I've done this. its better when building/rebuilding from scratch to set a flat 
rate for the job.

This is generally easier on accounting and also a little easier on the 
customer.

On Friday 11 February 2005 09:19, evb wrote:
> How do you charge to rebuild a system from scratch?  Flat or hourly?
>
> The reason I ask is because anyone who has done a rebuild knows there's
> lots of standing around: put the disk in, start the installation process,
> make a phone call, kick the cat, repeat--for the good part of two days.
>
> Building a system from scratch can take 12 hours of non-continuous time by
> the time you install and configure and patch the OS, plus maybe 10-15
<snip>
I consider data transfer (installing os applications and not the OS itself) to 
be a seperate item. thats is generally $65.00 at local shops.

the only time I charge for hourly is when I am making a house call.
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