door/architrave/skirting board

[Mr Jones]

We are looking for a price for the following and I am hoping that someone can give me an indication

Remove standard old internal door and replace with new standard door from B&Q - cost of door £28
Remove existing architrave and replace with new architrave
Fit skirting board around whole room (medium size single garage conversion)
Materials included

I feel the price my current joiner is quoting at £310 is excessive - let me have yor thoughts please

We live in West Yorkshire

 

[Gerrydelasel]

Lets say £25 for the architrave set (single side), £35 for cheap skirting, £28 for door, one day's labour £100, plus nails/glue/petrol etc. £250 sounds fair to me. Unless you want a nicer quality of materials.

 

[foxhole]

We are looking for a price for the following and I am hoping that someone can give me an indication

Remove standard old internal door and replace with new standard door from B&Q - cost of door £28
Remove existing architrave and replace with new architrave
Fit skirting board around whole room (medium size single garage conversion)
Materials included

I feel the price my current joiner is quoting at £310 is excessive - let me have yor thoughts please

We live in West Yorkshire

Sounds reasonable, don't know many decent craftsmen charging less than £160 a day and that assumes there is no making good to walls after removal of skirting etc.
My architrave had been glued on and 50 panel pins used to fix, made a right mess on removal.

 

[geraldthehamster]

Lets say £25 for the architrave set (single side), £35 for cheap skirting, £28 for door, one day's labour £100, plus nails/glue/petrol etc. £250 sounds fair to me. Unless you want a nicer quality of materials.

Sounda fair to me too, and you'd pay more than £100 for labour.

 

[RogerBoyle]

My price would have been around the £250 mark with you supplying the materials and my making good any minor damage

 

[Deleted member 174758]

one day's labour £100

Err. ... I don't know when you last employed a competent, trained joiner but you wouldn't get one in West Yorkshire at that rate for a day's work. Agency lads on site work can do better than that without any hassle

 

[Gerrydelasel]

You don't need a trained joiner to hang a door and nail some skirting to the wall. A monkey could do it!

Out of interest, how much is a days labour these days?

 

[Deleted member 174758]

You don't need a trained joiner to hang a door and nail some skirting to the wall. A monkey could do it

Which is presumably why I have to correct so many doors badly installed by handymen and novices. A new door in a properly installed new casing is a doddle - in an old casing in a house with any amount of settlement, however, it can take experience and skill to do well. The same goes for skirting and architraves

As to rate, you've seen others quote rates above. The old saying that you get what you pay for is very true when it comes to skilled tradesmen.