[Georgia]

Question: how much is a fair hourly wage for a joiner?

[jason1972]

You are paying for someone's experience, workmanship, and skill, all of which take years and 1000's to gain

If you are questioning price at this point, there is obviously a trust issue, walk away and find someone else

​​​​​​​Buy cheap, buy twice

[dave plasterer]

always price no day rate and depends what he does and output your paying for skills ,tools, van ,checkatrade advert ,advertising, the fact that no self employed has paid holidays,experience ,and expertise not how long he's at your house

[ToolTalk1]

@Georgia
ok - having read this question a few times…..
I’ll try to answer it.
If a checkatrade member is happy to work on an hourly rate then it should reflect quite a few things.

1. Experience
2. Availability
3. Job to be done
4. Travel
5. Tools & vehicle

Working on an hourly rate could cost loads more - as potentially it could be a broken day