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    laying vinyl in a bathroom with floorboards in place

    Thank you for the replies. No the flloorboards are not really uneven , they are not dead level either but certainly are not badly uneven
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    laying vinyl in a bathroom with floorboards in place

    Hi there. I would like to lay some vinyl over the floorboards in my bathroom. A tradesman said you should cover them with hardboard first which he would staple to the floorboards. However someone else has told me to screw the hardboard down which must be shiny side DOWN , preferably dampened...
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    charge per hour or day

    ok thanjk you
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    How is tiling charged per metre please

    not exactly --its all through wickes and ive got a loan on the kitchen which hasnt drawn down yet. interest free for 6 months provided you pay it off in that time .
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    charge per hour or day

    paid by chq
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    charge per hour or day

    work i require doing about 6 years ago i paid a guy 10 an hour , 80 a day so wondered if 200 a day was a fair rate now
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    charge per hour or day

    hi there i live in suffolk and just wondering what a "typical" electrician would charge per hour or day . Does £25 an hour or 200 a day sound high or low ! just for straightforward work like changing light fittings. thanks
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    How is tiling charged per metre please

    hi there tank wet area ? not familiar with that jargon . All he did was fit 2 toilets one bath and two sinks in a main bathroom and a cloakroom He fully tiled the bathroom and tiled behind the toilet and sink in the cloak. he does wet rooms but thats what he did for me. I thought 39...
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    How is tiling charged per metre please

    Thanks Jason . The job has been done and i really should have queried it earlier .I dont think he was trying to catch me out but i had a quote for bathroom half tiled and full , but a big part of one wall is in the eaves above half tile height so this made up about 3 m of the overestimate. Then...
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    How is tiling charged per metre please

    hi Ive had a quote for some ceramic tiles to be put on my bathroom walls. the guy is charging £39 a sq metre and recons its 25sq m to do. Ive worked it out myself roughly and think its 20 or maybe 21 sq m. After the work was done he used up about 25 sq m of tiles ( 25 packs) but there...
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    how much to replace a consumer unit

    ok ok I will check out his credentials .Maybe he is not the best bloke to do it , even if it needs doing . Thanks for the reply Holmslaw
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    how much to replace a consumer unit

    ha ha john . well your petrol costs would be high getting there. i am not a pain , i just get fed up with chancers. If a CU costs 75 why do some electricians recon its cost 150 , others the correct 75 , and then all the vast differences in their labour costs. i recon some tradesmen charge...
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    how much to replace a consumer unit

    I read all that before . No need to shout and get abusive.I really didnt think it was hard to answer how much an electrician thinks he can charge per day for a job and how long changing a CU takes but obviously no one knows !! Unbelievable ! Ive been ripped off , or almost ripped off so many...
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    how much to replace a consumer unit

    well done vibro , i agree with your post entirely. I am due a full time electrician to put up some wall lights , ceiling lights and some other bits but he keeps saying he will pop round but doesnt. ive been waiting 2 months and he hasnt even quoted yet for the work. he is busy and supposedly...
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    how much to replace a consumer unit

    I dont want an arguement over basically nowt. plumbers charge more than painters electricians carpenters -fact . If you are an electrician and you dont like that fact its not my fault. maybe there are less plumbers about or more work to do than for electricians . Do i think plumbers charge...
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    how much to replace a consumer unit

    its callled a market rate. if you want trade you price accordingly. I think 90% of the general public think plumbers charge morwe than other trades and they do . mAYBE THEIR training is longer etc . Its nothing to do with gas. Plumbing is water to most people. what do you think the going rate...
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    how much to replace a consumer unit

    Oh dear , now youve got me thinking ! When i see him next I will probe him a bit about his electrical cv
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    how much to replace a consumer unit

    Is part p the newish regs in place and means he can sign it off , or not ? Someone said on here part p whatever that means ?? he is gas and electric part p and cis registered whatever that is ? plus c and g and nvq . i think he is competent even if some of you think he isnt . You...
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    how much to replace a consumer unit

    [/url] Thank you for the advice. i will do that.
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    how much to replace a consumer unit

    Crickey , youre a barrel of laughs . chill man !
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