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Owners call with a weekday number: “Can you come Saturday? We both work. Same $150 a door?” That sounds like the same opening. It is not the same crew day. After-hours is time-and-a-half. A Saturday hang is not a stop you combine with a weekday route, so it is a second dispatch. Working around furniture, pets, and a homeowner who stays to watch is the same wage on a slower hang.
Open the free interior door bid calculatorA weekday they-leave slot still carries the wage you already timed. After-hours raises that wage to time-and-a-half and adds a starting second trip. On a typical hollow-slab 80-inch hang — $42 wage, 30% burden, 15% overhead, 20% target margin, 6 miles — the weekday bid is $339.14. After-hours is $523.98. The walk-away jumps from $271.31 to $419.19. Taking $349 to “just do Saturday at the weekday number” covers the weekday slot and loses $70.19 after hours.
| Weekday, they leave | Weekday, they stay | After-hours / Saturday | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wage | Weekday | Weekday | Time-and-a-half |
| Hang hours | Same | Slower hang + punch-list | Same hang, plus a second trip |
| Your bid | $339.14 | $360.73 | $523.98 |
| Walk-away | $271.31 | $288.58 | $419.19 |
| At $349 Saturday special | Covers | Covers | Loses $70.19 |
The Saturday special is more tempting when they already bought a French pair and want a pocket conversion “this weekend before guests.” The weekday bid is $2,823.66. Weekday while they stay home is $2,865.85. After-hours is $3,360.52 and the walk-away is $2,688.41. Taking $150 to “just hang what I bought, Saturday” still loses money — even on the weekday.
Customer-supplied leaves are their millwork and a hang-only number — see should I hang a customer-supplied door. After-hours is when you can stand in the opening. A patio slider is panels and impact glass. A kitchen backsplash Saturday is tile overtime in a kitchen they still cook in. A toilet Saturday is an overflowing closet. This prices an interior door replacement.
Open the interior door bid calculator, pick the cheap-special or losing-job preset, and put their Saturday number in “price you’re considering.” The access table scores that number against a weekday they-leave slot, weekday while they stay home, and after-hours / Saturday. Nothing is uploaded.
This is the same arithmetic as how much to charge to replace interior doors. It is not a labor-law determination, a union scale, or a reason to refuse a customer — it is the walk-away number on each access window.
Only after you price time-and-a-half plus a second Saturday dispatch. A Saturday hang is not a stop you combine with a weekday route. A $150 Saturday special on a pocket-conversion French pair sits under that walk-away number even on a weekday they-leave slot.
Yes. Same wage, slower hang and punch-list. On a typical hollow-slab 80-inch hang the they-stay bid is $360.73 versus $339.14 when they leave you the house.
Usually not on the job they actually want. On a cheap hollow-slab hang the after-hours walk-away is $419.19. $349 covers a weekday they-leave slot and loses $70.19 after hours. On a pocket-conversion French pair, $150 still loses money even on the weekday.