What is the sign and cost of a good brick layer?

[ey143]

Could someone please advise how much a good competant bricklayer should cost when based in Hertfordshire / Watford area? Can a brick layer also do stone work? How would I check they are good quality or that they are not just ordinary unskilled or semi skilled workers claiming to be proper brick layers?

 

[stuart45]

Probably about 200 a day. Most bricklayers I know can do stonework, but few are any good at it. Tend to use loads of mortar to make the stones fit making really big joints.

 

[ey143]

Thanks. What area is that?

 

[stuart45]

That's probably what you would have to pay in London. You could ask if they are time served tradesmen.