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Old 08-25-2009, 11:22 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by Wilteam Service View Post
1) Check into the competition rates
2) Analyze your worth or hourly skill rate (hsr)
3) Multiply your hsr times the hours to complete job. (Be sure to add b/up hours)
4) Check your total against the rates you collected from competition.
5) Adjust +/- where needed to achieve bid.

or, if there are no competitors available;

Add total cost of materials times 2 or 3 (depending on manpower), and go with that total. Hope this help and may God bless your work!
Why in the world should that matter?If that is important then just charge what your competition charges and call it good....

Where do you figure overhead into your method ?

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