Specially written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, Spon's Estimating Cost Guide to Finishings contains accurate information on thousands of rates, each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit.

This is the first book to include typical project costs for painting and wallpapering, plasterwork, floor and wall tiles, rendering, and external work.


All the cost data you need to keep your estimating accurate, competitive and profitable.

Do you work on jobs between GBP50 and GBP25,000? Then this book is for you.

Specially written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, Spon's Estimating Costs Guide to Electrical Works provides accurate information on thousands of rates, each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit for residential, retail and light industrial premises. It is the first book to include typical project costs for new installations, stripping out, rewiring and upgrading for flats and houses.

In addition, vital information and advice is given on setting up and running a business, employing staff, tax, VAT and CIS4's.

For the cost of approximately two hours of your charge-out rate (or less), this book will help you to:

produce estimates fasterkeep your estimates accurate and competitiverun your business more effectivelysave time.

No matter how big your firm is - from one-man-band to an established business - this book contains valuable commercial and cost information that you can't afford to be without.


All the cost data you need to keep your estimating accurate, competitive and profitable.

Do you work on jobs between GBP50 and GBP50,000? - Then this book is for you.

Specially written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, Spon's Estimating Cost Guide to Plumbing and Heating contains accurate information on thousands of rates each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit.

The first book to include typical project costs for:

rainwater goods installationsbathroomsexternal waste systemscentral heating systemshot and cold water systems.

Especially written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, "Spon's Estimating Costs Guide to Small Landscaping Work, Gardens and External Works" contains accurate information on thousands of rates.

Specificallyawritten for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, Spon's Estimating Cost Guide toaRoofing contains accurate information on thousands of rates, each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit.

This is the first book to include typical project costs for slating and tiling, sheeting, cladding and other coverings, rooflights, underfelt and battens, repairs and alterations, and different sized houses."


Specifically written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, Spon's Estimating Cost Guide to Roofing contains accurate information on thousands of rates, each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit.This is the first book to include typical project costs for slating and tiling, sheeting, cladding and ot


Specifically written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, this second edition of Spon's Estimating Cost Guide to Small Groundworks, Landscaping Work and Gardening contains accurate information on thousands of rates, each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit.

This is the first book to focus on this range of external work, including garden maintenance work on blocks of flats and individual houses, schools and sports fields, garden makeovers, laying patios and paths, small land drainage schemes on farmland, and small-scale local authority maintenance work.