New vinyl kitchen floor question

[jkmo]

Don’t post too much but...

Need a new kitchen floor. Bought a 12 x 12 piece of vinyl. First guy couldn’t fit it into his schedule. New guy came over today. Level the floor ( with some kind of substance )as it is a bit crowned, new molding around under the cabinets (plastic) . He supplies the molding, glue etc. wants 500 bucks. I really want it done but sticking in my craw. Says it will take 4-5 hours maybe more.

Thoughts?

Thanks

 

[bigwheelzip]

Put a new vinyl floor in my late mother's room, three years ago. 700 dollars for the floor and installation.
This was on Long Island NY. Not exactly an inexpensive place to get work done.

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[ameridaddy]

Hard to say without knowing how many inside, outside corners, how many transitions to another room with a different floor, how many seams he'll have to make and hide. The color and pattern of the vinyl will also come into play if he has to cut and seam it.
$500 for 4-5 hours work seems a little high at first glance, but he has time and distance to come and go from your house, has a vehicle and tools to buy and maintain, insurance and the potential liability of screwing up and ruining your piece of vinyl.
Recently, replacing one of my gateposts cost me nearly as much as 5 sections of split rail fence for similar reasons - small job, lots of overhead.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

When I'm charging for my services it's $45 an hour; from my door to my door, plus materials, plus mileage. OR a flat fee of about $500 a day!

I've been told by other people in similar business that I don't charge enough, but I get by at what I charge.

Ivan

 

[Fishinfool]

For the tools needed, the extras and the skill needed to do a good job, that seems fair. Not to say you couldn't find someone who is willing to give it a shot for half that price, and still have it come out good, but..... This is the kind of work were checking references and comparing rates might pay off.

Off track a little, but I put a soft, padded Vinyl floor down in my kitchen about 12 years ago myself. Came out good, but it didn't last. Within a couple years there were rips, bumps, and it just didn't look good. Having 4 dogs may have contributed. Had it re-done in Tile, and it has held up very well.

Larry

 

[JH1951]

For the tools needed, the extras and the skill needed to do a good job, that seems fair. Not to say you couldn't find someone who is willing to give it a shot for half that price, and still have it come out good, but..... This is the kind of work were checking references and comparing rates might pay off.

What Fishinfool said.
For a good job, the $$ is worth it in my opinion. There are so many things that can go wrong with that seemingly simple job. This is not the job where I would take the lowest quote: It's one where I would take the best qualifications and references. This is something that you will look at every time you walk into the room. It will either please you or drive you crazy for years to come.
(Maybe it's just the way we think in central PA lol.)

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I'd pay it in a HEARTBEAT. You are NOT paying for time-you are paying for expertise. Would you feel better paying a couple of jack-legs who take two days to put it in and it looks like merde or pay a crew who KNOWS what they are doing to do a GOOD job. I once had a client complain about the cost of preparing and notarizing a document. Said that with all the computers and word processing, I was charging an outrageous amount of money for the time I would actually spend. I said you're right. YOU do it and showed him the door. I don't have time for such foolishness.

 

[DeathGrip]

If he's gotta float the floor it's a good price.

 

[dockmurgw]

I would be grateful to find someone willing to do it. If they showed up when they said they would, showed up sober and did a nice job, I would give them a tip. Said another way...I would pay that in a heartbeat.

 

[dockmurgw]

I'd pay it in a HEARTBEAT. You are NOT paying for time-you are paying for expertise. Would you feel better paying a couple of jack-legs who take two days to put it in and it looks like merde or pay a crew who KNOWS what they are doing to do a GOOD job. I once had a client complain about the cost of preparing and notarizing a document. Said that with all the computers and word processing, I was charging an outrageous amount of money for the time I would actually spend. I said you're right. YOU do it and showed him the door. I don't have time for such foolishness.

Truer words were never spoke. Skilled trades are just that...skilled. It aint mowing the lawn.

 

[chief38]

Get some other estimates or do it yourself. These seem to be the only choices here.

Consider using vinyl tiles (basically same as Linoleum but way easier to work with because of their 12 x 12 inch size) which should be relatively inexpensive. installation is not hard and they might even have self stick ones so you could do it yourself.

 

[rbrbrb6]

You can either pay it and have it done in a few hours and go on with life or you can spend hours watching You Tube, try it yourself and hope you don't mess something up, cut something wrong and that it stays down and flat for more than a year. Specialized skills, tools and training do not come cheap and to paraphrase a line form a Clint Eastwood movie from years ago - "A man's got to know his limitations".

Pay it and spend the afternoon shooting or reloading instead of fretting over it.

 

[jkmo]

Thanks guys....

 

[amazingflapjack]

Look into deluxe "click" vinyl that floats-contact "I Floor" (net) for info-easy to install for you or someone else-extremely durable.

 

[jkmo]

Update on floor. Guy arrived at 830 sharp as agreed. About five hours. Cleaned up his mess, helped getting fridge and oven back in place. The guy was a pro and did a great job. Gave him an extra 50 on top of what he asked.

 

[TX-Dennis]

Great result! Around here it's nearly impossible to get anyone in the home improvement business to show up when they say they will without rescheduling three or four times first.

 

[H Richard]

My father always told me, "You get what you pay for".