Pallet of plasterboard price

[pilsbury]

need 72 8’x4’ sheets of 12.5mm standard square edge plasterboard. That’s a nice full pallet I believe.

Best I can find online is £430. Anyone got any ideas on how I can better this?

Remember “tight b4stard” is my middle name.

 

[lostinthelight]

need 72 8’x4’ sheets of 12.5mm standard square edge plasterboard. That’s a nice full pallet I believe.

Best I can find online is £430. Anyone got any ideas on how I can better this?

Remember “tight b4stard” is my middle name.

Is that £ 5.97 per sheet = £430/72 or a typo so £4.30 per sheet ? if the former, BQ is £6.40 less Trade Point or oldies discount on Wednesdays
litl

 

[pilsbury]

No typo, £430 for the pallet of 72.

£4.30/ board I’d snap your hand off.

 

[pilsbury]

BQ is £6.40 less Trade Point or oldies discount on Wednesdays
litl

Getting better - can take my dad to B&Q on a Wednesday for oldies discount. Works out at £414 with free delivery.

Now if I could just halve that price.....

 

[Notch7]

Play your local merchants against other

They will all want an order for a full pallet, its an easy order.

 

[pilsbury]

I’ll have a go with that. I’ll polish my brass neck.

 

[Notch7]

I’ll have a go with that. I’ll polish my brass neck.

Sadly builders merchants have a terrible lack of transparency on pricing. I suppose its the trade to retail separation.

Builders will get discounts set up on their trade account. For a full pallet you should get that rate.

Try ringing sheffield insulation or encon - both major players in the market of insulation and dry lining.

 

[bobsuerita]

wickes comes in at 397 if you have trade and use the monday 15 percent off

 

[^woody^]

72 boards? Did you get planning permission for the exhibition and conference centre after all?

 

[pilsbury]

72 boards? Did you get planning permission for the exhibition and conference centre after all?

38sqm kitchen, 6.5sqm utility, 3.5sqm boot room, 2sqm bog.

My estimate was worked out on the back of a fag packet.... just like the rest of the build.

 

[^woody^]

72 boards is about 207 m2.

Are you quadruple boarding for fire protection?

 

[pilsbury]

By my calcs, the wall and ceiling area is approx 170sqm.

You are indeed correct that a pallet of boards covers 207sqm...... with zero waste.

 

[pilsbury]

In fact I’ve got to board the outside face of the stud wall too. Add another 10sqm onto that.

 

[pilsbury]

Quantity surveyor is another string to my bow. Boarding virtually complete, just a few reveals with offcuts, 1 board left over. Boom!

 

[opps]

But how much did you pay per sheet?