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infidel

What might people charge for the following job.

-Rip out bath, basin, toilet
-Remove tiles 10 sq m
-Fit new shower tray (different position than existing waste etc), new basin (different position) & new toilet (re position)
-Run new pipework for shower, basin, toilet
-Tank shower area
-Fit new ceramic tiles to wall 13 sq m (1 window)
-Fit new electric shower to existing water & electric supply
-Adhesive, grout, tanking supplied by me

Any help appreciated:thumbsup:
 
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My mate Andy Alpin (AJP Property Development) charges a flat fee £5000 for a job like that. He quotes his own labour rate at £250 a day and has a polish worker that he pays £100 a day for the donkey work.

One week job
5 x £250 = £1250
5 x £100 = £500
1 x skip = £120
1 x Bal tanking kit
1 x adhesive
1 x grout
The customer has a limited choice of basics from the bath store of:
1 x shower
1 x loo
1 x bath
10 square meters of tiles @ Budget of £40psm (£400)
He supplies Accessories like polyplumb, valves, wire, lights, plaster, boards, All fitted with everything working and tested. Includes removal of all waste via the skip.

Lots of happy customers.. He actually has about two or three projects on the go and uses cheap labour onsite to do most of the clearance work and setting up / tiling cuts etc.

He moves from one job to the other. Does a lot of quotation work during the day. But then again I guess he sees himself as multitrade and of course he is London based.
 
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sibs

What are all these new regs I keep hearing about? What does this mean? I did a tiling course last september which included a short course on plumbing - enough to teach me the basics of water plumbing and to deal with changing a bathroom suite altering existing pipework - pipe bending - soldering - compression joints - push fit - waste systems -taking radiators off - we looked at different types of central heating although I consider this just an overview to give an idea of how they work. I have certificates for my tiling and plumbing and this training company is recognised by the TTA . So although I don't have government recognised qualifications (NVQ/C&G) the training was very comprehensive. I know this hasn't made a plumber out of me - I wouldn't be so naive as to call myself one but I can deal with "wet" plumbing. If I were to change someones bathroom suite which involved altering some pipework would I be breaking the law?
Can anyone explain ?
 
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frogeye

Hi
Part P regs for electrics means that the diyer can only do limited work in his own house, anyone doing trade work must have certificate for part P, I think the same goes for installing chimney flues (part H?) then there is Corgi registered for gas. It seems that anything that has the potential to cause harm, fumes or electrics etc are covered.

Just waiting for the working at height regs to stop you decorating your own home :furious3: Bloody nanny state.

Apart from drowning in a flooding bathroom maybe we are safe to work on bathrooms - for now. But I don't know

frogeye
 
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tabs

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Hi
Part P regs for electrics means that the diyer can only do limited work in his own house, anyone doing trade work must have certificate for part P, I think the same goes for installing chimney flues (part H?) then there is Corgi registered for gas. It seems that anything that has the potential to cause harm, fumes or electrics etc are covered.

Just waiting for the working at height regs to stop you decorating your own home :furious3: Bloody nanny state.

Apart from drowning in a flooding bathroom maybe we are safe to work on bathrooms - for now. But I don't know

frogeye

Only corgi registered engineers with ccn1 and/or hr1 can install/work on flues.
 
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GatesheadCol

Sibs Mate,

Replacing a shower like for like is fine if your a DIY'er and nothing against it.

However you may want to check as showers these days MUST be connected to an RCD. And the wire neededf for showers now is thicker than 10 years ago so the wire in there might not be thick enough.

An electrician would look at the job and using the new regs decide if the circuit needed upgrading etc.

Ideally it should be 10mm although apparently you an get away with 6mm if its plastered in but dont take my word for it.

Had a customer last week who had replaced a shower that had been in 20 years or so.

Burnt the wire through the wall and fried the circuit board.

The wire was socket wire!!



Just a few thoughts to bear in mind.
 

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Infidel.
If it's anything like my first job then charge royally!
Might be A LOT of work involved.
Estimates I had for thAT KIND OF JOB WAS 3.5 - 6k including mats (not tiles)
 
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sibs

Yes will deff check that electric shower has its own circuit and hence its own fuse/rcd and I will also be sure to check for the correct size cable an if in any doubt will advise accordingly. I do know that it is against the law for me to put a more powerful shower in to replace an existing electric one so shan't be doing that. Great post GatesheadCol
 
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protilers

personally, I hate when people talk money....(un professional)
however if you are qualified to do all the trades that are required,....
why are you asking about pricing.....as a time served professional you have had life experiences that tell you to price £........... plus 10% for errors........?
 
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