Whats a reasonable fee to pay for restaining my deck?

[MX2]

I have a small deck about the footprint of a mid size car. I dont know the exact square feet. Its nothing fancy, just a deck and stairs. How much should I expect to pay someone to restain it with some basic weather proofing stain?

Thanks guys

 

[Ika]

Do you think you could do it yourself? Considering the size of your deck, it shouldn't take you more than 5 combined hours to power-wash and two-coat your deck with stain. You do have to wait some time for the stain to dry, but it shouldn't be too long.

 

[savvy]

Indeed. No matter what you do, it will be cheaper to do it yourself indeed.

 

[conehead433]

Indeed.

 

[Scouzer]

Indeed, do it yourself.

 

[schneiderguy]

i read the title as..... Whats a reasonable fee to pay for restraining my dick?

 

[MX2]

I just dont have the free time to do it myself. My best bet is getting me and the kids away from the house for the day while its being done.

 

[Lonyo]

You should try Ronseal quickdrying woodstain.
It does exactly what it says on the tin.

 

[iamwiz82]

We re-did our deck. It's larger than our deck, but it took us 5 days in all. That includes the PITA of stripping and restaining the lattice and railing. IMHO, I think I'd pay someone to do it if I were to do it again.

 

[Greenman]

It depends on what you want done. If you just want a coat of stain/seal put on it, prolly $350 or less. If it needs to be pressure washed first then you're getting up around the $500 range. It also depends on who you have do it. A real contractor expects to make real money, anywhere from $35 to $125 an hour depending on where you live. If you get one of the fellows standing in the parking lot at home depot, he would be very happy with $15 an hour.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: Greenman
It depends on what you want done. If you just want a coat of stain/seal put on it, prolly $350 or less. If it needs to be pressure washed first then you're getting up around the $500 range. It also depends on who you have do it. A real contractor expects to make real money, anywhere from $35 to $125 an hour depending on where you live. If you get one of the fellows standing in the parking lot at home depot, he would be very happy with $15 an hour.

Yeah, that kind of money sounds ridiculous. We recently re-did our deck (meaning last week... or was it two weeks ago?) and if I could've made $500 from that, I would definitely start a business. Basically, power-washing down our entire deck (approximately 10x20 feet or so), including vertical rails, then staining all exposed surfaces twice. My dad and I got it all done in about 8 combined hours (keep in mind our deck is probably bigger than yours), and we went through 3 cans of Sherwin Williams stain ($30 a can, but my mom is an employee and gets a 50% discount).