porcel thin tiles price to lay

[dimitris11]

hello guys and sorry for my english as well... im working like a tiler in greece for 15 years and now im in uk. the reason why i post here is bcz i need to find prices to lay porcel thin tiles (1800x9000) and normal porcelain tiles. people tell me some prices but i feel better to ask in here for real prices. i know every area have diferent prices so i would like prices in liverpool for normal porcelain tiles plus a price for porcel-thin 1800x9000.thanks

 

[Flintstone]

Hello, we don't talk about prices on here I'm afraid. Have you used porcel thin tiles or large format tiles like those before ?

 

[dimitris11]

hello mate and thanks for ur reply. yes i use them many times in greece. i have the tools and everything and my only problem is i go price a job next week and i have how much people charge for them here

 

[Blunt Tool]

Take it you mean porcel thin 1800x900 and not 1800x9000 ! Why don't you work out how long you reckon it would take you to do job, then set a daily amount you are happy to work for then add materials on. That would get you started.

 

[dimitris11]

yes thats right haha i apologise for that i use cm most of the time. i take ur advise and see where it takes me. thanks

 

[LM]

Obviously we don't discuss prices here but the only problem I have with @dimitris plight is that over here anyway 'tilers' from foreign lands came had the same dilema and ended up laying tiles for a day rate which they thought was good which resulted in tiles being fitted WAY too cheaply. Greedy builders latched on to these prices and it ended up driving down the rates in general across the commercial sector.
Nowadays with all the changes to our game in techniques and materials I don't think everybody out there appreciates fully the skills and knowledge required to thrive in our game. Most labourers could slap down a 20mtr kitchen floor in 300x300's, but when it comes to successfully installing the likes of Porcelthin or even plank tiles I'd like to see a fair bases of rates for our trade which reflects the ability.

 

[Kyle Knowles]

One million euros per meter

 

[hmtiling]

One million euros per meter

 

[andy8758]

It's the overhead costs that push up the price. The cost of a decent straight cutter to cut tiles that size is currently over £2000. Some of the rail cutters are under £500, but you need two people to fix those tiles, and levelling clips are used by a lot of installers to ensure oversize tiles are lip page free. If the surface is not perfectly flat it's never going to be well fixed. All these costs add up.

Of course, some of the Tilers from Europe get away with using a handheld wheel to score and their knee to snap it. I cant compete with that kind of low price overhead - I simply don't have the skills to do a good job with those kind of tools.

But I am cheaper than Kyle, I should manage to do it for €9900 per square metre.

 

[Kyle Knowles]

I've never fitted anything over 770mm I'd love to but non of my customers go bigger than 600 x 600 usually