How Much Money I Make As A PLASTERER | TRUTH EXPOSED!

[@jb-78]

Every plasterer thinks their the best plasterer from my 30 years experience .....but they're wrong because i`m the best 🤣🤪

[@ostapkarpenko5219]

True, i worked for a muslim that knew how to plaster. I made it too much cheap and he used me than i had no money and no food. Such an aushole, from know on i wont work ever again for muslim or a poor and lazy muslim like him.

[@ЙорданСтоянов-у9с]

Hahahaha

[@rockroll456]

Wise words I’m 54 and still plastering and still love it meet some great people over the years 😂 love the banter keep em coming bud great content 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

It’s great hearing from you mate - always appreciate your options 👍

[@nodgelyobo1]

62 and still plastering...but no large price jobs!

[@georgelambertpt]

I get plenty of quotes rejected due to price and now days i couldn't care less. I work too hard to not be getting a minimum of £200 per day. People forget that we have to take tax etc out of that, it really isnt that much money. If you over run on a one day job that you've charged £200 for, you are suddenly on a £100 per day. Take tax out of that you are on less than minimum wage. Completley agree with you about customers who haggle tend to be the fussiest!

[@Darrida]

The workflow that makes me the most money is plasterboarding with cassette screwdriver, applying Graco Mark X putty, sanding with Festool. Plaster instead of plasterboard is used in countries where labour is cheap.

[@ckoning]

in Netherlands (based amsterdam) we charge around 21/22euros per meter for walls and we charge around 23/24euro a meter for ceilings. outside work can go up to 100. interesting video men my girlfriend lives in portsmouth maybe one day i will be plastering in the uk around the south, been watching your vids for a while now it gives me a good look into the trade in the uk.

[@raytracer2651]

is it done the same in the netherlands?

[@Knoxy-h2w]

£100 per bag of skim roughly in the north east ! I’ve got 28 years experience and I charge £280 per day since covid

[@chapmansboxingclub2611]

10 pound per m2 roughly 10m2 per bag of thistle

[@АндрейМатулевич-э7к]

I am not a plasterer and live in Edinburgh and had a few quotes ranging from 800 all the way to 2000 pounds for a standard size bathroom and a hallway. I didn't need the ceiling plastered only the walls, half of the bathroom walls were tiled so didn't need plastering. I live in a Victorian flat with a ceiling approx. 3.2 metres high. I believe the whole wall area in the bathroom and hallway is approx. 29 sq m. I also provided all the materials already on site... So hard to find a plasterer up here and was too scared to pay 800 as it was the lowest quote. Ended up following your videos and plastered it myself 😆a little bit of sanding required but honestly... was so tiring as I have a desk job and am not used to lifting anything apart from my food shopping when delivered home... so maybe never again would I choose to plaster 😆

[@stevend9960]

The tradesmen spotted you for a messer.

[@tstfhayden]

That’s a lot of height to cover so not an easy job off ladders as you found out - people charge for the extra effort involved. Between £800 & £1000 seems pretty reasonable for here especially if materials are already provided. Ed city centre parking costs are brutal too - I need to account for that too if applicable

[@simonfredrick3029]

I’m multi trade. Metre rates are good but you need a minimum charge plus a metre rate otherwise small jobs aren’t cost effective.

[@nurinache8614]

Thank you for this video! Wish all the best on your projects!

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Cheers pal!

[@henrytwigger2245]

Minimum wage is going up to £11.44 per hour, £91.52 per day, for someone who doesn't have any tools or vehicle to pay for, and no particular skills. Work form there !

[@johnnimick6102]

Hi ya Blaine love all your content and I am currently learning on a course to become a plaster and also this morning I have signed up to your learning program just thought I would say hi and keep up the good videos

[@alexlinnett4925]

I price a job on how many hits A master bedroom takes 3 hits Minimum of £300 plus materials May go up depending on the hits A ceiling hit would be an extra £20 for example Or £150 for ceiling & a wall

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

£300 per hit or overall mate?? Thanks for the comment my friend 👍

[@alexlinnett4925]

@@PlasteringForBeginners least £100 per hit 2 hits a day £200

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Interesting mate...where are you based?? Thanks for sharing 👍

[@alexlinnett4925]

@@PlasteringForBeginners just north of Peterborough

[@ZeeDylanParadox]

Same.

[@Ivanho1976]

I’m around £8.50m2 for plasterboard ceilings n £8m2 walls for builders I work for. Over blue grit/sbr etc more , rendering s&c I do day rate as I don’t like to rush and there’s usually shit everywhere

[@wynjones724]

Sounds about right I charge £9 for ceilings and £7.5O for wall £1 per bead👍

[@brendanosullivan3664]

I always charge 5 euro a bag extra for skimcoat bonding again 5 euro extra every bag then 25 euro for every job if they are local with in ten miles . More if they are further. 250 euros a day in Ireland skimbeads at least a euro a bead

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Sounds fair mate!

[@jdcoolkidz7339]

Hi is your m2 rate for skimming you mentioned including the material or without? Thanks for the information

[@CheckFred]

It's quite funny seeing the prices Plasterers get these days - When I started in '68 we got 'Five Bob' (25p) a yard for sand & Cement/Siraphite finish - 'labour only' - in the New Towns that were going up around the Bracknell area 😄 .... We were getting £58- for a 3 x bed house ... £38- for a 2 x bed ... And we thought that was OK at the time 😂😂 .... HOW things change EH??

[@watcher24601]

Agree price has to reflect quality of the work, don't want a reputation for being cheap and doing low quality. Equally don't price above your ability. I know a painter and decorator living off his reputation, has a long waiting list so not going to retire, but can no longer maintain the old standards. £500 to paint a room over two days. Mother is happy, but she can't see the paint runs or bodged plaster repair.

[@brummiesteve590]

Hi, I,ve been playing catch up on your on channel. I,m In Philippines next year building bungalow with hollow block. If I do sand and cement will the weber stuff be good enough finish to paint. On a budget so want try save monet where I can. Thanks.

[@fatwalletboy2]

I used to work with a guy near Lichfield, Staffs who would price us cheap like 70 or 80 day rate and some jobs were gunna be either a mega long day or usually day and a half but still charged 1 day! He got awful reviews for being cheap for a reason....my stress levels working with him went thru the roof. It was not a route to success. And yes we worked for proper fuss pot customers....if i had my time again would adopt the approach in this video........whenI look back we were running round like headless chickens for bugger all money. That was circa 2010 so now the way costs have gone up you need at least 200 a day thats 8 hr day each.

[@derryjones1029]

Rendering with sand and cement is really hard to master especially fineing down

[@chrisreynolds2116]

Hi Blaine, when you charge £10.50 per metre, is that including materials or just labour. Cheers pal

[@NiktheEnglishGreekCypriot]

Id hope just Labour. I never do meterage work but I was asked to quote a job on it and went with £20 m2 and got it, that covered labour and plaster. Never again though, prefer working on a job price not meterage

[@Trekz86]

Im charging $650-750 per day here in melbourne Australia. Which equals around 360 pounds i believe

[@alwayslearning7672]

Salaries in most European countries are ridiculously low compared to US/Canada/Oz. I could get €350 a day in Austria aprox €40-50 per hr.

[@martypick5176]

Mate just a quick question with in your £10.50 a meter are you chargeing matts on top ov that are is that all in ? Coz i charge £10 a sqm and i include materials in with that price.i average 6 bags a day with a labour

[@carolinemoor738]

He's answered further up, it's labour only

[@patcurran4805]

Excellent advice

[@compingnick]

Would you class the second coat as another set of sq meterage when calculating £10 per m sq?

[@samchenery5065]

No

[@arplastering]

I do all domestic 57 years old been at it a while pick and choose my work now and pace myself get most jobs from my quotes i never give a day rate or meterage always price on the job you earn way more doing it that way im based in Manchester

[@JUNIORKRIBRIDE]

Hi blaine, I'm from Doncaster, south Yorkshire, and I charge£6.50pm2 for dotting and £7.50pm2 skimming that's a price for labour only, I have a friend from London and he charges around £12/£15pm2...

[@JUNIORKRIBRIDE]

£6pm2 for board fixing 😁👍💷

[@marcnewcomb1002]

So your skimming full rooms for 250 quid far to cheap mate

[@djhago3123]

Is £50 A square metre supplying sand and cement.. . Or just labour... it used to be 25 euro a square metre in Ireland a few years back and 10 euro a square metre for skimming... don't know what they are now obviously more there is a lack of plasterers around and alot are using the machines for outside and tape and jointing inside..

[@marcnewcomb1002]

I charge £10 a metre if its straight foward reskim. artex ceilings,bonding etc i will charge a bit more

[@jacko791]

I wish I could find a good plasterer at under £250 a day. I certainly wouldn't be messing around trying to bodge plaster onto my own walls right now if I could. £250-300 a day seems to be the norm for any half decent trades now. Don't get me wrong I have met some who are still in the £150-200 range but you wouldn't work with them more than once

[@NiktheEnglishGreekCypriot]

@markpresbury2110and

[@darrengreenstreet2739]

How do you deal with custards when they say the room will be empty and when you turn up still rammed with shit

[@karlhinze]

Haha sounds like you’re speaking from experience! 😄

[@spks-nj7kl]

Walk away

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Haha brilliant! It does happen - sometimes it’s best to be honest and tell then you need space… In other words, move it 😂

[@darrengreenstreet2739]

I naturally thought custards thought we were removal men, I hope the sink is allways left completely empty every time you need water lol

[@stephnkaiser]

Tell them to give me a phone once they've emptied the room although I always make a point of saying to them to have it cleared out.

[@AdamMccann-st7dx]

Tough work 👍

[@dawidczerniak5177]

Aberdeen £15 m2 and I think I’m a bit too low… I can comfortably do 30-40m2 a day

[@MrGuardcaptain]

Genuinely surprised by how low these figures are given you think they are reasonable. Im a part time carpenter and my rate is closer to £300 a day which very few people argue with. Totally agree about never wanting to be the cheap guy. Cheap = poor quality in most peoples perceptions.

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Appreciate your input mate. Where are you based?? Just trying to get an overall impression of prices in different areas 👍

[@MrGuardcaptain]

@PlasteringForBeginners just outside Birmingham. I think perhaps the issue is this, you are considering what you think your time is worth, what value does the client perceive this skill is worth? Who wants to sit in an evening and see ugly walls or a hiddeous plater job distracting you and your family from a TV?... for those who know the film "sell me this pen." Value is based on quality added. A perfect evening with my family because the walls look good and we can watch a movie together without being distracted by a hiddeous plaster.... almost priceless

[@MrGuardcaptain]

@rabmcleod3508 sorry to hear that but i guess thats why this is a good conversation. Do you proactively advertise? Not saying that as a dig. I dont. I put 1 post on a local facebook group and that was that. Will say I do have income from elsewhere so im not as active as I could be and certainly dont feel like i have to undercut my prices. Maybe if 100% of my income came from being on the tools Id feel the pinch. Theres a similar thread on Robin Clevetts channel that might be of interest

[@Egyptconfidential]

Good rate mate. I’m in south west Wales. I charge £10 per m2

[@ostapkarpenko5219]

Thanks for you words.

[@Jellyisamazing]

Disagree, I would charge my day rate for 2 walls, especially on domestic, by the time you sheet down and prep, your not far off all full day most the day. So I charge a full day, sure I get people refuse it occasionally, but when I'm driving an hour for work. I make sure Im paid from rhe moment I leave my house until I get home

[@frankiez7414]

Every time I do a lot of rendering I hurt my wrists due to rsi

[@Glentp75]

Useful videos for those looking to hire a plasterer so they don't get mugged off. Ta!

[@canuck791]

I live in Kingston upon Thames. £12.00 - £15.00 sqm skim.

[@JonesJones123-is8kz]

Why do you work alone without a labourer? I work hard and feel a labourer would be such a help and save the body in the long run

[@jasonhilton9999]

Do you measure through on windows and doors etc ?

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Yeah mate! Always - same with Rendering

[@gregalan11]

Always, covers for the beading up and skimming reveals

[@Jack-PaulSkivington]

Also plasterer working “on the books” Don’t realise how much the company they work for are actually charging customers I.e a plasterer earning £15 per hour and making around. £120 per day but the company could be charging £250 + Vat or even more So builders who are used to hourly work sometimes think they are being fair with customers when they quote private work as they give the customer a quote based on what they earn for a company! So they may seem cheap but could be fantastic plasterers that are under paid over worked and making someone else money! But as soon as they quote jobs properly they could be earning more on a weekend than they make in a week Then the fun begins when decided to take that leap and go in there own. They soon start to tell people what they are truly worth rather than a corporation telling them how much they are worth

[@ostapkarpenko5219]

100% true ! People are not greatful to kindness , maybe old people but not the Bastards that can work.

[@alwayslearning7672]

What do plaster apprentices earn?

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

I'd say around £80 a day 👍

[@alwayslearning7672]

@@PlasteringForBeginners And I guess that'll be before Tax and NI.👍🏻

[@jslammon]

A video on how to measure jobs would be great.

[@petespencer5260]

Rare, but I don't agree for once Blaine. Meterage doesn't work on domestics for me. For example, did a bathroom the other day where tiles had been removed and taken all finishing plaster with them. Walls took 4 coats of pva/sbr to control suction, plus loads of bonding and beading. Meterage would not have worked.

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Agreed…examples this are different. In the video I mentioned backing plaster/ prep work being different. Needs more time and money so I agree my friend 👍

[@96mrdinesh]

Is that £10.50 just labour or is the also supplying

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Labour matey.

[@96mrdinesh]

@@PlasteringForBeginners thanks buddy , great work btw

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Thanks for watching pal!

[@jameskemp2273]

I charge 16 pound a meter supply and lay

[@changethisonceamonth7516]

In Wandsworth London. Jan 2024. I had repairs to do on a roof area. Water was getting in. No scaffolding. Ladder job. Just rendering. Filling in cracks and replastering top part of a wall (to stop water getting in). Had to remove old plaster. 15 sq meters maximum. They charged me £3,500 including VAT. 2 lads. 2.5 days. There was hardly any materials. It was rendering. Remember January. Short days. Max 8 hours light per day. 2.5*8*2=40 hours. I had to have argument to get them back to finish job. (At one stage he was charging me £3.5k for 1.5 days work for filling in some cracks). Was i ripped off?

[@rjScubaSki]

Yes. And that is what this kind of video encourages

[@Lyonscarpentry]

Not in London you haven’t been ripped off, heigh risk as off of ladders, if they own the buisness they have expenses ect so I’d say it’s about right

[@brummiesteve590]

Sorry, sand and cement Render on hollow blocks.

[@stevenwaite3158]

I think your day rate is far too low. I'm a painter and decorator with 30 years of experience and when I'm pricing a job look at between £250-300 a day. I'm in the south east. Don't always get it but never undervalue yourself just to get work. Plastering is a difficult job and I always know if a plasterer has underpriced a job or charged a cheap rate because I have to spend ages rubbing down their work and removing trowel marks.

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Yeah, I said at least £200 in the video but I'll be honest, it amazes me that as a decorator you're charging £250 - £300 a day. Fair play my friend. The best decorator I know is at £200 a day down here so that's amazing (not saying you don't deserve it by the way. Please don't think that...just trying to gauge prices in different areas.) Where are you based exactly pal?? Thank you for sharing 👍

[@stevenwaite3158]

I'm in Kent. I always price a job and never give an actual hourly rate. I charge on average £300 to decorate a room for example. Of course there are lots of variants to take into account and that price can vary. Normally I can do that in a day. Most people are more than happy to have a room decorated for that price and don't really think of the hourly rate.@@PlasteringForBeginners

[@martypick5176]

Shocking that a painter is getting paid that but like he said good on you but seriously makes me think am.too cheap

[@Matt-yl2ok]

Totally agree with you mate make money not wages ! It’s a young man’s /woman’s game 😅 How the hell do you do rendering on your own ..

[@gregc7699]

Plastering my kitchen at the moment it's the first time iver ever plastered and I'm not likely to do much plastering again it's really stressful and Im causing so much mess lol but hey maybe I'll get better in time, so huge huge respect to the professional plasterers out there because it really is an art and a skill don't think I'll be changing profession any time soon lol plus how do you guys do it it kills my arms even holding the hawk was killing my wrist after few minutes

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

It's a tough trade my friend. And we do deserve the money ha! Thanks for your opinion and fair play for giving it a go 👍

[@bluevanmani]

Yeah domestic work £10-12 about right site work Essex rate £4.30 board work

[@BigSteveFairchild]

Good video

[@M.E63]

I get it and understand, cheap is not the best option most of the time, but are you just saying that so people don’t undercut you ? Pointless asking other tradesmen how much they charge as they won’t ever give you a honest answer

[@josephnova]

I'm in central Italy. Here I paid €25 sqm for rendering and I thought it was high :)

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

ha that's the amazing thing with quoting indifferent areas! Thanks for sharing pal

[@djhago3123]

Is that with materials

[@Renvaar1989]

I've gone through 5 plasterers already, asking for them to come out and quote for rendering my courtyard... Haven't even got one to come and quote for it yet... They're all too busy making the same amount as doctors apparently...

[@billminimum6695]

More than junior Drs.

[@mijalic1]

This time next year you will be a millioner.

[@nigelsmith1198]

I pay my plasterer £300 a day.! He starts at 7am and finishes at 4ish… in that time he may have a cup of tea.!😊

[@PaulCloves]

Cheap rate blaine I’ve known spreads charge £15 m square

[@marcnewcomb1002]

Im newcastle upon tyne

[@josh_journal]

Hi blaine, if you was to do a hallway where theres doors quite close together so little plastering would you still take the size of the whole hallway into your valuation (excluding ceilings)

[@samkeyworth90]

200 a day minimum now days.

[@dominic6531]

Is that £10.50 with or without materials? Nice vid!

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Labour mate. Thank you for watching my friend 👍

[@baza2564]

£10.50 labour only ? Surely not

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Labour pal

[@baza2564]

@@PlasteringForBeginners sorry but £10.50 a metre is ludicrous £600 a day with your eyes shut

[@djhago3123]

You won't be doing 60m2 everyday tho..

[@baza2564]

@@djhago3123 in any new build house yes you are

[@ryancline6128]

Skim rate is too cheap, 15 pound is acceptable

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Interesting…cheers mate! Where are you based?

[@ryancline6128]

@@PlasteringForBeginners I'm Essex based

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Thanks for sharing pal!

[@zippybiddelli700]

house bashing we do minimum £250 a day no pricing no agro if your finish is good easier than domesti. i reckon

[@marcnewcomb1002]

Defo not

[@BigSteveFairchild]

I’ve just been caught a treat I priced a job off a video a customer sent me !!! Never ever again I planned two days im now done in four days way out of pocket 😢

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Nightmare mate. Sorry to hear that my friend!

[@brendanosullivan3664]

Blaine you are fare with your price

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Cheers pal, thanks for watching

[@tc-ow1ol]

You are too cheap mate. Cost of living is up, it won’t wait for you. Someone else will do it for more. If your pushing out quality of work then you get what you ask for. Gone are the days of below 200 a day

[@markrobson9894]

Far to cheap 10.50 mate like u say you won't be doing this job wen your 50. There's a reason u won't mate it kills our body I'm 35 been skimming 18 year and my sciatica is mental infact the injury list goes on ha I've watch few your videos pal imo your to cheap all best lad 💪

[@johnmathers6233]

Wow! Surprised. Given the outstanding quality of your work I would have thought you would be a lot more expensive. Put it this way if I needed a wall plastering and you worked in my area I would happily pay at least £20 a metre.

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Wow!! where are you based pal. It would be good to get an overall impression but that price amazes me. Thank you for your input my friend 👍

[@johnmathers6233]

I live just outside Watford. I do all my own work but prices are high and the work isn’t always that great. A neighbour just had a section of garden wall rebuilt- seven bricks wide, no more than two metres high with a decorative coping of creasing tiles and a half soldier course - £900 Neighbour a few doors down had some turf laid just yesterday, no more than £30 sq metres plus a bulk bag of topsoil - £850.

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Crazy mate. London prices are insane but that is crazy pricing. Thank you for sharing pal!

[@seanwilkinson4170]

£200 a day 👍

[@alwayslearning7672]

What do beginners earn?

[@seanwilkinson4170]

@@alwayslearning7672 depends on plasterers labourer £80 a day then work your way up then you can get some really good price work in I've just done a full re skim smashed it 8 days £2900 so it's worth putting the effort in to learn the trade

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Just depends really mate. But yeah, brand new would be £80 I’m my opinion push pal.

[@vanderpant2116]

I am not a tradesman, but interested to know. Is the majority of your work subbed through a builder \ project manager? So you request that day rate from them ?

[@horridhenry1805]

If you base your price on the wear and tear of the body caused by plastering you will never get a job

[@torvaldalexander4906]

You are too skilled, with a professional attitude, clean and tidy, got a family, care about your reputation, got a channel.... You are too cheap. Clients will always want reliable tight clean sharp work which is what you provide... Why is it not minimum £15 a M2 plus materials. I remember over fifteen years ago a property developer saying how he got plaster at £10 a M2!! Telling him he's got the whole contract as a golden carrot 🥕 man it was massive amount but really the plasterer was getting shafted. Best to family and people pay for quality xx

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Love your opinion pal - where are you based?? It's interesting to hear everyones opinion actually and it seems like I could actually be cheap. But then again, this is where area comes in and generally, that's the price impression I receive from the town I live in (but I could be wrong), Maybe I need to test again. Thanks again for your input my friend!

[@torvaldalexander4906]

@@PlasteringForBeginners this was in Edinburgh fifteen years ago. Always same, clients want the best work but never want to pay. Though not always and that's the fine line. Some want to pay because they know what they are getting. Also trust is worth its weight in gold x

[@Lats2490]

£200 per hit nothing less

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Sounds right. Good price 👍

[@FatterTony]

i think £10.5 per sqm isnt enough for skimming.

[@PlasteringForBeginners]

Do you mind me asking how much you charge pal?? Only asking to get an overall impression of costs...(don't answer if it's too cheeky ;)

[@nachobanditchannel]

I'm no plasterer but I live in West Midlands and it's around £20 per sqm here