Rising Wages

[nod]

I need to take on a full time patch plasterer 

One of the lads told me he new a painter that was sat at home who would be perfect 

I rang him and he told me he wouldn’t work for less than £185 per day plus expenses 

There a massive labour shortage in every industry 

But I blame the furlough for making people lazy 

People don’t seem to want to work anymore 

More to come with all the threats of strikes 

[ProDave]

What would YOU expect to pay per hour for a plasterer then?

 

My view is tainted by the fact I plan to retire shortly so I am not chasing work, just taking what comes.  Some may say that makes me lazy.

[TonyT]

46 minutes ago, ProDave said:

What would YOU expect to pay per hour for a plasterer then?

 

My view is tainted by the fact I plan to retire shortly so I am not chasing work, just taking what comes.  Some may say that makes me lazy.

I think  it makes you quite sensible 

8 years for me and then I’m 55 so that’s the target.

 

plaster wages- pass.

approved electrician SJIB rates is about £15.50 I think…..

[ProDave]

18 minutes ago, TonyT said:

approved electrician SJIB rates is about £15.50 I think…..

I don't know anyone working for that little.  But I only know self employed tradesmen.  Double that and you are close.

[nod]

1 hour ago, ProDave said:

What would YOU expect to pay per hour for a plasterer then?

 

My view is tainted by the fact I plan to retire shortly so I am not chasing work, just taking what comes.  Some may say that makes me lazy.

I’d normally get someone semi retired and give the 150 per day 
It’s only going round filly cracks and patching after electricians and plumbers 

 

Most of the plasterers earn between 200 and 400 per day 

All price work So there not interested in patching 

[TonyT]

That’s not self employed. So imagine double at least for self employed as a minimum for running van etc insurance etc

[Russdl]

42 minutes ago, nod said:

between 200 and 400 per day 

Quite some difference there, how does that work? Some are good, some are brilliant?

 

Got to say the plasterers we had were definitely brilliant and way less than £200 a day, but that that was around 2 years ago and times have definitely changed in those 2 short years!!

[nod]

13 minutes ago, Russdl said:

Quite some difference there, how does that work? Some are good, some are brilliant?

 

Got to say the plasterers we had were definitely brilliant and way less than £200 a day, but that that was around 2 years ago and times have definitely changed in those 2 short years!!

Some work quicker than others 

I was doing a thousand pounds worth of work each week back in the eighty’s Others where doing a third of that 

The problem with patching is The rates have hardly changed 

I get £25 per hour off the contractors 

Which dictates a patchers wage 

[DragsterDriver]

On 15/07/2022 at 22:19, nod said:

I’d normally get someone semi retired and give the 150 per day 
It’s only going round filly cracks and patching after electricians and plumbers 

 

Most of the plasterers earn between 200 and 400 per day 

All price work So there not interested in patching 

My sons gang charge me £100 each per hit but they do loads and they’re neat. They won’t have a long career working that hard on the trowel.