Tiling Price Base Rate - how much do tilers charge? - TilersForums.com

[Just Rizzle]

just been reading through this thread and wunder how some of you guys put bread on the table.
alot of u are saying day rate 120/day and 25/mtr square so the average work you do in a day is 5 mtrs a day.
today and yesterday tiled a bathroom 35 sq mtrs the tiles are v/b 900 x 450 my price for this work is
a 240
b 875
c 40% the cost of the tiles

 

[Flintstone]

A 35m bathroom is two days? Are they 24 hour days?

 

[Time's Ran Out]

No @RayTheTiler has a big trowel!

 

[Dumbo]

just been reading through this thread and wunder how some of you guys put bread on the table.
alot of u are saying day rate 120/day and 25/mtr square so the average work you do in a day is 5 mtrs a day.
today and yesterday tiled a bathroom 35 sq mtrs the tiles are v/b 900 x 450 my price for this work is
a 240
b 875
c 40% the cost of the tiles

Call me stupid but does
A = day rate
B= cost for 25sqm
C= cost for vb job

 

[Just Rizzle]

Call me stupid but does
A = day rate
B= cost for 25sqm
C= cost for vb job

Try the maths

 

[Just Rizzle]

A 35m bathroom is two days? Are they 24 hour days?

9/5

 

[One Day]

Anyone knocking out a bathroom in 2 days is either rushing it, or making me look very slow and making it hard to charge what I charge!

 

[Flintstone]

I just can't get my head round it, id have 1 day grouting, cleaning up and siliconing up. Have you got a labourer? I can't see how it's physically possible.

 

[Just Rizzle]

No @RayTheTiler has a big trowel!

I have used a12mm 500 mm double hander bought from tile trader also have a 20 mm and 8 mm one and yes all the lady clients I work for say I'm quick
The tile used are villeroy and bosh 900 x 450 so 2.5/Mtr squared onto wedi board walls all plumb and mechanicl fixed which we did on Monday also floor tiled so joint half bonded and follow up walls

 

[Flintstone]

How the hell do you load up a 500 trowel for a wall?