Materials Markup

[martin1c]

I've recently put a spreadsheet together for all material costings so that I can gauge jobs a bit better. As a default, I marked up all materials by 30%. Do you think this is a fair mark up or otherwise?

 

[Andy Allen]

i normally do 15/20% on top of my trade price...

 

[Ian]

Minimum of 30% on materials, sometimes more, depends on the product. I buy my adhesives by the pallet so I can make a few more quid on each bag. We have to earn a living and make profit, the way I see it is, so long as I'm not charging more than retail, the client is getting a fair deal.


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[John Benton]

It all depends on the discount from the retail price. On addy, grout etc, I add on 20%. For tiles I normally get between 30/40% so I will pass on half of that to the customer, and arrange delivery, taking it out of their hands.

 

[Perry]

depends what you pay for them but it shouldn't be more than they would pay for them

 

[Peter]

Usually ten or twenty percent but on stuff like tanking and grout there's about 200% due to buying once and using on several jobs.