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I have 5 or 6 broken slates on the front elevation of my terraced house.
I have been quoted £150 to supply and fit these, does this seem reasonable?
Sounds about the same as the quote I got from a fairly large local company for 6 slates on a semi. Got two of them fitted by a local chap for £20 the time before.
Yeah a bit steep. Slates will be 10 quid max!! Probably 2 hr job tops, but the lad is gonna perch on your roof on a crawler which is usually why folk bump it up a bit. £100 is a bit more acceptable.
slates, as in real slate? or tiles?
Location?
I'd probably charge £80-120 depending upon the job
I was bang in the middle then funky!!
They are not made from natural slate - more a fake slate! Thin but large about 500 x 250 mm I guess.
Location is Cardiff and they are local. All of the affected slates look to be within arms reach of the bottom but yes realise I am paying for them to be a long way up waving tools around - don't fancy it myself!
Thanks for the responses, I will try to negotiate to £100 otherwise get someone else in. They have already replaced two on the back which cost £65 but was a trickier job (double ladders, climbing around) so they may be trying their luck a little.
I was just being awkward 🙂
hang on.. two blokes Thats yer elf and safety for you, one to foot the ladder the other to shin up the thing then has to dance on yer tiles lift a few replace with new distrubing gord knows what and you theink 150's steep ( no pun intended) seems a fair crack to me unless you want to get a ladder a mate go get some slates tools etc shin up and do it.. no 150's fair value both sides win.
60 quid for the slates.
40 quid for 2 hours work , [s]20[/s]10 quid per hour for each bloke?
I'd walk away if you tried to negotiate me down to that. 😉
Shop around with quotes/haggle?
My 2 tiles were replaced by one guy on his own who was more daring than I'd care to be. For £20. I offered more, he refused. However I'll probably call him again if I have more problems in a place I can't get to and I'm sure then he'll charge normal rates. However I'm slowly getting over my issue with heights so I may have worked up to rooftop work again by then 🙂
Well if they are doing it properly they should be working under the [url= http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg401.pdf ]work at heights regulations[/url]
If they are doing it properly £150 is cheap. Two skilled operatives, half a day each, several hundred pounds
Shop around with quotes/haggle?
Don't forget there's a difference between haggling and asking me to drop my trousers...
FFS, the bloke has to go and fetch the slates, travel to your gaff, go up and fix the roof then dispose of the old bits and you are quibbling over £50? To keep the rain out of your house worth many thousands of pounds?
[i]*Walks off shaking head* [/i]
look at your own hourly rate and ask your self if you would go on the roof to do your job for that money .
And also can you just charge for a couple of hours? Most likely break the day into 2, otherwise would probably find that only ever do 6 hours of billable work.
As an ex roofer that sounds mighty cheap, I'd take him up on his offer.
He has to get there, may have to go to builders merchant to get correct size of slates, travel back. Fix slates they may not all be in same location move ladders? and the usual cry from the ground from the householder "while you're up there can you just........." Take ladders down dispose of waste.
Out of that £150 he has to pay 2nd man, pay fuel taxes insurance feed/clothe his family etc.. maybe try and fund his mtb hobby?
£150 is ok,you have to consider what else goes into doing a job not just turning up and doing a couple of hours..
hard times now,so you could probably shop around and someone will do it cheaper as were getting undercut left right and centre,and working for nowt at mo 👿
sure employ the old bloke for 20 quid who nips up on his own rattles around on the roof been a bit lairy.. but what happens when you hear the thump as he hits the deck head first..
when your bike gets a bit rough do you take it to the bike shop or get a kid who has a Lidl tool box.. do you fit shimano or knick some taiwanese bits off the kid next doors bmx
Apologies for the hijack but can anyone recommend a roofer in Edinburgh. Cheers.
sure employ the old bloke for 20 quid who nips up on his own rattles around on the roof been a bit lairy.. but what happens when you hear the thump as he hits the deck head first..
His working practice is his choice, not mine. I respect his opinion that it's a simple job not needing multiple people, I'll even foot the ladder if he wants. If he falls I've absolutely no stain on my conscience, I don't expect my "customers" to feel bad if I burn myself while I'm working, as that's the price I quoted.
when your bike gets a bit rough do you take it to the bike shop or get a kid who has a Lidl tool box.. do you fit shimano or knick some taiwanese bits off the kid next doors bmx
Fix it myself, at every and any opportunity, and if I can't (it's probably beyond repair) I'll learn how to fix it, buy the tools and do it myself. But in a situation where I have an irrational fear of bikes, I'd get a kid with a lidl toolbox who could do the job perfectly well assuming it wasn't a tough job. Obviously if I wanted a full bike rebuild I might find a shop and pay a little more.
Personally I don't follow the "he has to go to the merchants to buy the slates" nonsense - the guy who turned up to mine had an array of tiles "in stock" in his van that he collected in one go to make sure he could cover most situations (smart guy, makes sense).
That said, the company who quoted me 140+vat for 6 slipped tiles didn't seem out of order either pricewise, I'd just rather pay the lone guy feeding his family than the company with a secretary who can bearly speak english, didn't get back to me when they should have and came wandering round my house at a time outside that I'd specified and without my being there which I don't like. As I said, I did offer more but he wouldn't take it because "it's a **** easy job, takes 10 minutes, I'd be robbing you if I took more" as he said.
Personally I don't follow the "he has to go to the merchants to buy the slates" nonsense - the guy who turned up to mine had an array of tiles "in stock" in his van that he collected in one go to make sure he could cover most situations
Pleased for him.
To carry enough slates or roofing tiles for the what size or type of tile issue, he'd need a 40t lorry.[url= http://www.thetiledroofingconsultancy.com/PDF/Slate%20sizes%20by%20width.pdf ]Slate sizes [/url]
Lost count of how many times I was told I haves some missing slates only to turn up and it was roofing tiles.
Thank **** I no longer do this line of work.