Labor costs

Post by **swanks** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:33 am

Hi Guys

Can anyone help me out with a ball park figure for building ( Labour only ) a long wall 2.5m high . It will need a concrete base and supporting pilings.
I could do with an approximate cost per Metre if possible.

Thanks

Stu

Post by **splitlid** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:43 pm

for a wall that high you would possibly be looking at 2000 baht a meter.maybe more depending on who you get to do it.

Post by **swanks** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:06 am

splitlid wrote:for a wall that high you would possibly be looking at 2000 baht a meter.maybe more depending on who you get to do it.

Thanks S
That's a lot more than the cost for labor only than I'm used to.
I was expecting less than half that to be honist.

Cheers

Stu

Post by **splitlid** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:24 am

oooooops, sorry swanks,

thought you wanted materials also.

2000 baht is including materials.

sounds better now, hopefully

Post by **splitlid** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:40 am

labour will cost you between 250-350 baht per day per person.
250 being the guy that lays the blocks, knocks up, digs holes etc. and 350 being the guy that has a few specialities.

500 per day will get you a foreman who will be able to do pretty much anything.

Post by **swanks** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:10 pm

Thanks for that

Now I know the wifes younger brother was being a little sod in what he quoted me!

Fallangs stick together!

That should make the sods 'allum sia'!

Post by **Hobiecat** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 3:32 pm

I was quoted 900 baht per meter labour costs only. I thought that was a little high. 900 a day for three workers sounds correct.

Post by **barrys** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:29 pm

I asked the local builder who does my work here what he would charge for labour.

The reply: THB 1500 for a 3 m wide x 2 m high section.

Post by **Guess** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:34 pm

Barry is getting much closer to reality now and bear in mind small jobs are always much more than large jobs (forgive the innuendo).

The most important fact here is the length of the wall. Wages quoted are about correct but a little on the high side but the rising price of gas has put everything up in the last six months.

If the wall is long enough it is worth getting a digger to prepare the foundations. This is the large unknown factor. When the site id prepared the three guys, laborer 250 BHT, bricklayer 300 BHT and foreman 500 BHT are about right. These guys will be able to construct two to three 2.5 meter sections in one day if you are there watching them. When you are not there they can only just manage one section per day if you are lucky.

The second variable is ready made posts vs made on site posts. The workers will always tell you that it is cheaper to make your own. You need to work it out for yourself. If the workers do it the money goes to them, if the builder's merchant supplies them the money goes to the merchant.

To summarize: with the information you now have you can work out for yourself how to go about the job.

One question I have is why do you want to build yet another ugly concrete and breeze block wall. What purpose do they serve. If you want to mark you territory and find urination does not work for you then how about planting some trees and shrubs.