A Days Work?

« **on:** February 21, 2007, 04:57:37 pm »

I know many do more hours but let's have an idea.

Please feel free to fall out with each other with your comments.

« **Reply #1 on:** February 21, 2007, 05:58:07 pm »

£100-130 ish.

That would include an hour for lunch though.

« **Reply #2 on:** February 21, 2007, 06:05:32 pm »

£130 for 5 hours work = £26 an hour, thats a good rate for someone on ladders, your work must be close aswell to acheive that, and you must be working very quick, no wonder you,ve got tendonitis Rog.

« **Reply #3 on:** February 21, 2007, 06:14:16 pm »

I would aim for £150 - £170 over 6 hrs. Best so far is £260ish for about 6 hrs

« **Reply #4 on:** February 21, 2007, 06:25:49 pm »

me and my work buddy did 8.30 - 4.30 today and did £306.50 worth of work.
in the amount of time your talking about i once took £265 on my own which was a personal best but that was when i worked for myself and my round was spread out a bit.

today we had a poor start but still did £306.50, i reckon if we had a good day (weather and area and plenty of energy) we could do more than or near to £400.
we are behind atm so will be aiming towards that figure each day for rest of this week, i hope and pray for good weather

« **Reply #5 on:** February 21, 2007, 06:27:53 pm »

Also aswell JM it depends on what your cleaning i.e domestic or commercial as i,m sure you,ll agree this can make a big difference on your rate of earnings.

« **Reply #6 on:** February 21, 2007, 07:16:41 pm »

Quote from: ronaldo on February 21, 2007, 06:05:32 pm

£130 for 5 hours work = £26 an hour, thats a good rate for someone on ladders, your work must be close aswell to acheive that, and you must be working very quick, no wonder you,ve got tendonitis Rog.

Exactly! I worked too hard and fast, now I can't work at all!

« **Reply #7 on:** February 21, 2007, 07:31:43 pm »

Well you have my sympathies Rog i get it myself mate, not nice.

« **Reply #8 on:** February 21, 2007, 07:38:02 pm »

Yesterday: £234, 7am start, 3pm finish, £110 commercial and £124 domestic, time taken domestic: 3 hours, time taken commercial 4 hours. 1 hour out to go home and top up water & take daughter to bus station and that also allows for stopping to get some food and a coffee for lunch.

Commercial doesn't mean you earn more in less time, it can do of course, but not always...

Ian

« **Reply #9 on:** February 21, 2007, 08:38:58 pm »

Ian is that working on your own?

Bazz...

« **Reply #10 on:** February 21, 2007, 08:44:53 pm »

I'd like to know who voted £50 or less

« **Reply #11 on:** February 21, 2007, 08:47:00 pm »

Quote from: Bazzy1999 on February 21, 2007, 08:38:58 pm

Ian is that working on your own?

Bazz...

Bazz,

Ian does well, he can do a lot more and I doubt he'd tell you about his regular top day or top week, because you'd think he's either showing off or lying.

But remember he's been running his business for well over 20 years and he's a hard-working guy; no doubt about that.

It still makes you sick though!

« **Reply #12 on:** February 21, 2007, 09:53:44 pm »

Are you guys who are earning £200+ a day WFP or trad?

« **Reply #13 on:** February 21, 2007, 09:55:04 pm »

Managed £435 today, 2 of us working from 9am to 4pm with about an hour break due to weather and the all important lunch.

£180-00 was wfp done in 1 and half hours, the rest was conventional.

Got over £500 tomorrow so should be a good couple of days !!

« **Reply #14 on:** February 21, 2007, 09:58:43 pm »

Working 9am till 3pm, How much would you aim to earn?

Is this EARN as in wages or EARN as in takings?

For some of us, the amounts are vastly different!

« **Reply #15 on:** February 21, 2007, 09:59:18 pm »

How are you managing it?! Even working flat out 9am - 5pm (without a break) I can only manage just above £100.

Edit... my hourly rate varies according to where I am, but it tends to average out at around £17 p/h. What am I doing wrong?

« **Reply #16 on:** February 21, 2007, 10:07:04 pm »

your prices ?

I find if you price at a pound a window (minimum) you can't go far wrong. £1.50-£2 for larger/patio doors.

I do this on large work aswell.

Insides are priced at time and half

Lead or georgian is half again or twice as much.

Sometimes I bung extra on. If it's accepted then you're winning.

If you price a house at £10 and they knock you down you're earning less.
If you think the house is worth £10 then say £12. If they knock you down then you're still getting what you wanted and they're happy because they're getting it cheaper !!

« **Reply #17 on:** February 21, 2007, 10:35:00 pm »

Quote from: sheepmeister on February 21, 2007, 09:53:44 pm

Are you guys who are earning £200+ a day WFP or trad?

trad

« **Reply #18 on:** February 21, 2007, 10:35:08 pm »

Hey Paul, thanks for that.

My pricing is in that sort of area. It tends to work out at 50p a section... so a window that is split into 3 works out at £1.50, or a 2 pane window £1.00.

I think my pricing is OK, I just must not be fast enough. I've been going about 7 months, and I think I've hit a plateau speed-wise... although I'm always shaving off 5-10 mins here and there... so I guess we'll see!

How long did it take you to get to your current speed?

Chris

« **Reply #19 on:** February 21, 2007, 10:39:46 pm »

Quote from: paulgold on February 21, 2007, 09:55:04 pm

Managed £435 today, 2 of us working from 9am to 4pm with about an hour break due to weather and the all important lunch.

£180-00 was wfp done in 1 and half hours, the rest was conventional.

Got over £500 tomorrow so should be a good couple of days !!

paul, is all your work condensed, as in a big estate or something? if so, that is the sort of work i would love to have

did you buy the round or build it yourself?

Poll

Working 9am till 3pm, How much would you aim to earn?