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macten

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Trying to get this one done in 7 days which means I can rest up a bit before the next one. I feel broken.
Usual thing of gutting and ripping out.
Only 3 walls to tile and for the first time I'm using 6mm ceramics (1st time since tiler school anyway) Only ever had porc + natural stone jobs. Can't believe how fast they are to work with.

Nice Pacific Blue suite:
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macten

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I'd say average suite with good tiles + rad and everything else then the mats come in at about £1800, then I add my labour - I don't make on anything bar the tanking and NMP and that's only quids.
 
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Seen a couple of your jobs now Macten and u seem to do everything by the book...and the finish is always high quality...don't know what sort of market your working in at the mo...but high end its surprising what people charge and what people would pay for someone to take there time, do the job by the book and leave a quality finish... if i were at your standard i'd be posting posh leaflets through rich peoples houses...when the phone rings pop round with a portfolio show them some of the work u have done and triple (or more) your labour cost...i think u'll be surprised. ;)
 

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Seen a couple of your jobs now Macten and u seem to do everything by the book...and the finish is always high quality...don't know what sort of market your working in at the mo...but high end its surprising what people charge and what people would pay for someone to take there time, do the job by the book and leave a quality finish... if i were at your standard i'd be posting posh leaflets through rich peoples houses...when the phone rings pop round with a portfolio show them some of the work u have done and triple (or more) your labour cost...i think u'll be surprised. ;)

I agree, it seems if you can take full responsibility for electrics, plumbing and tiling, with some design ideas as a bonus, the mark up is much better. I appreciate supplying can be problematic but the margins can be good. I think clients will pay to have their bathroom transformed and with one person to fix any faults, not one tradesman blaming the other or materials for any problems. Many can't be bothered or don't have the skills to source and project manage a bathroom transformation.
However £1500-£2000 labour seems pretty good, I agree that can be increased with larger projects involving more upmarket materials and fittings. That's where I would like to get to eventually.
 
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Indeed 2balls, always 2 centres, 1 down edge, 1 down middle.
Macten, another good job thanks for the valuable 'real-time' posts.
Nasty tiles btw, but a lot better than the previous blue suite......
1 week is good going, friend of a friend of mine had their bathroom refurbed recently, big room 10ft x 17ft but it took 3 weeks. half ceramic tiled exept for walk in shower, ufh, inset bath Couple of bits of fitted units, 1 tall. Nice job but £11k?
The guy also did their cloakroom, usual size, little bit of furniture, wall hung wc, £3.5k?????? Oh, the cloakroom took him 3 weeks as well. This fitter is local and they had to book him in 4 months in advance. He actually doesn't do any of the work, just sub-contracts to spark, tiler + plumber, wee bit of project managing, keeps on top of things etc.
This is my long-term aim, makes me think there is profitable business to be had, even in this recession.
I'm in home counties btw, maybe more money than sense here.....


Aflemi,Maybe you miss understood me, the main feature is the Window,by taking the right hand edge of the Window,leaves you with cutting about 2 to 2,5cm off a whole tile in the right hand corner. You then centre the Window,not the wall.Or have I missunderstood you.Maybe I`ve been here to long!
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Ah right, I think I see what you mean now (red lines overwritten not 100% clear to me). Ok so you would have 2 cut tiles in the middle of a run, at each end of the window?

Hi aflemi, Your right the red lines are not that clear, so here`s another
 

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Re windows..... I was in germany for 3yrs they have a rule which you must follow goes like this

No cut tile may less than 50% of the tile size.

In a window or door situation
full tile from edge window both sides working in towards centre then a cut tile up through centre, if the cut is less than 75% of tile size, you reduce the size of the 2 centre tiles that make sense
 

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