Interior Door Slabs

TStav

I am a finish carpenter by trade and recently started a handyman business.
Any thoughts on how much I should charge for replacing interior doors. The customer has purchased the slabs allready. I will be hanging the doors and replacing the old locksets. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am in South Jersey

Greg Di

For a HC slab with two 3-1/2" 1/4" rad hinges and customer supplied lockset, I charge at least $125 per door. More if it needs radical planing or a lot of back and forth work.

Buy a Bosch hinge template set if you don't already have one. It will pay for itself in two jobs. It's a bitch to use it interconnected if the hinge locations vary from door to door, so I usually end up just using one of the templates and measuring. Still way better than the plastic templates.

carpentermikeal

Vix-bits are a life saver too.

eddie1

Please let me know about the charges as soon as possible. Any help would be great.
Thank you

genecarp

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Dan_Watson

What is your time worth per hr and how many hrs will it take you...but this sounds like a homeowner looking for a ballpark so when the contractor they hired on craigslist comes over and gives them a price they think they get a deal bc that hack only charges $75 a door when he just read $125 on here.

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genecarp

does anyone see the op date?

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Dan_Watson

WOW we are all retarded tonight

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genecarp

not retarded, just confused

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Dan_Watson

well thats always

neolitic

Tonight???

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Dan_Watson

Well if the date wasnt so damn small these old guys could read it

Stewy

How does a finish carpenter not know what to charge to hang a door slab???????? yesterday or 3 years ago

mullaman

I'm in S Jersey and get 150 a slab. HD's basic rate is 150. I usually discount if multiple doors. remember, the guy from craigs list will most likely be charging 75 a slab so it may vary according to the customer and how bad you need the work.

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JLTrim

Funny you should mention that, I was just sitting here looking at this CL ad getting angrier and angrier....

http://fortmyers.craigslist.org/fur/739256699.html

He says he'll supply, install and paint crown in an entire average-sized house for less than $1000. I don't even know what to say, that's just ridiculous.

silvertree

Sure, but I'll bet they charge extra for nails, $2.00 nail and 3 per foot so the crown doesn't sag

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mullaman

[QUOTE=JLTrim;460135]Funny you should mention that, I was just sitting here looking at this CL ad getting angrier and angrier....



that is crazy. theres some guy whos been advertising here in NJ about hardwood and laminate floor installs for $1 sf! on CL of course.

southjersey.craigslist.org/sks/739196025.html

(im not allowed to post urls yet...they told me)

i often think about giving him a call to give em my 2 cents

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