Average metres

[Scottie25]

Ok thanks everyone, started to doubt my capability but feel like I'm doing alright. Well.. I've never had a callback so touch wood.

Another quick question, after reading through a few post I've noticed a lot of negativity towards using pva. What's the problem with this and what should be used instead?

 

[Ian]

Ok thanks everyone, started to doubt my capability but feel like I'm doing alright. Well.. I've never had a callback so touch wood.

Another quick question, after reading through a few post I've noticed a lot of negativity towards using pva. What's the problem with this and what should be used instead?

A thread that may help you with the PVA question http://www.tilersforums.com/tile-adhesive-grout-substrate-preparation/2511-p-v-versus-primers.html

 

[Martino]

Hi guys the reason i mainly do cuts next day on floors is for speed ....rather than up and down up and down measure cut...a basic square/rectangle room seems better to cut the next day....this works best for me anyways!...each to there own .....if i am working with someone then i put cuts in on same day like, just depends on each situation like!....sometimes u have to do certain cuts before u can continue!

 

[Peter]

Couldn't think of anything worse than coming in on the last day and having a full room of cuts to do. Can't see any speed advantage either, you're just prolonging it.

 

[Bubblecraft]

Depending on the tile, I aim for 10 to 12 per day. If theres boxed in areas including windows, I reduce to suit. That includes removing & re-fitting toilet etc. On walls, I do my cuts when I come to them, on floors, depending on size, I'll do my cuts the following day to give me plenty of time for adhesive to set to allow the toilet to be fitted by the end of the day

 

[Concrete guy]

I used to work on a very rough rule of thumb of 6sq/m of finished work a day (that's grouted). That'll be an 18sq/m bathroom tiled, grouted and silconed in 3 days. Usually and earlyish day on day three.

I always cut as I went. Nothing worse than cutting the next day and finding you need to move a set tile by 1mm.

 

[mz30]

I get 2 days to do a 7m2 kitchen floor a 3m2 bathroom floor and 17m2 of bathroom walls,fortunately the pot life of the adhesive is minutes instead of hours,thats not negotiable either as second fix plumbing happens the day after i finish ,not my rules but what i have to do to get paid.

 

[Martino]

Mz30 thats a hell of a lot of meterage your covering!, cant be many cuts with all that, so basically in 2 days your doing, 27m2 all tiled and grouted?....u must reply on red bull lol!!

 

[Tony73]

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

agree with Martino, i also do full tiles first when i tile floor. then cuts, as i mark alot and cut at once (no need to walk to tile cutter to cut one tile)

 

[mz30]

Mz30 thats a hell of a lot of meterage your covering!, cant be many cuts with all that, so basically in 2 days your doing, 27m2 all tiled and grouted?....u must reply on red bull lol!!

I wish the werent that many cuts mate on the walls thers a shedload,to be fair the floors are easy 2 to 3hrs max to tile an hour to grout,gives time to get a decent start on the walls.

Wish i could drink red bull ,but caffeine cripples me.

 

[JRCCR]

Housing association or council im guessing? I feel they ask too much to be done, especially if your on a day rate, rather than meterage.. But work is work and if your getting it done in line with their schedules and getting paid then your sorted.

I dont have a specific meterage to get done in a day. I just work at a steady pace. If at the end of the day ive tiled alot then I pat myself on the back lol.

Everyone works at different speeds and every job is different in complexity so you cant really give an idea.

 

[mz30]

yes mate housing association,but using porcelanosa tiles so a higher spec than the standard 6x6 white ,tbh i dont really find it that hard,am usually finshed handy most days,if it was difficult i wouldnt do it.

 

[Peter]

It's amazing the metres you can put down when doing the same thing day in day out. Used to do prefab 25m bathroom pods, walls, borders and diagonal floors. Perfectly squarely engineered so all cuts identical. We were tiling one each for 2.30, grouting the previous day's work and in the house before 4pm every day. Miss those days but it was mind numbingly boring.