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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: mark_lane on September 16, 2004, 01:40:29 am

Title: stairs and landings
Post by: mark_lane on September 16, 2004, 01:40:29 am
Hello guys
Iam a newbie to to this forum, and have just become a member of ncca, any tips out there for pricing stairs and landings ,many thanks ???
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: jacko on September 16, 2004, 01:49:54 am
Hi Mark

I price all my jobs by the Sq M. I count each stair as 1 Sq M. This covers the extra work involved in cleaning stairs using hand tool etc.

Hope this helps...
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: mark_lane on September 16, 2004, 01:55:33 am
Many thanks jacko
I charge charge by the sq m, but have just been guessing on stairs
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: John_Flynn on September 16, 2004, 11:52:48 am
H/S/L as a one off £47.00, if done while doing other work inhouse £35.00. 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: Mike Halliday on September 16, 2004, 04:15:41 pm
£2.50 a step and your normal area price for the rest :)
Mike
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: martin19842 on September 16, 2004, 09:33:08 pm
thats spooky just been to look at a job, and been pondering this one.

so any advice,

spoke to a friend and they are saying about £1 per step and riser, for water extraction.

the job i'm looking at is 50 flights of 13 steps and then all the landings, and walkways, about 5000sq ft of that.  them there are nosings on the stairs aswell.

these are carpet tiled areas non bitumous, and needs to be done quarterly.

any thoughts

mike, what system are using for £2.50 a step please??

regards

martin


Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: Mike Halliday on September 16, 2004, 09:44:49 pm
An average flight of stairs has 13 steps x £2.50 equals £32 the landing is about 1m x 2m so about £6 the hallway is 1m X 3m so £9

32+ 6+9 =  £47 about right for a Hall, stair & landing ;)

Mike
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: Len Gribble on September 17, 2004, 01:36:07 am
Martin

You weren’t in EC1 today by any chance? Just got back from there measuring up.

Mark

I will go a long with John on this but a bit dearer than me £2 but they can afford it up there. Care should be taken what is normal to us is also normal to certain potential customers landings BAA would be jealous, if you get my drift, this is domestic.

Len
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: martin19842 on September 17, 2004, 02:24:44 am
len,

no this was in hertfordshire, and it doesnt look like it has been touched in years, oh i love a challenge.

regards

martin
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: mark_lane on September 17, 2004, 02:46:34 am
hello martin
what are you thinking of charging then,and are you taking other work with the same customer into consideration?
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: Fintan_Coll on September 17, 2004, 02:50:09 am
Yes, I have noticed that most flights of stairs have thirteen steps. Why is that?
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: martin19842 on September 17, 2004, 03:11:40 am
mark,

havent quite worked it out yet, as things got overtaken this evening, have ended up doing a 120 mile round trip to survey an urgent job.

which i will publish when i've doen the work.

regards

martin
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: Len Gribble on September 17, 2004, 03:20:50 am
Fintan

Probably building regs angel of stairs.

Martin

More like love the money but I can relate to that! My stair well isn’t that bad as most use the lift offices defiantly lm system. Need to get 3 quotes plus mine wonder who will get it!

Len
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: woodman on September 17, 2004, 11:33:31 am
Houses must be larger up north ;D

The average flight is twelve stairs down my way, but the standard is 10-14 stairs depending on building style.

Average price per standard size stair (domestic) £2-2.50

Martin

Tiled stairs and landings I would clean using Texatherm
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: John_Flynn on September 17, 2004, 01:04:09 pm
Of course houses are built BIGGER upt'north it's cos wi built like Brick Sh*t houses ourselves, we play the Proper game of Rugby up here :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: paul@ctcs on September 17, 2004, 01:17:13 pm
Rugby!? surely thats just something for blokes who cant play the beautiful game and are partial to one too many pies ;D

Paul
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: John_Flynn on September 17, 2004, 03:49:46 pm
The Beautiful Game????

Is that the one that is played by overpaid BIG GIRLS BLOUSES ??? ??? ???
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: martin19842 on September 17, 2004, 07:30:07 pm
woodman,

what sort of costing would you expect on that rather than HWE.?

regards

martin
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: woodman on September 17, 2004, 09:27:20 pm
Hi Martin

On commercial you will be very lucky if get anything over  £1.35 a stair.

Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: martin19842 on September 17, 2004, 09:42:00 pm
thats a relief,

as i have subimtted the quote, and then if we went for texatherm we would still be ok with the pricing

regards

martin
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: paulchambers on September 20, 2004, 08:59:27 pm
I havent done much carpet cleaning yet, in cornwall anyway but i done two lots of stairs and landing and done quite a few whilst in dorset always charged £75 and no ones ever complained or queried the price.   Paul  (Neil doesnt it for a  tenner)
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: ABLECLEAN on September 23, 2004, 12:14:03 am
Hi Mark

I charge £45.00 up to 20yd2 on HSL and then use your imagination if it is bigger. For a large commercial job like the one that has been mentioned you are probably quoting against the world and his mother so personally I would work on £30.00 per hour per operator and you should get the job. I have just picked up two jobs in a week worth £1600 on that basis. Good luck.
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: martin19842 on September 23, 2004, 12:23:34 am
ahh

we are not quoting against anyone, we did a site survey and took photos, the client is receiving an absolutely horrendous level of service.

and they do give us a bad reputation.

we do have a seceret weapon as the company im partnered with is national multi million pound outfit, and our services are a great add on for them.  

believe me there is so much business out there for everybody.

regards

martin
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on September 23, 2004, 01:38:08 am
I charge £57ish for an average ??? but this is over the phone as a guide line but of late have been around £65-70 on most detached houses.

Shaun
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: David_Annable on September 23, 2004, 02:22:55 am
Generally over the phone £40 to £50, unless its bigger than average.

Dave


Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: Doug Holloway on September 23, 2004, 10:27:18 am
Hi,

£55 - £75 standard over phone

Cheers,

Doug
Title: Re: stairs and landings
Post by: John_McGavin on September 23, 2004, 11:53:07 am
Same as most of you guys I charge between £40 and £50 depending if the hall and landing are included.

Got a leaflet through the door last night, local company offering to do H/S/L & living room for only £50. Cheeky git, my sign written van was parked on the driveway at the time  >:(

John