pricing 100 kitchen splashbacks

[sjw450]

hey there,
ive just started tiling for myself at the start of this year and ive just landed a contract for 100 kitchens, just the splashback, each kitchen has uneven walls and some holes in them, and each kitchen has a minimum of 7 sockets, some have 9, they all range from 3 to 5 square metres, everything is supplied just labour, not negotiated a price yet because the guy is on holiday, ive done 3 so far and each take a day to complete, i have no idea what to charge per kitchen, any advice would be great thanks!

 

[DHTiling]

would have to be day rate for me.........

 

[sjw450]

i no i wrote 50 kitchens on the heading but its 100 thanks

 

[postie]

If it takes a day charge what you want to earn a day ,i know a lot of tilers on here charge between £120 to £150 .

 

[sjw450]

wot is ur day rate? the problem im facing is the last guys that done the contract only did 1 tile high rouns the splashbacks so the man in charge thinks i should be able to do 2 in one day, i tried that the other day and worked from 8am till 6.30pm and managed 1 complete and the other half tiled and i didnt stop all day so im just doin 1 a day which still takes me nearly a hole day ayway because of all the sockets and movin cookers in and out

 

[postie]

hey there,
ive just started tiling for myself at the start of this year and ive just landed a contract for 100 kitchens, just the splashback, each kitchen has uneven walls and some holes in them, and each kitchen has a minimum of 7 sockets, some have 9, they all range from 3 to 5 square metres, everything is supplied just labour, not negotiated a price yet because the guy is on holiday, ive done 3 so far and each take a day to complete, i have no idea what to charge per kitchen, any advice would be great thanks!

Seeing as you have just started out doing a splash back in a day is good going ,out of interest what type of tile are you using and do the splash backs have windows to go round.
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wot is ur day rate? the problem im facing is the last guys that done the contract only did 1 tile high rouns the splashbacks so the man in charge thinks i should be able to do 2 in one day, i tried that the other day and worked from 8am till 6.30pm and managed 1 complete and the other half tiled and i didnt stop all day so im just doin 1 a day which still takes me nearly a hole day ayway because of all the sockets and movin cookers in and out

So you are only going one tile high?

 

[DHTiling]

It sez 100 now....:lol:

 

[sjw450]

3 tiles high between units and worktop, about 8 high and 4 wide where the oven hood will be and 1 tile lower where the work tops split for fridge freezer , all the sockets are on the middle row, im goin through 4 boxes of 44 tiles 6x6 inch, its a hard graft to get 1 done in a day but im a fast learner and i dnt stop, no windows at the end of each worktops ive just to tile 4 tiles out which is the depth of the work top and just use tile trims

 

[sjw450]

thanks for changin to 100!

 

[postie]

You will speed up SJ no doubt about that especially if you are doing repeat work.

 

[sjw450]

so wot would u charge then £150 a kitchen? or cheaper coz theres 100? second problem ive got is i can do much other work as im doin 1 a day so if i dnt get paid the right amount then im not making much

 

[postie]

so wot would u charge then £150 a kitchen? or cheaper coz theres 100? second problem ive got is i can do much other work as im doin 1 a day so if i dnt get paid the right amount then im not making much

Did you not agree a price before you got the job, if not agrre to a price with the guy you are working for then you know where you stand .As for price seeing as you are new you will be a little slower so maybe go in at £120 a splashback that is still a good wedge per week of £ 600 run it by him and see what he says but at the end of the day only you know what you think you are worth.

 

[sjw450]

excellent thanks for the advice

 

[tysfoot]

How did you land a contract of 100 splashbacks, Not bad going !!!!!

Are you registered as self employed, im goinna register my self after xmas ive only just started tiling myself and would love a contract like that.

I would charge between £13 - £17 a hour if i could work it out to the hour

 

[iain1979]

sjw450 where you from??