waxman mosaics

[poynton phil]

I'v been asked to fit some waxman mosaics i have never fitted mosaics before, and i'm not sure what to charge per msq. also would i be able to use white keraquick, or would it have to be bal mosaic fix. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

 

[White Room]

Kerakwik would be ok, some guys prefer the mosaic fix. How many m2 have got to fix

 

[dagger]

the big question here is....

Paper faced or mesh backed????

paper faced is a real.........Doug, how are you?, where are you?:lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[poynton phil]

10msq to put up, and they are on mesh.Thanks

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

about £210 id say m8

 

[White Room]

Are the walls flat, not bumpy or has deviations

 

[poynton phil]

The walls will be flat, by the time i do the job, the plasterer is going to chop out the plaster where the mosaics are going, and then adhere plaster board in its place, does this sound ok, he says it is.

 

[Alan.P]

about £210 id say m8

:yikes: That sounds cheap to me, in todays market though, who knows, depends on the what and whats. If the walls are true then you could get in and out..........................IF

 

[White Room]

Should be fine mate

As it's you first mosaic I would charge a bit more, I've charged £50 m2 in a shower area but that included adhesive and grouting

 

[Alan.P]

Should be fine mate

As it's you first mosaic I would charge a bit more, I've charged £50 m2 in a shower area but that included adhesive and grouting

i can't see how he can charge more for his learning curve ??? going rate at the moment, regional

 

[dagger]

fitting mosaics is relitivly simple providing

1. the substrate is bob on flat (and preferably level).
2. you stagger the sheets brickbond...(top tip).
3. you use a good quality adhesive...keraflex, maxi, p9 or is it p10 i can never remember....

£210.. for 10mtrs can you do it in a day?

i cant, so i would charge more, but thats me!!

good luck!

oh and i am i C.London so...prices are higher, but so are living expences!

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

how much then alan p, come off the railings ! poynton asked how much!

 

[White Room]

If you fix in one day your'll going back to grout the next and that will take time

 

[poynton phil]

thanks for the info guys, and the bonding tip dagger, it is p9 by the way.

 

[White Room]

P10 mate

 

[Alan.P]

how much then alan p, come off the railings ! poynton asked how much!

I charge £40 m2 inc mats unless there are preferential requests. Yes they can be easy, I recently fixed 50 m2 in 2 days, no sweat, minus grouting, penny rounds, nice substrate but not my job 😳 :dizzy2:

 

[dagger]

i think as its a learning curve, you should charge day rate less 20% and let the customer know its your first time!!!!!!

they will appreciate the honesty and accecpt the deal, if they tell you to go away, they would have kicked you in the teeth for getting it a "little" bit wrong later in the job, if you catch my drift....

mosiacs are not easy, i charge more for mosaics than anything else...and there is a reason for that!!!

 

[dagger]

thanks for the info guys, and the bonding tip dagger, it is p9 by the way.

P10 mate

see what i mean!!!!

the one i mean is the whiter than white stuff anyway!!

 

[poynton phil]

YEP... :lol::lol::lol: I'd had never heard of p10, but just had a look at it on the mapei website

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

well poynton why don't you get yourself on the mapei training day m8 :lol:

 

[White Room]

You may even get some freebies

 

[dagger]

i know a bit about tiling, i know a bit about mapei product...i dont know everything!

best wishes!

Dagger.

 

[poynton phil]

well poynton why don't you get yourself on the mapei training day m8 :lol:

I would love too gooner, but at the moment, but i aint got the time to have a day off. I see the arsenal, can beat those scousers

 

[dagger]

careful wherever you may be, we are the famous AFC, and we dont give a "cattle" whoever you may be cause we are the famous AFC.....heheheh:hurray:

 

[The D]

My starting price for mosaics is £55.00 per m2 not including materials. And by the way p10 is the best adhesive I have ever used.

 

[White Room]

Remember you saying that Deano, yet to try though

 

[poynton phil]

Do ctd, stock p10, cos i know tile giant dont

 

[The D]

yep

 

[MTiler]

P10 is the dogs, I always use it with mosiacs unless something else is specified. Mosiacs are so easy to **** up. Recently had a couple of jobs correcting bodged jobs, its heart breaking to see it, some people have very strange ideas of a good job.:yikes:

missyT

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

weres the pic's then! miss T, i love the pic's