On 14/03/18 20:20, GB wrote:
On 14/03/2018 18:02, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 14/03/18 17:37, Steve Walker wrote:
On 14/03/2018 17:33, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 14/03/18 15:12, GB wrote:
It's economics, innit? Of the total cost of a house, the cost of a
brickie is a tiny part. For example, the cost of the bricks laid in
a day is typically several times the cost of the brickie.

Crap. When I built my house the general spilt was 1/3rd material
2/3rds labour.

The brickies cost up to 5 times as much as the bricks they lay, even
including the mortar. Same goes for render even moree so - its ALL
labour and even slapping on weatherboard is not that quick.

It's also amazing just how fast a brickie can work when he's being
paid a fixed price for a job!

SteveW

https://www.self-build.co.uk/questio...-per-thousand/


£20/square meter
Â*Â*A brick is about £1 give or take.

60 bricks to the square meter, so if you CAN get that productivity out
of the bricklayer yers, the bricks are more expensive.
I've never seen it


I've never built a house, but my impression is that the walls go up very
fast. It's all the other stuff that takes the time.



TBH walls are just one bit = theres groudnwork amnd site laying out,
foundation laying floors, walls, cladding, roofing, ..kitchens floors
bathrooms leccy and heating ...the list is long.




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