price for quarry tiles for contractor

[Matthew77]

Hi everyone.

I've been offered to price for a tender on quite a large amount of floor tiling (over 100 meters, but broken up into smaller rooms) for a large contracting firm, when I went to look at the job to price it up I was told that there wasn't any point looking at it as there was heaps of demo work to be done & the tiling wasn't to be started until around a years time!
I have got architects drawings & quantity's of tiling in meters, but I've never priced up a job this big or without seeing what needs to be done first hand.

I'm thinking that if I put in a good meter rate for this then hopefully it will all level out ok.

What would you advise for labor only (I have to price for materials & tiles too) for laying 150x150 quarry tiles & how much per linear metre for the skirtings?

I'm a little bit worried about getting this one wrong as I have the potential of getting quite alot of work from this & also risk losing alot if I under price it.

So I guess what I'm looking for is a competitive rate per metre & should I be aware of other things regarding working for big contractors for example I'm expected to buy the materials so there is a big outlay of money from my behalf before I've been payed from the contractor:yikes:

Thanks in advance

Matt

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

id say you need to get a proper book price for this job mate from a building QS or some one used to this sort of pricing IMO

 

[enduro]

Give these guys a call www.natural-tiles-ltd.co.uk and speak to Paul Pearson he may be able to help you on this job.

 

[diamondtiling]

If I have to supply the materials for a commercial job I always invoice for everything once they are on site, other trades sometimes take a liking to the tiles and think that they might look good in their bathroom/kitchen so put that clause in your price. Have you seen the floors yet? what condition are they in? do you have to lay SLC?
You could put in a price of £40 per metre plus say £15 for the skirtings but stipulate that this does not include any prep work. Put this in at £150 per day x however many of you there are.
The big companies know what the rates should be so you are not far out on those prices. Do some background research into them as well, you seem to have enough time to do this.

 

[Matthew77]

If I have to supply the materials for a commercial job I always invoice for everything once they are on site, other trades sometimes take a liking to the tiles and think that they might look good in their bathroom/kitchen so put that clause in your price. Have you seen the floors yet? what condition are they in? do you have to lay SLC?
You could put in a price of £40 per metre plus say £15 for the skirtings but stipulate that this does not include any prep work. Put this in at £150 per day x however many of you there are.
The big companies know what the rates should be so you are not far out on those prices. Do some background research into them as well, you seem to have enough time to do this.

I was told that all floors would not need slc as they would be newly laid to the standard for tiling.
Haven't had a look at the floors as they are in the process of demolition right now & then structural work will start & tiling about this time next year.
£40 a meter was about what I was thinking without materials right? £15 for skirtings sounds good too thanks.

 

[Matthew77]

Give these guys a call www.natural-tiles-ltd.co.uk and speak to Paul Pearson he may be able to help you on this job.

Thanks Enduro, they stock the tiles specified by the architect too so will get them to give me a price:hurray: