Basic carpet installation rates here are $4.00-$4.50 sq yd. How do your compare?
Installation Rates
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Retailers are paying installers $3.50 to $4.00 between 4 local shops............. but they will happily accept less. 
I've been charging $5.50 for the past 5 years and figure why not just go ahead raise it to an even number. It's either that or challenge the 25 year olds for an even lower price. If I dropped my price to $2.75 per yard, stores would be beggin' for me and I'd have more work than I could handle.
I've been charging $5.50 for the past 5 years and figure why not just go ahead raise it to an even number. It's either that or challenge the 25 year olds for an even lower price. If I dropped my price to $2.75 per yard, stores would be beggin' for me and I'd have more work than I could handle.
stullis
New Member
.75 and up
that is per ft.
that is per ft.
TheFloorguy
Member
I don't have a one price fits all installations, but the retailers around here that do, are in the $1.65-$3.00 per yard.
.75 and up
that is per ft.
Is that union scale fer up ther Scott? Oh forgot they don't have unions there anymore. lol
Grandpa raised his rates just before he retired in 1977 to $1.75 a yard
That is just plain sick paying less, almost 35 years later.
That said, I am 100% certain that customers are getting exactly what they pay for.
At that rate, if I completed two homes per day all by myself, I'd be settin pretty.
DCS
Well-Known Member
I was talking to some HD installers that work for an HD workroom yesterday. They said under $4 per yard with no mileage. They have traveled a bunch in the last 2 days. 3 guys and over 100 sq a day. I guess Wednesday it was 300 yd and a lot of windshield time. Said he was happier than pig in sh-t. Making money hand over fist. Go figure.
Daris
Daris
TheFloorguy
Member
TheFloorguy
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Nick
In Remembrance
And those that do are working for free .
I can make more money in one day , then i can in a week for a store and still give the consumer a better deal .
I can make more money in one day , then i can in a week for a store and still give the consumer a better deal .
Polestretch
Well-Known Member
And those that do are working for free .
I can make more money in one day , then i can in a week for a store and still give the consumer a better deal .
Nick, I thought you had your own store?
Nick
In Remembrance
No store , No ads , all referral work . Doing 3rd generation customers and one interior decorator .
DCS
Well-Known Member
you posted you don't have a one price fits all. then another post saying $4.00 plus extras >pay installer.
TheFloorguy
Member
No no no!
You are confused.
I am not Floorguy(Hugh, from Indiana) who has been impersonating me here, after he grabbed my handle as fast as he could, that posted "$4.00 plus extras >pay installer."
I am The Floorguy(Perry, from Texas) who has been "Floorguy" and now "TheFloorguy" here because of Hugh, that posted, " I don't have a one price fits all"
Nick
In Remembrance
How you been Stranger ?
Don't worry Perry , we all know there is only one FG .
Don't worry Perry , we all know there is only one FG .
DCS
Well-Known Member
now i got it!!! i know "floorguy" from the other boards. i didn't really notice "the floorguy". i was thinkin... i thought you were in texas, you did flooring and have a flower shop with the wife! not indiana with a flooring store. that would have been quite the move!!! i'm DJ on the other boards but i couldn't use that here cause i needed more than 2 letters
VillageCarpet
Member
Not at the good stores
