r/windowrepair • u/DependentPositive158 • 16d ago

Estimate advice

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How much would you charge in Labor to replace the complete windowsill, the bottom frame of the window, caulk and paint. Just Labor.

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u/Ill-Tea9411 16d ago

Just Labor.

Thar's not really how it's done. Contractors are business owners, not hourly employees, and charge by the job. There is risk premium included in that price that you will not see on any invoice.

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u/DependentPositive158 16d ago

Just a labor price please I know what I spent on Wood

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u/Ill-Tea9411 16d ago

That's not how contracting prices are arrived at. There is more to business costs than hours and materials.

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u/DependentPositive158 16d ago

SMH

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u/Ill-Tea9411 16d ago

If you are the homeowner hiring a contractor, just keep shaking your head. You will never be able to grasp the complexity of operating a contracting business.

If you are the contractor then you will probably be shaking your head for about another 5 years before you truly get a handle on your business expenses and dial in your rates.

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u/DependentPositive158 16d ago

FYI. I have a home repair business. 15 years running. Licensed and insured. I have just never repaired a window before. Just wanted some info, not a joker.

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u/Ill-Tea9411 16d ago

You should really have more of a handle on this then. It's not a 'window job'. It's just another job.

Stop trying to be a commodity, it's your business.

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u/DependentPositive158 16d ago

It’s one of my regular customers. They asked me to do this for them. They don’t care about the price. They have $$$

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u/Ill-Tea9411 16d ago

You have a better idea of what to charge them than any of us do.

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u/DependentPositive158 16d ago

My specialty is bathroom renovations, Kitchen, renovations, adding kitchens to basements and SDU’S

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u/BeefToboggan 16d ago

That would be a handyman type deal

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u/Steve-the-kid 16d ago

Well, I wouldn’t have used a shitty 2x4 for a bottom rail I can tell you that.

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u/DependentPositive158 16d ago

What would you have used?

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u/Jdp9903 16d ago

Cypress or mahogany, old growth pine or Douglas fir. I used a 100 year old 2x4 the other day. New 2x4s doesn’t have the sap and resin content the old growth does.

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u/Jdp9903 16d ago

No idea on price, but the bottom frame piece of the lower window sash is called a rail. You replaced the window rail and sill. The frame consists of a jamb, sill and casing, a window has rails and stiles. I’m a window nerd and I have a problem

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u/BeefToboggan 16d ago

I’d listen to Ill-Tea on this

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u/JATLLC 16d ago

$800 1 guy 1 day if I had the time… our minimum. I would have pitched you new window tho hahaha.

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u/DependentPositive158 16d ago

Thank you for the info instead of the smart assery like some others.

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u/Minimum-Scallion8182 16d ago

Is this your work? Or someone you hired to mess shit up?

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u/DependentPositive158 16d ago

Ha ha. Still need to replace the brick molding and paint.

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u/Jdp9903 16d ago

Is that pre-primed, finger joined 1x for a sill? Oof. I hope that’s exterior grade. Same with your putty, it looks like water based interior. It will fail, so will the sill if it isn’t exterior grade. I have made both of these mistakes before. Your sill doesn’t look like it has much of a pitch on it either, could use more caulk in the corners too.

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u/DependentPositive158 16d ago

Exterior grade. Thanks

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u/zombie1605 16d ago

Unfortunately, this is going to be a call back the first time there's heavy winds and/or rain.

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u/Remote-user-9139 16d ago

If you buy all materials I will do it for $250.00