Minimum charging (bathroom floors)

[tfs]

Do any of you guys exercise a minimum charge policy when it comes to bathroom floors requiring cuts round toilets and sinks?

If so,

Can you give an idea of your min charge?

I would imagine a day rate as this is the case for design vinyl tile etc. Let me know what you think

kris

 

[IvegotsTILE]

£120 minimum.

 

[bigt]

Minimum charge would be £150 but I would remove the loo and pedestal to save time

 

[Grace'sDad]

As BigT - I'd charge a minimum £150 for the day, also remove sink & loo, checking that no major alterations will be needed to plumbing / wastes.

 

[tfs]

Do you guys remove these item yourself or would you use a qualified plumber?

 

[Varley]

Whatever your day rate is, normally between £120 - £150 depending on your area.

 

[Grace'sDad]

I remove sanitary ware myself. Zurich covers me for work associated with tiling. This includes "basic" plumbing. I've been taught the basics over the years by plumbers though.

 

[Varley]

Yeah, definitely a nicer/neater finish when sanitary ware is removed, can also save time depending on how quickly you can remove the sanitary ware.

 

[billy123]

i cant believe that some guys are cutting round sanitary ware.get it out it also gives yo more space to work in too.mind and cover with insurance

 

[brian c]

i cant believe that some guys are cutting round sanitary ware.get it out it also gives yo more space to work in too.mind and cover with insurance

Billy i know exactly what you mean m8 but there is the issue here that the customer might not want to pay for the extra cost of removing sanitary ware and if you really want the job then you either do it or biote the bullet and take it out and do it free.

 

[IvegotsTILE]

I either tell them to get plumber in to move or I'll quite happily cut around,never takes long and with plenty of practice is very neat.
Get the plumbers to do their job and they'll pass the tiling work your way.

 

[infidel]

What do you guys use to get the shape around toilet if you can't remove it.
Have got a nightmare one to finish off on Monday. Cant remove the toilet & has so far taken ages to get the cut 'perfect'. Just as I was losing the will to live with the damn thing I found the old lino that had been removed from the toilet floor & can now use that as a template. :hurray:

What other methods do people use? Solder wire? Profile tool?

Cheers

 

[White Room]

I'm not a plumber so I don't touch plumbing.

 

[grumpygrouter]

I say to my customers, you have a choice. 1, Either a plumber comes to remove/refit the sanitary ware or 2, I will be charging just as much to cut around it. In which case the removal and refit will result in a much better finish and will eliminate future problems if they have to change the sanitary ware at a later date.

Not had to cut one yet!

Grumpy

 

[rob hutchinson]

I have found that one of the easiest ways of cutting a near perfect shape around a wc pan is to use a template. To do this I suggest using wallpaper/linning paper and first cut the template to the exact size of a full tile. Then placing your template in the position that you need the cut tile, form a crease in the template around the shape of the wc pan. You can now choose to either cut this shape out of your template by using either a sharp stanley blade or scissors. Now try the template into the required position checking for accuracy and make any final adjustments to it. As long as the template fits well, the you are assured the cut tile will fit also..........It is easier to cut paper than tile. I use this method for cutting vinyl tiles such as Karndean/Amtico etc and it works for me........Try it out, good luck
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I have found that one of the easiest ways of cutting a near perfect shape around a wc pan is to use a template. To do this I suggest using wallpaper/linning paper and first cut the template to the exact size of a full tile. Then placing your template in the position that you need the cut tile, form a crease in the template around the shape of the wc pan. You can now choose to either cut this shape out of your template by using either a sharp stanley blade or scissors. Now try the template into the required position checking for accuracy and make any final adjustments to it. As long as the template fits well, the you are assured the cut tile will fit also..........It is easier to cut paper than tile. I use this method for cutting vinyl tiles such as Karndean/Amtico etc and it works for me........Try it out, good luck

 

[tfs]

I think its straight forward enough to cut neatly round toilets. It only really becomes a no no when you are working with the like of 600 x 600 tiles as the pan and pedistal can be an issue with these tiles.

I would certainly much preffer to tile with the pan etc out but, I dont think all customer want this to be done.

I though it would be a good idea to see what the other guys in the forum done. I find it easy enough just to cut round with a wet saw and then usew the file to touch up some edges.
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Grumpy,

In your experience does that usualy get the customer to get the plumber in?


kris

 

[baht'at]

Hi,
Had some of that realy thick backing wall paper (B&Q ) and just cut to tile size.
Dry laid tiles used paper template , marked and cut tiles fitted a dream