How long should an average size bathroom take to tile - walls & floors

[dhsanta65]

Hi all , just wondering what is the average time scale for tiling a full average sized bathroom walls & floor. I am new to the tiling game & have only tiled 4 bathrooms so far which have taken roughly 4 - 5 full days to do.
I am currently only doing this on a part time bases but hope to be full time by the end of the year ( waiting on redundancy from current job ).
My worry is that I am to slow all be it that I do a good job, what do you guys think ?

 

[diamondtiling]

same answer as doug, been doing it for 23 years and it would take me longer than you, how much sugar are you putting in your tea stevie lad?????????

:dizzy2::dizzy2::dizzy2:

 

[diamondtiling]

if you charge them £25 per mtr that means your on nearly £1700 per week plus materials, hope you registered for vat

:yikes::yikes:

 

[doug boardley]

no wonder there's not much work about.... Stevie's done it all this year:lol::lol:

 

[smurf21]

i remember the days when i could tile and grout a 15m2 bathroom and be home by 5oclock.............no prep.........tubbed addy........8x8 tiles........no.overboarding...no polishing.......no dinner.....no tea breaks........no job satisfaction........no money.......now we charge he correct prices do all the correct prep and allow all the correct drying times and a 15m2 will now take us two days two of us,on your own two and a half but its lonely...lol and thats ceramics


And by the way the original poster has been tiling over a year now since this was posted..lol

 

[doug boardley]

i remember the days when i could tile and grout a 15m2 bathroom and be home by 5oclock.............no prep.........tubbed addy........8x8 tiles........no.overboarding...no polishing.......no dinner.....no tea breaks........no job satisfaction........no money.......now we charge he correct prices do all the correct prep and allow all the correct drying times and a 15m2 will now take us two days two of us,on your own two and a half but its lonely...lol and thats ceramics


And by the way the original poster has been tiling over a year now since this was posted..lol

I had noticed that smurf, I was responding to stevies post

 

[smurf21]

Any how DHsanta65 how are you getting on now.. are you full time tilling now?

noticed the thanks 9 mins ago..

 

[dhsanta65]

Any how DHsanta65 how are you getting on now.. are you full time tilling now?

noticed the thanks 9 mins ago..

Hi mate, I have just been made redundant form my last job and I am just about to take the plunge into full time tiling, maybe not the best time to be going full time due to the current state of the country but got some redundy money to pad me out for a while so it's now or never, thanks for asking.

Relating to my initial post has my speed picked up any since then, I would say yes a little but that's from tiling on a part time basis, so I will see how I fair speed wise over the next year full time, if I get enough work in that is . I believe it's quite tough out there for a lot of folks.

 

[smurf21]

Well good luck hope it works out and remember quality first speed will come in time a well done job will get you a recommend a rushed job may only get you a recall..

 

[mosaic man]

a good tiler should be able to knock an average bathroom out in 2 days.
i would be embarassed to be there a week later i would expect the customer to be raging.
if you start at 8 finish at 4-5 and dont take the mick with the breaks its easy done.

 

[Tom Ross]

:hurray:It's the end result that matters!

 

[robbbin]

For 15mt on walls 5mt on floor...... walls and floor in good nick average size tile 2 days normally, as we know windows and boxing take the time. I always do the window wall first. (THATS WHERE THE POLE LASER LEVEL SAVES YOU TIME) Im a bag man as wel..........l thats powder all the time

 

[doug boardley]

I'm in the wrong game! I should be employing some of you tilers rather than fixing myself :lol:

 

[diamondtiling]

For 15mt on walls 5mt on floor...... walls and floor in good nick average size tile 2 days normally, as we know windows and boxing take the time. I always do the window wall first. (THATS WHERE THE POLE LASER LEVEL SAVES YOU TIME) Im a bag man as wel..........l thats powder all the time

Sorry buddy but I can't accept that, in 23 years I have yet to see a professional tiler do a bathroom in 2 days on his own, 15 mtrs of wall and 5 floor??? its just not going to happen,

:mad2::mad2::mad2:

 

[dhsanta65]

Sorry buddy but I can't accept that, in 23 years I have yet to see a professional tiler do a bathroom in 2 days on his own, 15 mtrs of wall and 5 floor??? its just not going to happen,

:mad2::mad2::mad2:

Glad you said that mate, I just don't see how anyone could tile an area that size in 2 days unless it was a bare square room with absolutely no obstacles to tile round and I have not come across a bathroom like that yet !

 

[doug boardley]

to be honest, what's an average room?
but based on my £x per m2 rate, I'd quite happily spend 4 days on a 20m2 bathroom, any longer I'd probably think i was losing money, but you make that back on the rooms that you get done quicker than anticipated. Swings and roundabouts spring to mind