 |
|
01-23-2009, 10:29 AM
|
#1
|
|
Registered User
Trade:
Masonry,tile,and marble
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 4
|
What to charge for vct?
Work is scairce forcing us to go after work we would usualy not go after. Being a tile and marble mechanic gives me some leeway into vct and I have done an occasional small vct job. The project I am presently bidding on is a school in philadelphia with around 10,000 sq ft of vct needed. I've read posts saying .30/sq ft and some saying up to a $1 a sq ft for install. Can anyone help me narrow this down.
|
|
|
Warning: The topics covered on this site include activities in which there exists the potential for serious injury
or death. ContractorTalk.com DOES NOT guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information contained on this site. Always use proper safety precaution and reference reliable outside sources before attempting any construction or remodeling task!
Join the #1 Contractor Forum Today - It's Totally Free!
ContractorTalk.com - Are you a Professional Contractor? If so we invite you to join our community and see what it has to offer. Our site is specifically designed for you and it's the leading place for contractors to meet online. No homeowners asking DIY questions. Just fellow tradesmen who enjoy talking about their business, their trade, and anything else that comes up. No matter what your trade is you'll find that ContractorTalk.com is a great community to join. Best of all it's totally free!
Join ContractorTalk.com - Click Here

|
01-23-2009, 10:30 AM
|
#2
|
|
Pompass Ass
Trade:
Certified Building and Certified A/C Contractor
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Plant City, Florida
Posts: 1,490
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeyT
Work is scairce forcing us to go after work we would usualy not go after. Being a tile and marble mechanic gives me some leeway into vct and I have done an occasional small vct job. The project I am presently bidding on is a school in philadelphia with around 10,000 sq ft of vct needed. I've read posts saying .30/sq ft and some saying up to a $1 a sq ft for install. Can anyone help me narrow this down.
|
Can't recall what I paid in the past, but at $1 a ft2 for labor, I will start doing VCT.
|
|
|
01-23-2009, 10:44 AM
|
#3
|
|
Sean
Trade:
General Contractor
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Cullman, AL
Posts: 3,417
|
Being nice - Start here http://www.contractortalk.com/f16/pr...success-27899/
Post an intro here http://www.contractortalk.com/f44/
Put your location in your profile
No one can tell you what your price should be. We don't know your OH, or Profit amounts. We don't know how fast you work or the condition of the existing flooring. Depending on these factors - .30 to 1.00 or some where in between can easily make you money, make you lose your shirt on, or simply not get the job.
|
|
|
01-24-2009, 11:31 PM
|
#4
|
|
Knowledge Factory
Trade:
Certified Floorcovering Failure Investigator
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Austin, Texas
Posts: 1,289
|
Figure how long it is going to take and how much out of pocket your going to be, then add and divide...
They are doing it here, for the same price I made doing it in 1978. It is worth more then $2 a foot, but you will be lucky to get .25˘-.30˘ a foot
|
|
|
01-25-2009, 01:42 AM
|
#5
|
|
37 year installer
Trade:
flooring
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Missouri
Posts: 104
|
Haven't done any for 10 years, but then it was .40 a ft here. And I provided adhesive.
|
|
|
01-25-2009, 07:27 PM
|
#6
|
|
Registered User
Trade:
Flooring
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 4
|
As an installer/owner, and having the experience in all types of Vct and sheet goods. Since it is a school I would say it is mainly classrooms, maybe 500sqft a piece, and hallways, maybe the odd small room, you should make out just fine at .45sqft, it all depends on the amount of cuts/doorframes, and the quality of installers you have. Hopefully you can have someone go along and patch sawcuts,holes and scrape clean and glue a bunch of rooms out so they are ready for you.
|
|
|
01-26-2009, 07:43 AM
|
#7
|
|
Fine-ly Finished
Trade:
General
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: W. Michigan
Posts: 42
|
i'm in michigan. so if i hear you all right i can bid $.$50 sq/ft (labor oNly) to install vct? Or does that price mean i buying the adhesive too?
|
|
|
01-26-2009, 09:19 AM
|
#8
|
|
Knowledge Factory
Trade:
Certified Floorcovering Failure Investigator
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Austin, Texas
Posts: 1,289
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by fine-lyfinished
i'm in michigan. so if i hear you all right i can bid $.$50 sq/ft (labor oNly) to install vct? Or does that price mean i buying the adhesive too?
|
I wouldn't supply anything, for .50 a foot, not even the tools, or my fuel to get there.
You better look carefully at the architects specs or designs!! There may be a lot of custom work in a school.
|
|
|
01-26-2009, 06:36 PM
|
#9
|
|
Registered User
Trade:
Flooring
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 4
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Floordude
I wouldn't supply anything, for .50 a foot, not even the tools, or my fuel to get there.
You better look carefully at the architects specs or designs!! There may be a lot of custom work in a school.
|
Yep there can be lots of designs, but "usually" just borders or alternating colour. That price is for labour only. No glue, no patching, no base, just install of tile!!
|
|
|
01-26-2009, 09:10 PM
|
#10
|
|
copycat
Trade:
Remodeling
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somers Point, NJ
Posts: 55
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Floordude
I wouldn't supply anything, for .50 a foot, not even the tools, or my fuel to get there.
|
would you supply an opinion at that price?
__________________
strikes and gutters, ups and downs
|
|
|
01-27-2009, 10:49 AM
|
#11
|
|
Knowledge Factory
Trade:
Certified Floorcovering Failure Investigator
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Austin, Texas
Posts: 1,289
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by mullaman
would you supply an opinion at that price?
|
When you put it that way.....
|
|
|
02-18-2009, 03:55 PM
|
#12
|
|
Registered User
Trade:
Flooring
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 2
|
you guys should know the money isnt in the vct installation its in the floor prep involved. unless your doing wide open areas its hard to make money with vct. i pay my guys .50 on vct and i supply the adhesive and get it back from the customer. good money to be made in floor prep.
|
|
|
02-18-2009, 07:49 PM
|
#13
|
|
Knowledge Factory
Trade:
Certified Floorcovering Failure Investigator
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Austin, Texas
Posts: 1,289
|
I just reread the OP, and realize this may be a prevailing wage job. School, Philly... The Unions may have their nose in that and audit the pay rates.
|
|
|
02-18-2009, 09:50 PM
|
#14
|
|
New Guy
Trade:
Flooring
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: California
Posts: 22
|
Ok, with Amtico which is basically VCT but in strips, I charge $2.50 sq.ft.
I charge $1.25 sq. ft. with VCT -
But Im in CA so maybe its diffrent. But why would ANYONE in their right mind do it for less than a Buck a SQ.FT? Stop the Insanity please!!!
|
|
|
02-19-2009, 03:16 AM
|
#15
|
|
Registered User
Trade:
Flooring
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 2
|
Most of the vct i do is BOH stuff for hotels. As a workroom, yeah i charge anywhere from 1.00 - 1.25 depending on the quantity and whether or not im selling the vct to them. I dont have any problems getting installers to do 20-30k sq/ft vct jobs for .50 or sometimes .40 per sq ft. Of course ill purchase the adhesives and charge it back to the customer.
|
|
|
03-14-2009, 02:22 AM
|
#16
|
|
Pro
Trade:
General Contractor & Fire Protection
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Moraga, California
Posts: 525
|
I charge $4 a sq. foot. (includes the following labor surface prep sanding/remove old glue, underlayment/leveling, adhesive, vct install, chaulk/molding, vct surface clean with a mop, sealer floor polish 3-5 coats with a buffer. If you guys are charging under $1..i hope that is just for laying the VCT.
|
|
|
03-14-2009, 05:58 AM
|
#17
|
|
Pro
Trade:
Flooring
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Portage County Ohio
Posts: 432
|
Thanks, its always good to know what an electrician charges to do my trade
|
|
|
|
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Mike Costello For This Useful Post:
|
|
03-15-2009, 04:52 AM
|
#18
|
|
Pro
Trade:
General Contractor & Fire Protection
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Moraga, California
Posts: 525
|
I'm a engineering contractor but specialize in plumbing (fire protection) & electrical (fire alarms). I won't turn down work unless I lack the experience and knowledge to perform the work requested. So was my price on the ball with the market rate?
|
|
|
03-15-2009, 05:53 AM
|
#19
|
|
Pro
Trade:
Flooring
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Portage County Ohio
Posts: 432
|
You would nver get the job here in New England ...Waaay high
|
|
|
03-15-2009, 02:06 PM
|
#20
|
|
37 year installer
Trade:
flooring
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Missouri
Posts: 104
|
Too high for Missouri, too.
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
|
| Display Modes |
Rate This Thread |
Linear Mode
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|