I have been a flooring installer for 40 years and will be glad to answer all your flooring questions, if I can.
What does it take to get a flooring license? I've done about 5000 sq. feet of various floors (glue down oak, floating floor, tile, wood look tile, linoleum, and even carpeting) and really like the results. This current job was a $4,000 quote, and since it is for a girlfriend, I traded it for a MK-100 wet saw, which is mine to keep when this job is done.
Second question....when a quote is provided for a floor, what is the typical additional price for baseboard installation as well?
The MK-100 costs ~$850 with a stand. I probably should have purchased a better saw because the sliding table binds badly, and is one of the major complaints of that saw. The company is just down the road so when I get done with this job, I'm going to take it back and either demand they fix it of upgrade to a better version.
For years, I used a Harbor Freight wet saw that cost me a whopping $60. After replacing the crappy blade, I got pretty use to that ol' POS. Since taking on this job, I figured it was time for something a little better for a better looking result!
Oh yeah, since she is somewhat of a new girlfriend, the compensation is more than I can handle!
What does it take to get a flooring license? I've done about 5000 sq. feet of various floors (glue down oak, floating floor, tile, wood look tile, linoleum, and even carpeting) and really like the results. This current job was a $4,000 quote, and since it is for a girlfriend, I traded it for a MK-100 wet saw, which is mine to keep when this job is done.
Second question....when a quote is provided for a floor, what is the typical additional price for baseboard installation as well?
**************************What does it take to get a flooring license? I've done about 5000 sq. feet of various floors (glue down oak, floating floor, tile, wood look tile, linoleum, and even carpeting) and really like the results. This current job was a $4,000 quote, and since it is for a girlfriend, I traded it for a MK-100 wet saw, which is mine to keep when this job is done.
Second question....when a quote is provided for a floor, what is the typical additional price for baseboard installation as well?
But the point of a license is to protect typical families and businesses from people with little or no experience passing themselves off as experts.[/QUOTE said:I agree, that should be the reason for a license but, many cities and states just do it for income. Like our city license here. If you have $25, you are a contractor.
I agree, that should be the reason for a license but, many cities and states just do it for income. Like our city license here. If you have $25, you are a contractor.
Since I am retired, I really don't want to get involved in a full time profession, but would love to get tile at wholesale prices, rather than paying the ridiculous marked up prices for the consumer. In order to do this, I would need a license.
What does it take to get a flooring license?
I've tried twice and bombed out both times. I went to Dal Tile and saw some field tiles which were ~.50 a piece, but they were unable to sell them to me. They then provided me the part numbers and directed me down the street to a tile retailer. This retailer wrote the part numbers down on an invoice, charged me ~1.60 a piece, and then sent me back to Dal where they filled the order for me. Seemed pretty ridiculous and a big waste of time, especially when we were just breaking them up for a mosaic concrete picnic bench.
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