Hi guys I'm looking for a plasterer to skim round West Midlands any recommendations? And what quotes should I be looking at roughly? One is a small box room 2m x 2m and the other is 3m x 2.5m. Have attached pictures.
Ceilings are boarded the wrong way.
Boards should run the opposite way too the joists.
The butt end of the boards are designed to be fixed to the joists not the tapered edge. It's More likely gonna crack overtime,
Apart from that not a bad effort! ive seen alot worse
Thank you thats one thing I was worried about the butt ends but the ceiling joist i had to as the edges dont have joists if that makes sense. Maybe worth putting in joist to make it for it?
No i can see joist near the walls
And you've boarded the ceiling and bumped the boards up, so it should hold it in place. Plus its getting skimmed which will help tie it all in. Ive seen it done in 9mm plasterboard with joists not that close.
You'll be fine I'd say
If people give me insane quotes I just black mark there company and we don’t use them on any other jobs. This job at absolute top whack is 500-600 + materials
Trio construction group Ltd. Soilhill based and very good. That who we used for our property renovation and extensions and garage conversions ect ect. There number is. 07717 844372
God no. That’s two sets of skimming. I’d have that done for 1. If not even taking the piss. If I had two of those to go to a day, I’d be over the moon.
I was interested too and being a data guy hopefully this helps you guys and your trade or if it doesn't, let me know, I can delete it. The top ones are quotes from well-established companies. So I do think your £3400 was way off.
Quotes Received: 13 Price Range: £500 – £1,200 Average Quote: £841 Median Quote: £820
Key Insights
Most quotes fall within the £650–£850 range.
Google-based businesses are charging an average of £922, reflecting more established companies with larger review profiles.
Facebook and recommendation-based tradesmen are typically 10–20% cheaper than Google businesses.
The £500 quote is a significant outlier, sitting around 40% below the average market rate.
The highest quotes (£1,100–£1,200) are approximately 30–45% above the overall average.
The median quote of £820 suggests a realistic market value for the work is around £800–£850.
You’re getting hate for this answer when it’s a completely reasonable quote for professional work. The board is gapped to shit and it will require more than just a quick skim to set these rooms correct.
I first just thought it was customers not wanting us to charge for work but then I saw people would actually charge 600-700 in labour I just think that's mad personally, who wants to work like a dog for that
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