d's

Hey guys,

I'm preparing a quote for a large three story home. Main is 10ft and upstairs is 12ft with center of vault at 24ft. There is a large great room where the center of the vault is over 35ft. How much more should I charge for the high stuff ie. regular rate x what factor? For lower vaulted ceillings (<14ft) my factor is 1.4. Also what is the best way to get up there to board and tape - fixed/rolling scaffolding, skyjack, trampoline? Should I or the GC supply?

Thanks all for any pointers,

D's

MALCO.New.York

Plus $15.00 per man hour Hazardous Pay plus equipment rental and setup/tear down. Or plus 30 percent your adjusted Per Man Hour Rate.

If this is part of a Larger Gig and is only a few hours...................DOUBLE THE RATE.

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Al Taper

A man lift works great if you can get it in the room.

nap

as a union electrician, I get 10% for height over 40 feet. Not sure how that would translate into your computations but if it helps...

I like the trampoline idea. Guys get their work and exercise in at the same time. Heck, maybe you could charge your guys for you supplying the "fun time"

Your choice. If GC has other work where whatever lift is needed , it could be a cost savings to him to supply it. You can present the bid both ways and let the GC decide.

If a powered man lift can be used on whatever floor there is, it may be more cost efficient than rolling scaffolding. That assembling and climbing time is a lot of wasted time. If not, the rolling scaffold would seem to fit the bill.

Jeremy B

At 35 feet a rolling scaffolding will need serious outrigging. As expensive as it may sound, building a temporary floor system on temporary framed walls might be one solution. We have done this several times and if you build it out from the house walls a foot or so with a curb to keep rolling scaffold wheels away from the edge you can stock the drywall on an upper floor and save all of the time it takes running a man lift up and down. The painter and electricians and faux painters and trim carpenters end up using it afterwards in many instances. Not a solution for every job but it is the best solution many times.

nap

Not really. First, we need to realize that if the peak is 35 feet, your scaffold is going to be 5 feet shorter.(30 feet). Osha requires bracing or tie off on anything more than 4 times the smallest dimension. So, if you take a typical 5 X scaffold and build it 30 feet high, you would need 7 1/2 feet width. That is 1 1/4 foot outriggers. Typical outriggers I have seen are bout 2 1/2 feet which would give you a 10 foot width. Plenty to be 30 feet tall.

Now, getting the rock up there is not something I deal with so I can't help much there.