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What is the going labour rate for a plasterer in the South East these days. I've never used a plasterer to do work on my house before and want a ball park figure to go on so that I don't get ripped off when getting estimates. A reasonable daily rate suggested on here would be appreciated.
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£50. If you're happy to pick up a Croat from outside B&Q.
£400 for a room if you find a cheap builder.
£800 if he's more expensive
£1,500 if he saw you coming
£3,000 if he really saw you coming.
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Many of the costs can of course be recouped from your fee for appearing on "Cowboy Builders".
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I reckon Plastering is the hardest physical job in the building industry. Not only that, the skill requirement is high.
I have a lot of respect (for good ones!)
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About 3 years ago, I removed some dog-rough fitted cupboards in a bedroom exposing the original asbestos ceiling
:(
I plaster boarded over it and called in a plasterer to make good,
He hadn't always been a plasterer, but went on a course to learn the trade,
He did an absolute 1st class job, and you couldn't see where the old plaster ended and the new plaster began.
I wouldn't have minded being a plasterer in a previous life, like.
Although I have been plastered more-than a few times!
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In answer to the OP, £200 a day.
We just had a load of plastering done in Reading (local English chappies), 4 blokes, 1 day, 800 quid.
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A>>£200 per day.
That's 46k per annum - assuming 6 weeks' holiday. It's a skilled job, no doubt about it, but that's a good level of pay.
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>>That's 46k per annum - assuming 6 weeks' holiday<<
Ah, but - that's assuming he can always find work, from my experience of self employment, it can dry up (like plaster)
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>> Ah, but - that's assuming he can always find work, from my experience of self
>> employment, it can dry up (like plaster)
From what I gather plasters are permanently busy. I have sometimes found it difficult to get them interested in coming to give a quote, even when a fair amount of work is required.
Last edited by: Clk Sec on Wed 24 Aug 11 at 14:06
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>>From what I gather plasters are permanently busy. I have sometimes found it difficult to get them interested in coming to give a quote, even when a fair amount of work is required<<
Amazing! ... especially with the downturn in the housing market,
I've noticed that plasterers I've used in the past were incredibly fit (they have to be!)
Is there a wii fit plasterer I wonder :)
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>> Amazing! ... especially with the downturn in the housing market,
Well it could be that more people are choosing to renovate/extend than move house at the moment, haence plenty of work for plasterers.
If the OP is anywhere near Reading, I'd be delighted to recommend the firm who did my place.
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"If I won £161,000,000 on the lotto", I'd gladly pay for all Artexed ceilings in Britain to be skimmed over!
:-D
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At 800 quid a throw, some artexed ceiling folks will go disappointed.
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>> That's 46k per annum - assuming 6 weeks' holiday. It's a skilled job, no doubt
>> about it, but that's a good level of pay.
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Remember Harry Enfield's "Loadsamoney" character? A plasterer from Fulham, was he. Plastering has always paid well. The reason being, it's a blasted unpleasant job.
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>>That's 46k per annum - assuming 6 weeks' holiday. It's a skilled job, no doubt about it, but that's a good level of pay
Reduced by costs of Van, tools etc
Reduced by overheads if he works for a company.....
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Plastering - Mapmaker
