I had this question from a Quick Paint Rate user regarding calculating painting rates on an 'out of hours' basis or 'working away'.

Question:

What would you say the average extra over cost for working Out of Hours works are?

We do mainly shopfitting and contract works, therefore our costs generally remain the same i.e 7 days a week 10-12 hours per day, na

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Painting Contractors: Don't Bury Your Head In The Sand!!!

25th

FEB

2020

Posted by The Painters’ QS in UK Painting Rates

For many painters, the normal method of pricing is to go and look at the project and guesstimate the number of days.


Problem is:  For many painting projects, this method of pricing is not feasible or very 'risky'.


Why?


1. At the time of tendering, the new building is not built so you have to price from drawings but don't know how.


2. The Contractor may have given you a bill of quantities but you have no knowledge of &pou

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