Strange trade we are in?


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  15. stan1191

    stan1191 Well-Known Member

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    Yeah I couldnt do the town house without the apprentice, but i can do 3 and 4 bed single story houses by myself.
     
  16. Neilydun

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    It sure does. Last week I was a bit short handed and had to get about 20 cuts of 50oz twist up to the third floor with one of my lads.
    Not cut out for that anymore.
     
  17. nevertrever2

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  18. merit

    merit Well-Known Member

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    Very true that


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  19. alan robinson

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    i was earninng £500 on a weekend, 45 years ago:)
     

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