Spilt Face Mosaic Price.

[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

 

[Old Mod]

Well that's fine @JulianSidney , haha
I don't really see the issue, the fact of the matter is, even with your expected timescale, u've suggested £560, so I don't really see the need to be a bit animated!
We're all in and around the same ball park, are we not?
So does it matter? I figure not!

 

[J Sid]

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

I did try that, she didn't talk to me for 3 days, it was bloody lovely. Now I do it every couple of weeks, the peace and quiet is Great.

 

[peteablard]

Ultimately if your happy with what you've made at the end of the job that's all that matters. However here's some food for thought......

600x150 = 11 tiles per m2
Based on 2 days that's 66 tiles per day.for a 12m2 job
Working for 8 hours a day that's 8.25 tiles fixed per hour
That's 7.27 minutes per tile.

Maybe I've just been lucky but every time I've fitted this type of tile they've flown up and 7 minutes to fix one tile is a bloody long time.

 

[John Benton]

I did try that, she didn't talk to me for 3 days, it was bloody lovely. Now I do it every couple of weeks, the peace and quiet is Great.

Surely Julian you didn't mean 3 days you meant 1 day

£500 ish

 

[Andy Allen]

Ultimately if your happy with what you've made at the end of the job that's all that matters. However here's some food for thought......

600x150 = 11 tiles per m2
Based on 2 days that's 66 tiles per day.for a 12m2 job
Working for 8 hours a day that's 8.25 tiles fixed per hour
That's 7.27 minutes per tile.

Maybe I've just been lucky but every time I've fitted this type of tile they've flown up and 7 minutes to fix one tile is a bloody long time.

REALLY. ......lol
8 hours a day...lol
Now that's funny