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Hit 300 seamless seams last week and it messed with my head a bit
I was tallying up my jobs after that big office install in Tulsa and realized I'd done exactly 300 seams where the pattern matched up with zero visible lines. That number felt way bigger than the 150 I bragged about back in March, and it made me wonder if I've been undercharging for that level of work this whole time. How do you all price a perfect pattern match, is it still just a flat rate per seam or do you tack on extra?
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the_robert1mo ago
300 seams is a lot of reps but I'm not sure that number alone means you've been undercharging. A flat rate per seam usually already bakes in the tough ones, so if you tack on extra for every perfect match you might start losing bids to guys who just quote the flat number. I mean, did the Tulsa job actually come in lower than you'd have liked, or does 300 just feel like more work now that you're counting it?
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jadeg811mo ago
The part about "does 300 just feel like more work now that you're counting it" hits home. I used to just give a flat number per seam and eat the bad ones, figured it all evened out over a job. Then I actually tracked a stone job with a ton of veins to match and came in way under what the hours said it should be, like 40 percent off, and that was the last time I quoted blind. Now I walk the slabs first and the number changes if it's a heavy match job, and honestly I still win plenty of bids.
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