pricing advice for 2 small toilets/shower rooms

[brendanbreeze]

Hello all,

A little advice needed please,

just wondering how much to charge to floor tile a toilet/shower room 1sqm and a toilet with sink room 1sqm. There is no prep work and will be laying straight onto ply. The customer is supplying the 30 x 30 riven black tiles. Also any advice on grout type and addy would be great...Oh and tile sealing.

I know this is a tiny job but there is a potential for a lot more if they like my work.

Thanks very much.....Brendan.

 

[Smithy153]

I'll give this a little go as i've done something very similar recently.

Firstly you need to ensure the ply is of correct thickness and there is no movement in the floor needs to be rigid. Minimum thickness for the ply is 18mm. Its normally suggested that the ply is sealed on the bottom and the sides to ensure no moisture is taken up. If this hasn't been met and height is an issue you could suggest using hardibacker boards or similar.

You need to use a flexible adhesive and grout on wooden floors.

You need to supply a bit more info on what tiles they are so people can advise on sealing if required at all.

These are quite fiddly jobs especially if the toilet sink hasn't been removed cos majority of tiles will need to be cut. I would charge this at your day rate and use a rapid setting adhesive. Get in and lay the first floor. This will be setting while you lay the floor in the other room. After the 3 hours setting time get back into the first and get grouting then move onto the 2nd room.

It will all depend on your speed if you think you can get it all done in a day charge a day rate if not and you feel you'll need a day to lay and then pop back the next and do the grouting i'd charge a day and a bit. Hope that helps. If you give some more information on the tiles im sure people will advise further on sealing if required

 

[brendanbreeze]

Cheers Smithy,

I tried to get as much info off the box of tiles as possible and this what I've got written down. Q Rock. Ceramic. Riven black. code 3QS100. 30 x 30cm. I hope this makes sense to someone.

Cheers, Brendan.

 

[obobsmith]

Cheers Smithy,

I tried to get as much info off the box of tiles as possible and this what I've got written down. Q Rock. Ceramic. Riven black. code 3QS100. 30 x 30cm. I hope this makes sense to someone.

Cheers, Brendan.

Ceramic, so no need to seal , your job just got easier

 

[brendanbreeze]

Cheers obobsmith

I like the sound of that. Is that the case with all ceramic tiles then?

 

[Smithy153]

Ceramics do not require sealing. There are sealers that can be applied to grouts to stop staining etc Aqua mix and Seal guard do spray sealers that can be applied to wet grout if you want to do that.

 

[Smithy153]

All ceramics do not require sealing.

 

[brendanbreeze]

cheers,

I guess I'll see what colour grout she goes for then decide if I need to seal or not. any thoughts on what grout might look better with black tiles? Black or white?

 

[Smithy153]

It all depends on grout line size. On floors BS is a minimum of 3mm, Just chat it through with the customer.

You may want to check how consistant the tiles are in size as they can sometimes differ by a mm or sometimes more. I used a 5mm joint on the floor i layed which had tiles a similar size which makes it easier to make slight tweaks to allow for these differences.

Its all down to taste really Mapei do a huge range of grout colours and have the ultracolour plus range which is flexible so would suit your job. I personally don't like white with black if grout lines are getiing on the larger size. I personally quite like a grey grout with black tiles

 

[brendanbreeze]

I'll have a chat with the customer about the grout then and maybe suggest grey. I reckon I'll have to pop back the next day to grout so I may quote a round £100. She lives just round the corner and hopefully I'll get more work there too. Does that sound fair?

 

[diamondtiling]

If £100 gets the job done in 1 day and it will lead to more work then fair enough, I would put my day rate of £160 in and offer a discount for future work, Its really only your call though, too cheap and it will tend to stick with you, price as you mean to go on.

 

[LM Ceramics]

i would go in for at least 130 labour only if your not as experienced as mentioned if you go in to cheap you will be remembered as a "cheap tiler " stick to your guns mate

 

[doug boardley]

as others have said Brendan, don't go to cheap on the promise of more work. I've found in the past that these "other jobs" tend not to materialise! If you think you'll get it done in a day, charge a days rate!

 

[brian c]

you will get a better finish if the whb/wc are removed before and replaced after tiling.