Square metre price quoted -

[Unregistered]

We received a quote to do a lot of tiling , at "£** per square metre"- labout only, we supply tiles, adhesive, grout etc.
Having received the invoice, and noted the square meterage given by area is more than the actual meterage of the TILED area we challenged the invoice, and asked to show us how he calculated the square metres charged.

It appears "£** per square metre" does NOT mean £** per square metre of tiling laid ; it means £** per sqaure metre of wall/ floor , even if there is a large untiled window in the wall; and average wall / room measurements have been used rather than actual measurments.

We are not tilers but rather assumed a per square metre rate meant per square metre of actual TILING and were certainly not made aware it meant per square metre of wall space irrispective of windows.

IS IT NORMAL PRACTICE to charge for the entire wall , and (over) "average" measurements when a specific "£** per square metre " cost has been quoted ? -or is a quoted square metre price normally taken to be per Sq M of actual tiling done?

Any advice greatly appreciated !

 

[White Room]

Your best bet would be to get about 3 estimates/quotes and go from there to see what suits your requirments.

 

[doug boardley]

PLEASE REMEMBER, NO PRICING IN PUBLIC FORUMS

 

[kilty55]

YES IMO,if i am doing a job on a sq meter rate i charge what i have handled and cut sq meterage wise to complete the job

if its a 20 sq metre bathroom and i have used 23 sq meters of tiles to complete i charge fir 23 sq meters,

 

[Ian]

Think they've already had the work done Mark. A lot of tilers will charge a m2 price based on how many m2 of tiles have been used to tile a room not what the room measures at. For example, if the room was 20 m2 you would need 22 m2 of tiles (10% for cuts etc) so the price charged would be for 22 m2 as that is how many tiles have been cut/handled/fixed etc.

 

[Ian]

I'm too slow, beat me to it Jamie!!!

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

As Jamie above for me, if you take into account the cuts that have to be fixed etc. Plus if you open out the reveals, soffit, and cill on a window, it could come out the same. I charge by the total m2 inc wastage. Just my take on it.

 

[doug boardley]

Same as Phil and others for me

 

[Andy Allen]

same for me (now).....after posting this one a couple of weeks ago...

 

[White Room]

same for me (now).....after posting this one a couple of weeks ago...

Ditto....

 

[paul damian]

As above there is as much work tiling around a window , it would be quicker to tile that space if it were a straight full wall.

 

[John Benton]

Yep same here, always charge for the amount of tiles actually required incl. cuts and waste, otherwise you could be quoting for 17.3m on a wall and 4.2m for floor. I round it up to next full metre. Also like to leave the customer with at least 5 tiles dependant on size so they have spares instead of them having to go back to the store 3yrs later to ask if they still do that range (sorry we stopped doing that range a week after you bought them), when someone has flung open the bathroom door against the wall and cracked it with the handle.

 

[Stef]

Same as everyone above, measure tiled surfaces, add 10%, & thats your total price per m2.

One house builder we do work for states that we only claim for "tiles Laid".

Ok you will have to up our meterage rate then!!

Alls Fair In Love & War.

 

[Mike]

As above there is as much work tiling around a window , it would be quicker to tile that space if it were a straight full wall.

i was just going to say the same paul

 

[doug boardley]

i was just going to say the same paul

I'd say there's "more"