we're having an extension done, the scope of which included tiling a bunch (but not all) of a bathroom. "we" have now decided we want some extra bits of wall tiled with tiles we're providing. The total amount we're adding is about 10m2, 6m2 of which is annoying 75mmx300mm tiles, and 4m2 is 600x600mm tiles. Most of the area is completely square (on brand new dot-and-dab plasterboard, so should be pretty straight), but there's one edge of the smaller tiles which is diagonal (so a bit more awkward/expensive to tile)
The builders have quoted us £1150 for the work including them providing the adhesive/grout, which seems (to me) punchy - lets say there's £50 in grout/adhesive needed, that's £110 per square meter. We're in the south east.
obviously there's some convinience factor in using the same tiler for the whole room, but I wondered if anyone had a quote in the last year or 2 that we can roughly use to gauge how far our pants are being pulled down.
My bathroom qoutes were so ridiculous I bought the tools and taught myself. It is really really not hard if you work methodically and mark out properly to start with. The biggest hurdle is getting the confidence to do it. If you go this route don't use fast curing adhesive as you have more time to adjust and get it perfect.
Quote wise, its likely you are paying tilers day rate, plus builders premium for sorting it for you (+10/15%)
I did a herringbone splash back, approx 2.5m2 in a day. So you'd expect a professional to be twice as fast, so maybe 3 days work for a tiler? Rates in your area may vary but most of the trades I expect to be quoted roughly £250 a day on the south coast.
So in the region of a grand doesn't sound horrendous....
We had a separate tiler the price was cheaper as it lacked the builder's mark up.
More importantly we had an amazing tiler and that is worth the price
My bathroom qoutes were so ridiculous I bought the tools and taught myself. It is really really not hard if you work methodically and mark out properly to start with.
yeah we've thought a bit about that, I've done some tiling in the past and it still looks ok, but it was all straight - diagonally cutting the edge tiles feels like something we want covered by a pro.
Trust me, its not hard. I drew it all out on a large bit of cardboard (from the tall kitchen units). Cut everything to the size on the carboard, numbered them and then transferred them to the actual splashback.
Here is the finished job. this is also bloody annoying tiles with wobbly edges rather than straight edges, so getting the spacing was a pain in the butt
£150 per day for my bathroom a couple of months ago.
That was for Italian porcelain 600 x600mm tiles.
Not sure how many sq metres but about 18 boxes of 3 per box weighing 24.5 kg per box.
Took about 4 days with loads of cuts
Bear - that was a gift. 18 x 1.08m2 =19.44 m². We charge £50+ VAT/m2 for porcelain and have the materials supplied to us on top. Herringbone work is double bubble as there’s loads of cutting involved.
bear - yours looks like 20m2 so 5m2 per day. That tallys with the builders, who are putting pressure on us as they've booked the tiler for 4 days, but half the tiling is already included so it looks like they're asking us to pay £550/day for the additional tiling. I'll be giving that a swerve
