Families call after a fall: “Can you start Saturday? Same $3,499 — she is not climbing that tub again.” That sounds like the same alcove. It is not the same crew day. After-hours is time-and-a-half. You cannot leave the alcove open overnight in the only bath they still use, so it is a second evening trip. Working around the only tub on a weekday is the same wage on a slower set.
Open the free walk-in tub bid calculatorA weekday soaker 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 cheap special — $42 wage, 30% burden, 15% overhead, 20% target margin, eight miles, acrylic soaker, alcove swap, inward door — the weekday bid is $3,757.32. After-hours is $4,407.98. The walk-away jumps from $3,005.86 to $3,526.39. Taking $3,499 to “just do Saturday” covers the weekday and loses $27.39 after hours.
| Weekday, they leave | Only bath still in use | After-hours / Saturday | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wage | Weekday | Weekday | Time-and-a-half |
| Set hours | Same | Slower set + punch-list | Same set, plus a second trip |
| Your bid | $3,757.32 | $3,928.03 | $4,407.98 |
| Walk-away | $3,005.86 | $3,142.42 | $3,526.39 |
| At $3,499 Saturday special | Keeps $493.14 | Keeps $356.58 | Loses $27.39 |
The Saturday special is more tempting on the aging-in-place whirlpool they actually want. The weekday bid is $8,640.43. Only-bath-still-in-use adds $235.46. After-hours is $9,566.19 (+$925.76) and the walk-away is $7,652.95. A $5,800 “same as weekday” Saturday number loses even on the weekday — after-hours walk-away is still $7,652.95.
Customer-supplied tub is their Amazon box and a labor-only number — see should I install a customer-supplied walk-in tub. A tiled walk-in shower is a wet-area system, not a tub with a door. A toilet is a commode swap. After-hours is when you can stand in the only bath. This prices a walk-in tub.
Open the walk-in tub bid calculator, pick the typical aging-in-place preset, and put their Saturday number in “price you’re considering.” The access table scores that number against a weekday they leave, only-bath-still-in-use, and after-hours / Saturday. Nothing is uploaded.
This is the same arithmetic as how much to charge to install a walk-in tub. 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 evening trip. You cannot leave the alcove open overnight in the only bath they still use. A $3,499 Saturday special on a cheap acrylic soaker often covers a weekday and sits under the after-hours walk-away. A $5,800 Saturday number on a whirlpool often loses even on a weekday.
Yes. Same wage, slower set and punch-list. On a typical acrylic soaker alcove swap the only-bath-still-in-use bid is $3,928.03 versus $3,757.32 when they leave.
Usually not on the job they actually want. On a cheap soaker the after-hours walk-away is $3,526.39. $3,499 covers a weekday and loses $27.39 after hours. On a typical aging-in-place whirlpool, $5,800 still loses money — even on the weekday. Walk-away after hours is $7,652.95.