Spilt Face Mosaic Price.

[Andy Allen]

Looked at a job today....12 m2 split face mosaic 600 X 150 from tile and stone.com there to go on a plaster board feature wall in a lounge with a central fire place to cut round , i will have to sand some paint off......but I'm struggling with a price .....Any ideas?

 

[Andy Allen]

Forgot to add will be supplying the adhesive. ..no grout.

 

[Ian]

Just a straight wall Andy? No externals that the customer may want mitring?

 

[Andy Allen]

Just a straight wall Andy? No externals that the customer may want mitring?

Just straight wall .....No externals, just a 1m X 1.3m fire place to cut round..
I thought about 3 days?

 

[Old Mod]

Where are they from Andy?
I know u said tile and stone .com but I get an American site!

 

[Andy Allen]

 

[Ian]

Just straight wall .....No externals, just a 1m X 1.3m fire place to cut round..
I thought about 3 days?

Yeah I was gonna say £40-50 per m so anywhere between £480 and £600 labour and fixing materials.

 

[Old Mod]

Cheers mate,
look nice too!
Yeah I'd be the high end of Bri's quote, if it helps.

 

[Ian]

Cheers mate,
look nice too!
Yeah I'd be the high end of Bri's quote, if it helps.

Bri would be the high end of Bri's quote too

 

[Old Mod]

Bri would be the high end of Bri's quote too

I'd expect nothing less!

 

[J Sid]

Am I missing something, 12 m2 of split face,
No more than a days work (if prep doesn't take to long) plus adhesive, so about £300

 

[Andy Allen]

Am I missing something, 12 m2 of split face,
No more than a days work (if prep doesn't take to long) plus adhesive, so about £300

Think it would take more than a day...
Got the fire place to cut round.
Day to sand the paint and 2 days to tile should be plenty.

 

[Ian]

Am I missing something, 12 m2 of split face,
No more than a days work (if prep doesn't take to long) plus adhesive, so about £300

£25 per m for stone is far too cheap, probably going to need a couple of coats of sealer too.

 

[Andy Allen]

Yeah I was gonna say £40-50 per m so anywhere between £480 and £600 labour and fixing materials.

Was thinking of £500 so not far out..

 

[Old Mod]

£25 for mosaic is too cheap haha

 

[Ian]

Was thinking of £500 so not far out..

Definitely mate, that stuff can be a pain in the balls to do. Always some that needs taking off the sheets, they are just like crappy mosaics that are all out of line. Give yourself plenty of time, if it goes well, you earn a bit more, if it takes a bit longer you don't get left out of pocket.

 

[Old Mod]

@antonio,
What is your price for these tesserae?

 

[peteablard]

Can't say how long it would take to remove the paint but tiling wise it's a days work. I've fitted over 12m2 in a day working off scaffolding and mechanically fixing half of them

 

[J Sid]

Ok, 1 day prep (no mention of a days sanding in first post Andy), 1 day to tile (even with a fire place to cut round) plus adhesive and 1lt Stain Stop.
Total £560

How can you possibly think of charging £40 to £50 m2 for some split face stone, they are not mosaics. No post fix cleaning, leaving to dry, coat of sealer, then grouting, cleaning, leaving to dry for a few days and final seal. Just fix and seal

Don't often disagree with what said on here, but this one of those occasions

 

[Old Mod]

You're not disagreeing at £560 Julian are u?
Only in ur expected timescale.

 

[Andy Allen]

Ok, 1 day prep (no mention of a days sanding in first post Andy), 1 day to tile (even with a fire place to cut round) plus adhesive and 1lt Stain Stop.
Total £560

How can you possibly think of charging £40 to £50 m2 for some split face stone, they are not mosaics. No post fix cleaning, leaving to dry, coat of sealer, then grouting, cleaning, leaving to dry for a few days and final seal. Just fix and seal

Don't often disagree with what said on here, but this one of those occasions

Read my first post.......I said I will have to sand some paint off.......my price will be about £500 so your £60 more than me and if I do it in 3 days then I'm happy with my price.
I gave up rushing years ago....life's to short...

 

[Ian]

There is no way on earth I'd be able to fit 12 m of those in 1 day, 3 days is more than reasonable for the prep and tile, to make them look seamless takes a fair bit of faffing about. Ok I'm not the fastest out there but, 1 day seems to be pushing it a bit. Anyhow, £500 is more than fair IMO.

 

[J Sid]

You're not disagreeing at £560 Julian are u?
Only in ur expected timescale.

Yes @3_fall, I disagree with how long it would take. I would expect to be home by 2 o'clock if I had 12 m2 of those to fix.

And the fact that £50 m2 could possibly be charged for split face stone. Fixing 20 m2 a day of these is no problem even with some mitred corners. I would happily do them day after day at that price.

 

[J Sid]

Ok @Bri and @Andy Allen I'm not going to argue, get enough of that from the wife.

 

[Ian]

Ok @Bri and @Andy Allen I'm not going to argue, get enough of that from the wife.

We're not arguing, we're having a discussion Try telling your wife to have a discussion, let us know how you get on