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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 2:28 pm
by dazbrandy
can any one tell me wot labour rate i should charge for laying block paving , not includeing materials i just need to go in and screed the sand and lay blocks with wot ever cuts aswell plus brush sand in the joints?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:37 pm
by Carberry
Nobody can tell you what to charge. You need to work out your business expenses, how much you expect to earn a year then figure out what daily rate that translates to.
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:53 pm
by DNgroundworks
£150.00 a day is what i charge but then i try and have a margin in the material/plant/waste disposal, hired in labour i supply.
Spose it depends on how good you are?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:54 pm
by ken
20-30 quid per m2 is around the right ballpart for the Manchestoh area
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:34 pm
by lutonlagerlout
20-30 quid a metre to screed lay and cut ken?
I am moving to manc,gonna earn a grand a day :;):
I would have thought if there is plenty of it about a tenner a metre
LLL
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:48 pm
by msh paving
screed and lay £12m is tops, been £10m for years in this area MSH 
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:06 pm
by ken
I must have been lucky then charging 25 quid a m2 on the few screed, lay and cut jobs ive done!
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:14 pm
by DNgroundworks
Aye a tenner sounds aboot right
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:27 pm
by Pablo
A decent 3 man squad should be able to throw in 40-50m2 a day no problems so at £10m2 you'll earn £130 to £160 a day per man thats a good living by any standards. That said awkward trims paths and back gardens and the rate goes out the window and work it out on time. I don't do m2 rates until I hit 80m2 because you end up allowing 2 days but it invitably turns into another day due to snags etc.