Day work meterage

[Kevbos]

This is a dark area .what is considered amount of" meterage", generally needed to be done on day work .I know all work differs .but just on general "tiling" ?

 

[mma]

Popcorn at the ready...

 

[mma]

Popcorn at the ready...

 

[Kevbos]

Lol .start it off

 

[WetSaw]

Is there such a thing as "general" tiling? For example, the bathroom I'm doing at the moment only has 3 rows of whole tiles 600 x 300, everything else is cut and that means a walk around the house and up the drive because the owners don't want me cutting in or around the house!

 

[Kevbos]

I'd consider that ungeneral as most bathrooms generally have more tiles

 

[Kevbos]

I'd consider that ungeneral as most bathrooms generally have more tiles .general bathrooms have 8 to 15m2 I can tile a 15m2 bathroom in a day but I'm not doing that for day work money .

 

[Kyle Knowles]

I'm gonna say yeah 5m is ok the customer sounds like a tee I tee I can understand wanting u to cut outside but making u walk down the driveway that's a bit if a joke

 

[Unused Account 1]

Depends on the background surface if its flat or near

 

[Spud]

5m2 a day isn't enough in my opinion for standard ceramics in a bathroom , every job is different but I would not be happy if I was paying someone and they were only turning out on average 5 m2 per day over a a week

 

[Stef]

It's like the question how long is a bit of string?
I done a kitchen today roughly 5m2 & doing another identical one tomorrow but I could also do a big floor & hit 40m2.

 

[Kevbos]

A piece of string is twice length from the middle .not hard !

 

[Spud]

Stef if you had someone working with you on the big floor and they did 5m2 would you be happy ?

 

[Kyle Knowles]

I couldn't do 40m on my own in a day no way

 

[Spud]

The best way to improve your speed is go and work for a commercial tiling firm for a year on price , all tilers should do this in my opinion

 

[Kyle Knowles]

I've never worked comercial I've always thought of it as a completely different job to domestic stuff biggest floor I've ever done was 100M 600 x 600 took me 10 days on my own which feels pretty embarrassing if bad boy stef is knocking out 40 a day lol

 

[Stef]

Stef if you had someone working with you on the big floor and they did 5m2 would you be happy ?

I wouldn't be happy Gary but I read the thread as "Is 5m2 ok"??
There's too many variables to consider in a thread with that title.
The walls I was going over today weren't very clever, I had to pack out quite a few areas that ultimately slows you down.
If I'm on a big flat floor with good tiles then I will hit 40m2 but if the floor is bad then you could be down to 10m2.

 

[One Day]

Tricky question! I've knocked out 40sqm of 60x60 rectified in a day on my own recently but on a good floor with RLS clips. Other times I've done a single sqm of Original Style in a day.
Doing a monster ensuite at the moment with a mix of 800x800 / 1200x250 / 3.2m x 1.6m - there will only be 2 No. 800x800 without any cuts, absolutely everything else will be cut / edged / drilled / mitred. So 5sqm a day in this room would be great!

A standard bathroom - reasonable walls and floor with approx 25sqm of 60x30 tiles I'd want that done in 3 days personally but I'd charge for more!

 

[Kevbos]

The thread says general tiling .not 80 m2 floors most house don't have that .I'm a tiler of 20 years is it ok to be questioned on tiling for instance a 15m2 bathroom in a day and charging 500 quid .

 

[Stef]

The thread says general tiling .not 80 m2 floors most house don't have that .I'm a tiler of 20 years is it ok to be questioned on tiling for instance a 15m2 bathroom in a day and charging 500 quid .

If you have agreed a price before hand & do 15m2 then that's life.
Has the homeowner spat the dummy at the amount you are making from the job?

 

[Flintstone]

A standard bathroom - reasonable walls and floor with approx 25sqm of 60x30 tiles I'd want that done in 3 days personally but I'd charge for more!

I'd be in at £1000 on that inc materials and hoping to do it in 4 days

 

[Flintstone]

The thread says general tiling .not 80 m2 floors most house don't have that .I'm a tiler of 20 years is it ok to be questioned on tiling for instance a 15m2 bathroom in a day and charging 500 quid .

Technically it's fine, but always a moral dilemma for some

 

[One Day]

F1 drivers don't get penalised for finishing first!

 

[Flintstone]

just realised were not in the arms here

 

[JMC tiling]

When you say on your own, I assume you actually mean on your own and not including a labourer? I'd say 40 sqr in a standard day (8 till 4 for me with about 40 mins break in total) bearing in mind picking and sorting tiles, mixing up, cleaning tools is probably impossible with a quality finish. as for 5sq a day, in a bathroom say with metal trims around a window etc yes but straight forward with reasonable walls you want to be double that really.