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Peter, if you can do all that in 3.5 days and be happy with a day rate and do it properly, then can i have some of whatever you are smoking or snorting please....

I work on about 6m2 a day when working out a time scale for a job, so would be looking at 7 to 9 days on that job, without see it, from start to finish.

I'd love to be able to make a living doing 6m a day but unfortunately NI rates of £12-15pm wouldn't allow it and we need to get the finger out and be doing 15-20m a day. Couldn't imagine a morning of latexing and a 50m floor ever taking 9 days.
 
Peter, if you can do all that in 3.5 days and be happy with a day rate and do it properly, then can i have some of whatever you are smoking or snorting please.... 

I work on about 6m2 a day when working out a time scale for a job, so would be looking at 7 to 9 days on that job, without see it, from start to finish.

do you only work mornings..:sofahide: lol
 
I'd love to be able to make a living doing 6m a day but unfortunately NI rates of £12-15pm wouldn't allow it and we need to get the finger out and be doing 15-20m a day. Couldn't imagine a morning of latexing and a 50m floor ever taking 9 days.

6m2 a day is going some , i can understand it on a wall, with 2 windows , loads[ of pipes and mosaics, but a 50m2 floor , id be falling asleep .
Julian, i aint being bitchy mate, wish i could get your rates
Ive just done 80m2 floor last week, on my jack jones, you can see what it was like on the monday in photos,had it SLC on monday and tiled and grouted by thursday and int pub to watch them overpaid morons get beat again , id be minted on £40m2 (as long as i don't get pulled on the roughness and lippage )
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I did not say i did 6 m2 a day, i said i work on 6 m2 a day for the over all job.
For the job posted.....
Day 1... Collect 25 bags of adhesive plus self leveling and grout if colour know. Stick down ufh and self level if floor is clean and primed, if not lift wires and do properly. Clean floor of contamination ( plaster etc.) vac and prime.
Day 2.... Finish of what was completed from day 1. Remove doors, cut door stops etc., set out and load out some tiles, adhesive.
Days 3,4,5,6... Tile floor, flat level and lip free, with the planks tiles supplied, 12 m2 per day. Do sample grout colours for customer to make there choice.
Day 7....clean and grout floor.
Day 8... Re hang doors, clean floor and silicon around and tile to skirting and kitchen unit where cracks will appear and to give expansion for floor.

As i said, its all about the finished job and service given.

Andy i do start clearing up for the day at 3:30 to leave about 4. Nice to have a home life as well.
 
To be honest my quote did not include doors or siliconing. 13sqm of slc = 5 bags of powder + latex. I also went for 15 bags of adhesive. All this was based on a job I have not seen. Julian, your approach to the job is very methodical.......I like that.
 
Thanks Sean, I did try and price this job as unseen like yourself. I also tried for worst-case. Rough floor etc. if they were 300 x 300 tiles on a perfect screen, no doors or skirting's then yes i would drop the price a little and do it in 3 to 4 days.
Yes i can fly when the job is right, in my younger days once did 106 m2 in a 22 hour hit. To old for that now......
Now i am for quality and customer satisfaction and i like to leave a job knowing i could not do it any better.
There is enough work out there for all types of tiling. I like to do the higher end work nowadays and do try to stick to stone if i can
 
I did not say i did 6 m2 a day, i said i work on 6 m2 a day for the over all job.
For the job posted.....
Day 1... Collect 25 bags of adhesive plus self leveling and grout if colour know. Stick down ufh and self level if floor is clean and primed, if not lift wires and do properly. Clean floor of contamination ( plaster etc.) vac and prime.
Day 2.... Finish of what was completed from day 1. Remove doors, cut door stops etc., set out and load out some tiles, adhesive.
Days 3,4,5,6... Tile floor, flat level and lip free, with the planks tiles supplied, 12 m2 per day. Do sample grout colours for customer to make there choice.
Day 7....clean and grout floor.
Day 8... Re hang doors, clean floor and silicon around and tile to skirting and kitchen unit where cracks will appear and to give expansion for floor.

As i said, its all about the finished job and service given.

Andy i do start clearing up for the day at 3:30 to leave about 4. Nice to have a home life as well.
Well your going to get some poo now pal, taking off your own doors and re hanging them .
Bloody multi traders
Like i said julian, i aint being bitchy( not sure if some of your comments are,ie high end tiling/lip free and a few more )
Last week was a work away ,glasgow,i had to be back by friday lunch as it was my youngest birthday , so pick her up from school and take her and mates out .
Im also a finish as early as i can man , family/social life to me is more important than work
 
Widler, no not being bitchy at all, sorry if it came across like that.

Am going up in the world now, first time being a "multi trade".

Yes, there is more to life than working to 6 or 7 o'clock in the evening, as i hear about so often.

I really don't think my prices are high, yes i do lose some job because of cheaper prices, but have also lost jobs because i was to cheap.
You need to find a price level you are happy with to be able to keep busy and earn enough money to live a life style you are happy with.
 

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