Reversing strip for vinyl plank

[Nick]

They pay you for that Ken ?

 

[Floorist]

Many installers probably wouldn't do what I did today. I glued down some used carpet. When I can double my normal rates, it doesn't bother me.

 

[Nick]

Good for you . That is what they wanted .

 

[Ernesto]

The store that I work for requires customers to have us measure the jobsite ourselves. We go out and measure, take moisture readings, put our materials/labor list together and send it into the store. They work it up and sell it to the customer with whatever I tell them to charge for and whatever materials I tell them I need. Thats just what Im used to. Ive had a few customers order flooring somewhere else but I usually do the measure first and give them a list of what I need to do the job.

You mean box store right? Blue or red?

 

[Ernesto]

Many installers probably wouldn't do what I did today. I glued down some used carpet. When I can double my normal rates, it doesn't bother me.

I would do the same all day. My regular rate is 0.77 cents a foot.

 

[FloorMaven]

My regular rate is 0.77 cents a foot.

If you don't mind me asking, what do you provide for that?

 

[Ken]

You mean box store right? Blue or red?

Blue. When I first started, I look into the orange but the labor rates were a joke. I make more than double what they pay their installers.

 

[Ken]

They pay you for that Ken ?

They do pay me for estimates but I do that for my own customers for free anyway so it doesnt really matter to me. I have to guarantee the labor for a year so it benefits me to take all the readings that I would do anyway for anyone else.

 

[Ernesto]

If you don't mind me asking, what do you provide for that?

A power stretcher and sealed seams. Seams cost extra by the foot.

 

[FloorMaven]

A power stretcher and sealed seams. Seams cost extra by the foot.

Any carpet?

 

[Ernesto]

Any carpet?

Labor only brutha.

 

[FloorMaven]

Labor only brutha.

Stretch-in any carpet for that price?

 

[Ernesto]

Stretch-in any carpet for that price?

A little, usually in conjunction with other floors. But this thread is not about me and carpet. Sorry for getting off track.

 

[FloorMaven]

A little, usually in conjunction with other floors. But this thread is not about me and carpet. Sorry for getting off track.

WILL YOU stretch-in any carpet for that price?

 

[Ernesto]

WILL YOU stretch-in any carpet for that price?

Absolutely NOT! lol What am I, a dunce? Don't answer that!

I was assuming we were talking a normal machine tufted actionbac or softbac.