Labour cost for laying roughly 150 red bricks

the_galway_fry

Pretty simple design
3 walls about 10 x 5 bricks and an arch at the front of the square structure

Dermobrickie

Im not sure of the rates in Galway but would assume 160-200 ex vat.

O.A.P

the_galway_fry wrote: »

Pretty simple design
3 walls about 10 x 5 bricks and an arch at the front of the square structure

So you want 50 bricks layed ?
Its 10 bricks high and 5 bricks long?
Three walls like that and an arch?
I think you are building a barbecue but its hard to follow what you mean really, more information needed.

the_galway_fry

O.A.P wrote: »

So you want 50 bricks layed ?
Its 10 bricks high and 5 bricks long?
Three walls like that and an arch?
I think you are building a barbecue but its hard to follow what you mean really, more information needed.

Not a barbecue but similar, 60 bricks per side I've estimated with the front pretty much open bar the arch at the top if that makes sense.

O.A.P

Ok I'm a chippy not a bricky with almost 35 years experience .
A one off job every thing there just lay the 180 bricks 200 euro. If the arch is already formed in ply or timber and just build over it then maybe 50 more.
Block layers might laugh at that now but I think that's as cheap you will get

TheBoyConor

I'd say you'd be looking at more like €500 at least as it is a tiny job and if a brickie is going to be doing that kind of mickey mouse job then they'd want it to be worth their while as they would normally be on a big job laying hundreds or thousands of bricks a day. Doing a small job costs time out of a big job and is more hassle than it is worth unless the rates are really good. They'd nearly want to be gold bricks they're laying if they had to take a half day off of their normal projects to do it.

A lot of fellas probably would not take it on even at that money and quantities. They'd say it wouldn't be worth their while getting out of bed or starting the van for 150 bricks.