How much would you charge?

[McNulty]

just wondering on peoples vues on pricing for this job ive got to do, a small bathroom refurb for a mates parent, im based in south west:

-rip out existing basin, toilet and bath. (all fairly basic sanitary ware)

-install new basic basin and toilet in exact positions, possible re plumb a bit of the copper pipework, pretty basic install for these two. will prob be able to use existing fittings.

-install a new shower trey + screen where bath was and add new mixer shower onto existing tiles (they had now shower before, just shower head coming off the bath taps) plus connect shower pipework to hot/cold pipes just behind the wall. They have a combi.

-adjust shower waste and box in along wall (about 1m length to box) plus tile boxing in.

-there keeping existing tiles as there new but i have to tile down to shower trey level from old bath level plus along one wall a little bit, prob about a metre or two, not that much to tile tbh. Its a brick wall not plasterboard. fairly cheap tiles i think so hopefully come off easy.

-obviously grout, silicone and finish up.

-not to worry abput flooring as lino to be layed after, nothing to do with me. No heating or towel rail to be touched either.

-all sanitary ware supplied by customer, i supply all materials.

I know its hard for people to give out exact estimates without seeing it, its a bungalow, no one living there at the moment. im not looking for exact costs, just interested too see what people would charge for this? and to see if im in the same ball park roughly? think around a weeks work. just thought id throw it out there!

also im not an expert on tiling (not sure if many of you guys are or not either) but would i have to tank the little bit of tiling im going to do? as there will be existing tiles above my tiling im not sure what they have done to them. I was just going to PVA (waterproof PVA may i add) a few times and tile onto that providing surface is decent enough, if im wrong please say and advise me a proper way! im taking a tiling course soon so will hopefully learn more there but in the mean time would be great for some advice!

sorry for long thread,

Cheers

[Mike Jackson]

Don't pva before you tile it can cause problems. Use a specialist primer.

[Centralheatking]

If its a mate or his family then do mates rates apply ? what i would do is work out a labour price say 3 days
and get them to pay for the stuff even if you go and get it - that way your covered and they get a good deal and keep ur mate.
centalheatking

[glenno1]

Personally i dont like mates rates jobs,because if something goes wrong you could be out of pocket because you have done it cheap

[WaterTight]

i think it's a general vibe that prices should be discussed in the arms. so for now i'm going to say somewhere between £5 and £2.8billion.

[steveb]

never never never use pva for anything other than sticking wood together. use the correct primer for the adhesive you intend to use, and please do not use tubbed addy use the powdered type that you have to mix.

[Howsie]

Use wood glue for sticking wood together. Not PVA

[Orry Clayton]

never never never use pva for anything other than sticking wood together.

Unless you are plastering... then use watered down PVA.

[steveb]

Unless you are plastering... then use watered down PVA.

of course except plastering lol

[stevetheplumber]

mates rates £800

[franz]

dont go down the road of mates prices. if your a working plumber stay profesional and do it right. beacuase it will come back and bite you , and you can put money on that.
with a cast iron garantie

[glenno1]

[system3]

£1400 plus VAT, but then I'm good at what I do and can charge realistic prices accordingly.

[RPG 80]

what's wrong with pva ?

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[system3]

what's wrong with pva ?

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PVA is not for tiling, it's for plasterwork. In fact if you use it for tiling in a bathroom, the tiles will not properly adhere to the substrate and you run the risk of them falling off. Use a proper propriety primer designed specifically for the substrate that you are tiling on.

.....or use PVC wall panels.