I try to price according to what the market will support, here (New Mexico) the current market is weak. I get about the same to clean & seal marble as grout & tile ($1 a square foot at best), depending on how much prep work is required. A clean & powder polish will pay about $2 a square foot. I wish I could make a thousand dollars a day. The only time I bid by the hour is when there’s other factors (replace a tile, re-grouting, caulking ….). I use a truck mount or a Whisper 1500 to clean with. I can clean a 100 square feet of 12x12” tile per hour by myself.

From: Marble Maestro [mailto:777-7797@videotron.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 5:18 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Unfilled tumbled Marble

In our markets Canada, I would charge about 3$ a foot 2$ minimum.

But it really, again depends on what your cleaning method is and what sealer you will be using, I have sealer I pay 400$ a gallon while others are 1000$

My advice is if your alone or with a helper, don’t undercharge, you have to survive on the profit of your own salary.

If you have employees and you don’t want their paycheck to chew up on your salary then it’s a whole different ball game.

Under 1000$ a day per team, you will never make it.

But again

That’s here!

Anthony Masecchia

Master Stone Consultant

www.777-7797.com

From: fhueston@gmail.com [mailto:fhueston@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Dr Fred
Sent: January 28, 2009 12:52 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Unfilled tumbled Marble

Tony

In my experience a job like this would go for around a dollar a square foot but you are better calculating by the number of man hours. If your looking at 32 hours of work, multiply that times what you would want per hour.

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Tony StoneBrite <tony@stonebritechicago.com> wrote:

I have a job I need to bid.Its a simple clean and seal of about 1500 sq. ft. of unfilled tumbled marble on the first floor of a home.Its pretty dirty and I need to do alot of prep work.I know we all live in different markets but I am trying to see what is the best way to bid.By the foot {how much}or by the day.I think it might take about 3 days ,2 guys. I look forward to reading your responses.

Thank You in advance.

Tony StoneBrite Chicago

Have A Great Day

Tony DiBartolo

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