Is he taking the **** or is it ok?

[monty]

Cheers Ed

I dont think hes going for the £300 because he said "you will never get £150 a day for a splashback" So i said fair enough..

Monty

 

[Perry]

what these guys do is get a good price for what they do but to sell the kitchen they under price the tiling so overall the customer gets a good price so does every body else except you and they say well we don't know what to charge for tiling but its never the other way quite an old trick seen lots of times😛ete

 

[monty]

Fekin you are probably right mate...:furious3:
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He must be having a laugh, unless the 10x10 tiles are mounted on 3x3 sheets.

lmao :lol:

 

[tfs]

This is something that annoys me alot.

Many people expect a tiler to be able to shoot through a job in no time. This may be the case for some realy experienced tilers but, not everyone can work like this. And, not everyone who can, can do it to the best standard.

I have learnt to respect other trades alot over the last few years, many people under estimate the true skill involved in any trade.

I was getting my haircut last year and told the barber that I was doing a tiling course at college. he said 'surely tiling cant be that hard' meaning, why go to college I imagine. If tiling wasn't that hard you wouldn't see some guys doing 4 year apprenticeships for it. Same goes for any trade.

Stick to your guns in temrs of pricing and only accept less if it feels right for you.

 

[tiler burden]

hi monty,

your mate claims, 'you'll never get 150 for a splashback' hmmm, just ask dirrty how much he got last week for a splash back,,,it'll make your eyes water lol!!!

 

[sWe]

Wasn't it around £340 dirrty got?

A normal splashbacks goes for about that over here.

£150 gets you, err... Can't think of anything tiling related that cheap over here actually... Perhaps scraping away some Silicon or something... Taxes are higher though.

 

[monty]

cheers for all the replys lads

I know i will get £150 for a splashback because i did one last week and it only took me 4 hours and then a hour the next day grouting...

I got him a kitchen job a few months back and left him to price it up and do it hiself and didnt put anything on for me.....next time i will be ringing him up saying do you want a kitchen job its worth £170 labour!!! :hurray:

Monty

 

[devonmark]

Hello peeps...

My mates a kitchen fitter and as a contract with magnets fitting their kitchens...He rang me today and asked me to do a splashback so i said yes...

Anyways he rang me a few hours ago saying "mark the job is worth £170" So i replied "whats the substrate like, tiles, adhesive etc.... oh and size of job and how many windows sockets?" He replied "7 1/2 sqm, 8 sockets and 2 windows" The tiles are 100 x 100 so thats 750 tiles to stick up!!:mad2:

So i said personally i think 170 is a bit low, as if i was pricing it i would allow 2 days at day rate £150 so £300..

Hes a good friend and grew up with him, i know if i do this job he will give me lots of work but is £170 worth it or is he taking the pi**

Any replies appreciated guys

Monty

Hi Monty,

Friend or no friend...don't let him dictate how much to charge, he may have put in a price of £300...get you to do the job and voila...he's made £130 for giving you the job..

Also would he fit a kitchen if you said you were dictating a low price....i think not..

Mark.

 

[tiler burden]

hi swe

yeah, it was originally 430 but the guy before him quoted 500. dirrty had a life changing experience and decided that his integrity was worth more than the profit. damn good fella ;0) just because the building game is full of shisters, doesnt mean you have to be one of them, so well doen dirrty...

 

[sWe]

hi swe

yeah, it was originally 430 but the guy before him quoted 500. dirrty had a life changing experience and decided that his integrity was worth more than the profit. damn good fella ;0) just because the building game is full of shisters, doesnt mean you have to be one of them, so well doen dirrty...

Ah yeh, now I remember. Who was it that got 340 for a splashback then? I do remember "£340" and "splashback" in connection to each other.