price per high hat

[tonyou812]

Im pricing a High hat job 12 cans in a plaster ceiling in a living room with no access from above. Not sure if its lath or plaster board, or wire mesh with plaster. There is some other work too but im just curious what the going rate is with some of you fellas. My last encounter with this situation I charged 225 per 6" can. Am I wasting my time.

 

[Rewire]

Im pricing a High hat job 12 cans in a plaster ceiling in a living room with no access from above. Not sure if its lath or plaster board, or wire mesh with plaster. There is some other work too but im just curious what the going rate is with some of you fellas. My last encounter with this situation I charged 225 per 6" can. Am I wasting my time.

did you make money on your last encounter selling at 225 per can?

 

[220/221]

You will make good money on 12 cans @ $225 ea.

1 or 2 cans, not so much.

 

[peter d]

Factor in a bunch of holesaws, rotozip bits, or whatever it is you use to make the holes. The plaster absolutely destroys just about any blade or other hole making device.

 

[Fulthrotl]

Im pricing a High hat job 12 cans in a plaster ceiling in a living room with no access from above. Not sure if its lath or plaster board, or wire mesh with plaster. There is some other work too but im just curious what the going rate is with some of you fellas. My last encounter with this situation I charged 225 per 6" can. Am I wasting my time.

be happy you aren't doing it in calif. the going rate is about $100 a hole....
you can get a passel of people to do it for that, and some for $80....

the remgrit carbide holesaws work better than anything else in plaster. you
can get them in 4" and 6", but not 5". go figure. otherwise, a rotozip with
a carbide blade, and a vacuum attachment is your best choice.....

 

[peter d]

be happy you aren't doing it in calif. the going rate is about $100 a hole....
you can get a passel of people to do it for that, and some for $80....

Maybe Tony should fly out one of the $80 guys as a sub.

 

[480sparky]

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can get them in 4" and 6", but not 5". go figure.......

I figure different.....

 

[peter d]

I figure different.....

I think he meant nobody stocks them were he lives. The 5" can is not nearly as common as the 4" and the 6" for some reason, even though I think the 5" looks better than the 6".

 

[tonyou812]

unless they really want smaller cans I always push the 6 inch cans. bigger hole makes it a little easier snaking them in. but in new construction I like to mix them up depending on use.

 

[steelersman]

I figure different.....

man that is a cool setup. I like that dust bowl.

Tony if you can get 225 per can then I'd say that sounds like a hell of a price. Seems like you should make out like a bandit at that rate. Do you patch the holes yourself or is that up to the homeowner to pay someone else for that?

 

[1793]

man that is a cool setup. I like that dust bowl. ...

Look here for the Dust bowl. http://www.licensedelectrician.com/Store/RT/Drillers_DustBowl.htm

 

[480sparky]

man that is a cool setup. I like that dust bowl.

Tony if you can get 225 per can then I'd say that sounds like a hell of a price. Seems like you should make out like a bandit at that rate. Do you patch the holes yourself or is that up to the homeowner to pay someone else for that?

I don't pay money for dust bowl. I just pick up the basketballs that blow into my yard from the park across the street and cut them up. Those are free!



If I could get two-twenty-five per for a can light, I'd do nothing but that for one day, and take Tuesday through Friday off.......

 

[1793]

I figure different.....

RemGrit

What store in your area sells this? Chain store or Supply House or on line?

 

[steelersman]

Look here for the Dust bowl. http://www.licensedelectrician.com/Store/RT/Drillers_DustBowl.htm

nice link. Thanks.

 

[480sparky]

What store in your area sells this? Chain store or Supply House or on line?

Local lighting store. Or, do I call it a local luminaire store?

 

[steelersman]

I don't pay money for dust bowl. I just pick up the basketballs that blow into my yard from the park across the street and cut them up. Those are free!



If I could get two-twenty-five per for a can light, I'd do nothing but that for one day, and take Tuesday through Friday off.......

good idea about the basketballs. I actually dont use hole saws for cutting out the holes. But I just may do that. I usually just use drywall saw. I wish there were something that could catch the dust from that, other than holding a trash can underneath with my other hand while cutting.

 

[1793]

I don't pay money for dust bowl. I just pick up the basketballs that blow into my yard from the park across the street and cut them up. Those are free!.......

I like the Dust bowl for the fact I can see throught the material to line up the hole saw with the center mark I made for the hole.

 

[480sparky]

I like the Dust bowl for the fact I can see throught the material to line up the hole saw with the center mark I made for the hole.

I just 'fold' the basketball out of the way, line the bit up with the mark and get the bit started, then 'fold' the basketball back up.

 

[1793]

I just 'fold' the basketball out of the way, line the bit up with the mark and get the bit started, then 'fold' the basketball back up.

I can see where that would work as well.

 

[peter d]

I don't pay money for dust bowl. I just pick up the basketballs that blow into my yard from the park across the street and cut them up. Those are free!

So what do you do when the kids come by your house the next day and ask where their basketball went to?