building a concrete footbath

[Rizzle from the Portizzle]

dont under price your self you are not looking at the time it takes you are looking at your skill to do this .so how long will it take you to dig this down and remove 1.6 m3 of top layer soil and clay now you bring in the hard core 0.80 m3 then conpact down you have paid for this and spent time getting it and conpacting it how much did you hire the conpactor for how much of your time was spent doing this next you need to mix 0.60 m3 of concarete do you own a mixer then charge a hire rate and a clean rate plus time to mix and lay plus your time to get the matiraels to mix now you need to mix the sand and cement 0.20 m3 so now lay tiles in to wet screed over board over night to allow entry how much did that cost now come back and grout and clean you have just laid a 100 year floor do not devalue your know how .every day i deal with tilers looking for a tile for there clients and have spent there day looking for the right tile while there client has been at work all day earning money my advice is all ways the same when you take them the samples give them a bill for your time .they would give you a bill for theres .every second is one you wont live again dont waste them for clients who dont waste theres only yours

 

[mma]

That last sentence is so true ray t t

 

[cam_low]

Yes, two separate builders quoting ridiculous prices. A very nice street to live on so I'm just assuming they think they have lots of it.

Thank you so much for the help and advice. I am now confident in tackling this path after I have a couple of questions answered.

If using dpm I would just be using it to stop weeds growing through it ? Will that do the job I require? At which stage does the dpm go down ?

Thanks again.

Cam

 

[TJ Smiler]

Cam don't do it for free, it don't look professional. I know what your saying about getting the experience but it will still be your time and effort and in the end your skill being used. Your running a small business mate, charge for absolutely everything, the customer is expecting to be charged so charge - if you say you will do it for free (in the customers eyes) it don't say much about Complete Tiling Solutions as a professional Service. Rather than not charge You would be better off telling her you can find someone else to do it for her, then putting a couple of hundred quid on top of whatever they want - take a day off and watch/help them do it, that way your getting paid while your learning and she is saving money and you come out smelling of roses.

But it really is nothing you couldn't tackle yourself mate - just make sure you charge!!

 

[widler]

I think it's a kick in the teeth for the builders to be honest, completely different pricing South of the boarder,.

cam, if you do it for nowt you are also kicking everyone on here in the teeth mate, we all moan about prices on here , and try and get as much as we can for the job we do , which is a skill we have trained for years to get right.

3 grand is a lot, but ****, imagine if you went to price a bathroom and said " 3 grand mate" and they said " I've had a price for £500 ,so I will go for them"
Imagine what you would say.
personally I think your mad [emoji106]