How many drinking vouchers to core drill a tumble dryer exhaust

[Jim K..]

Indeed ;-)

[Jim K..]

Assuming you have a suitable drill? Clutch model preferred...

Would you still do it up a ladder?

[Jim K..]

Think I'd rather pay the cash that tit about up a ladder with one... even with a clutch!

Next to the washing machine would be my choice :-)

[Jim K..]

110 shurely?

Worth doing the sums...

[Jim K..]

All depends which "he" you are thinking of... ;-)

[Jim K..]

Mmm. "Your time" including fetching & returning the hire gear, titting about discovering how to do it, the major risks if up a ladder, plus your actual time taken to do the hole, plus the costs of hiring in the kit.

I think you need to make the deal "irresistible" not "equal" to the above cost of you doing it?

Nothing wrong with starting a bit low in negotiations but you want a "done deal" with smiles all round, not a begrudged half arsed attempt...

[Jim K..]

Id or od?

[Jim K..]

Do they? Should we add the cost of one into the equation?

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[Jim K..]

Chortle

[Chris B]

I have a team of builders currently on site demolishing a chimney and doing some fairly major bathroom alterations. This is all formally priced up and contracted through the parent firm.

Whist they are here I have thought it would be really handy if they could use the tools they already have been using for the main job in the bathroom alterations (ie a big core drill) to drill me a suitable hole for a tumble dryer exhaust.

This is undoubtedly "out of scope" so I was hoping to offer one of them a few drinking vouchers to do a bit of overtime for me.

If I have to DIY I will have to buy or hire kit or "chain drill" the hole.

Can anybody suggest a sum that would be reasonable for this job as a "little extra" for someone who is already on site with all of the right kit? It is on the first floor so if it cant all be done from inside work will have to be done from a ladder.

Thanks in advance for any pointers.

[R D S]

How long is it taking them to drill other holes?

In my experience core drilling can take an inordinate length of time but that said the last one I did took about 10 mins and was a relative joy.

[Chris B]

Seems to be about 30 to 45 minutes

[Richard]

Beer vouchers to the value of 45 minutes of your time, plus a bit because they've got the gear.

[Martin Brown]

It depends on the wall. Mine is Victorian hand made bricks and 3 bricks thick and with almost round flint pebbles in. It took the guy who put in my vent for the wood burning stove about 3 hours and 2 core drills.

It was incredibly difficult to get through because of the little pebbles jamming up the saw teeth and the bigger ones rotating in the matrix.

[Richard]

All depends on what *his* hourly rate equates to... ;)

[R D S]

I'd offer him 50 quid.

In that i've drilled a fair number of these now and if I hadn't already got a set of cores i'd happily pay that to not have to do the job myself.

But then I am a lazy snowflake.

[newshound]

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For an *easy* wall, i.e. lightweight blocks plus modern bricks I'd say £20 was stingy, £50 generous. I think I might try asking "how much for cash after the rest have gone home".

[mm0fmf]

Can you not ask them to give you a price for cash (nudge nudge wink wink) when they are next having a brew? Based on what you are paying for your priced up job you will know whether it's good or not.

Apparently, the taxman loses tax revenue of £5bn a year in cash in hand building work.

[Richard]

OP

[ARW]

On 11/05/2019 11:52, newshound wrote: I think I might try asking "how much for

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