Average metres

[Scottie25]

Whats the average amount of m2 to tile in a day on walls and on floors?

 

[Ian]

Depends on the tile, how big the area is, how much cutting needs to be done, condition of the walls/floor. Quite a difficult one to answer.

 

[Scottie25]

I know it's a bit of a tough question as there's many things to consider. Say between 16-20m2 bathroom walls. Bath in, 1 window, bit of boxing in. Only asking as I've started tiling for a new bloke and he expects it tiled and grouted in 2 days. Is that about right and I'm just slow or is it not enough time?

You can say I'm slow if you want lol.

 

[charlie1]

10

 

[Andy Allen]

16/20 m2 bathroom in 2 days with bog standered ceramics is about right...

is it site work?

tend to take me time a bit on private jobs, more important to get it right ,keep the place tidy etc

 

[bugs183]

Thats two days tiling and a morning grouting in my book.
Even if you finished tiling on the morning of the second day the adhesive really wouldn't be dry enough.
Stick to your guns on this, no point rushing it.

 

[Scottie25]

No, it's domestic. I'm doing them in 2 1/2 - 3 days. Last day grouting, I've been doing it in my own time ignoring his expectation of 2 days. Customers always over the moon which I feel is the important thing.

Where I started I was told 8m2 is a good day but here they want about 12m2. Just wondered if I was slow.

 

[stottey]

Site work expect to tile a kitchen and bathroom splash back tile and grout 1 day average 16-20sq a day depends on walls ext .... Fail to prep prepare to fail ;-)

 

[stottey]

Also it's not about how slow you are it's about getting the job right first time ;-) speed will come

 

[John Benton]

I tile as many metres as I can do in a day. It could be 20m2 in a day if the walls or floors are perfect, on another day it might only be 5 if the walls need a lot of work or it's listellos and mosaics set into a field tile as a border.

What I don't do is rush the job and end up making a mess. Do it right - Do it once!!!!

 

[Spud]

average over a year I would say is 10-12m2 a day on ceramics ,porcelain 6-8m2 and large format stone 3-5m2 so 2 days is about right

 

[Scottie25]

It's domestic, it's usually ceramic or porcelain but doesn't matter to him.

I'm getting them done within 3 days, I was taught to not grout the same day so usually day 3 is just grouting.

Expected a 21m2 marble bathroom done in 3 days, brick bond, French opus pattern on the floor and feature wall had marble brick mosaics, 1 sheet wide bath to ceiling. I obviously took longer lol!!

 

[Martino]

dont worry your speed is great, if the customers are happy thats what you want!...the job gets done faster but not as good, hence no more work for you my friend!!....a good tip is, do as many full tiles as possible and leave the cutting to last!....i always do this especially on floors!!, last floor i did was 14m2, 1st day was full tiles, second cuts and grout ....used flexi rapid set so no need to wait another day to grout

 

[Spud]

dont worry your speed is great, if the customers are happy thats what you want!...the job gets done faster but not as good, hence no more work for you my friend!!....a good tip is, do as many full tiles as possible and leave the cutting to last!....i always do this especially on floors!!, last floor i did was 14m2, 1st day was full tiles, second cuts and grout ....used flexi rapid set so no need to wait another day to grout

why do you think it is better to leave all the cuts until the next day ?

 

[Protilers]

why do you think it is better to leave all the cuts until the next day ?

I am with you Gary.......full courses avoids lips/problems.......that said I aim for 10m2 per day......but I am happy with 8...................