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"John Smith" writes:

"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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I would guess that scratch and finish coat will take it
over half a day's work (and I doubt you'll get a plasterer
to turn up for just half a day anyway). If you're paying
for a day's work, then you might want to search out any
other bits of reskimming you want doing. Price depends on
location, but you are probably looking at £200/day plus
materials (which don't cost much).

Do plasterers make about 50K a year then?

Most of them won't touch half or one day jobs at all IME.
For a longer job, I would expect the price to be lower.
Take home pay != labour price charged for work.

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Andrew Gabriel