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Kevbos
This is a dark area .what is considered amount of" meterage", generally needed to be done on day work .I know all work differs .but just on general "tiling" ?
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Kevbos
Lol .start it off
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WetSaw
Is there such a thing as "general" tiling? For example, the bathroom I'm doing at the moment only has 3 rows of whole tiles 600 x 300, everything else is cut and that means a walk around the house and up the drive because the owners don't want me cutting in or around the house!
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Kevbos
I'd consider that ungeneral as most bathrooms generally have more tiles
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Kevbos
I'd consider that ungeneral as most bathrooms generally have more tiles .general bathrooms have 8 to 15m2 I can tile a 15m2 bathroom in a day but I'm not doing that for day work money .
I'm gonna say yeah 5m is ok the customer sounds like a tee I tee I can understand wanting u to cut outside but making u walk down the driveway that's a bit if a joke
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Depends on the background surface if its flat or near
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Spud
5m2 a day isn't enough in my opinion for standard ceramics in a bathroom , every job is different but I would not be happy if I was paying someone and they were only turning out on average 5 m2 per day over a a week
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Stef
It's like the question how long is a bit of string?
I done a kitchen today roughly 5m2 & doing another identical one tomorrow but I could also do a big floor & hit 40m2.
I done a kitchen today roughly 5m2 & doing another identical one tomorrow but I could also do a big floor & hit 40m2.
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Kevbos
A piece of string is twice length from the middle .not hard !
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Spud
Stef if you had someone working with you on the big floor and they did 5m2 would you be happy ?
I couldn't do 40m on my own in a day no way
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Spud
The best way to improve your speed is go and work for a commercial tiling firm for a year on price , all tilers should do this in my opinion
I've never worked comercial I've always thought of it as a completely different job to domestic stuff biggest floor I've ever done was 100M 600 x 600 took me 10 days on my own which feels pretty embarrassing if bad boy stef is knocking out 40 a day lol
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Stef
I wouldn't be happy Gary but I read the thread as "Is 5m2 ok"??
There's too many variables to consider in a thread with that title.
The walls I was going over today weren't very clever, I had to pack out quite a few areas that ultimately slows you down.
If I'm on a big flat floor with good tiles then I will hit 40m2 but if the floor is bad then you could be down to 10m2.
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One Day
Tricky question! I've knocked out 40sqm of 60x60 rectified in a day on my own recently but on a good floor with RLS clips. Other times I've done a single sqm of Original Style in a day.
Doing a monster ensuite at the moment with a mix of 800x800 / 1200x250 / 3.2m x 1.6m - there will only be 2 No. 800x800 without any cuts, absolutely everything else will be cut / edged / drilled / mitred. So 5sqm a day in this room would be great!
A standard bathroom - reasonable walls and floor with approx 25sqm of 60x30 tiles I'd want that done in 3 days personally but I'd charge for more!
Doing a monster ensuite at the moment with a mix of 800x800 / 1200x250 / 3.2m x 1.6m - there will only be 2 No. 800x800 without any cuts, absolutely everything else will be cut / edged / drilled / mitred. So 5sqm a day in this room would be great!
A standard bathroom - reasonable walls and floor with approx 25sqm of 60x30 tiles I'd want that done in 3 days personally but I'd charge for more!
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Kevbos
The thread says general tiling .not 80 m2 floors most house don't have that .I'm a tiler of 20 years is it ok to be questioned on tiling for instance a 15m2 bathroom in a day and charging 500 quid .
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Stef
If you have agreed a price before hand & do 15m2 then that's life.
Has the homeowner spat the dummy at the amount you are making from the job?
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Flintstone
I'd be in at £1000 on that inc materials and hoping to do it in 4 days
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Flintstone
Technically it's fine, but always a moral dilemma for some
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One Day
F1 drivers don't get penalised for finishing first!
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Flintstone
just realised were not in the arms here
When you say on your own, I assume you actually mean on your own and not including a labourer? I'd say 40 sqr in a standard day (8 till 4 for me with about 40 mins break in total) bearing in mind picking and sorting tiles, mixing up, cleaning tools is probably impossible with a quality finish. as for 5sq a day, in a bathroom say with metal trims around a window etc yes but straight forward with reasonable walls you want to be double that really.
Still around £300 a day!
Yeah but it's not enough with a serious tool addiction I need more MORE MORE I tell you lol
I'm going to ask again in this thread ?
£40 m2 ,ok no probs , if your knocking out 45m2 a week , easy work for some of you boys , that's 72 grand a year ,that's working teacher weeks (12 weeks hols) so even working normal tradesman weeks, 4 weeks hols and a odd day here and there, still gonna be 72 grand a year.is that not 40% tax ?
And none of this , "we may not have work some weeks"
I've employed 2 lads for over tens years , never been short of work , so if your good your never out of work (hardly)
@timeless john am I getting back to myself yet 🙂
£40 m2 ,ok no probs , if your knocking out 45m2 a week , easy work for some of you boys , that's 72 grand a year ,that's working teacher weeks (12 weeks hols) so even working normal tradesman weeks, 4 weeks hols and a odd day here and there, still gonna be 72 grand a year.is that not 40% tax ?
And none of this , "we may not have work some weeks"
I've employed 2 lads for over tens years , never been short of work , so if your good your never out of work (hardly)
@timeless john am I getting back to myself yet 🙂
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Time's Ran Out
An average isn't on 40 mts per day or 200 mts for a 5 day week. It's on how much you want to earn or how much your getting paid on daily basis. So if your getting £1000 per 5 day week your on £200 per day and @ £20/mt you need to be doing 10 mts a day to justify your wage.
5sq mts in a splashback is a day's work so you'd need to be on £40 a mt to equal that daily rate.
There is no average meterage just average wages, and to that end making sure you earn your wage and a bit of profit for the company.
5sq mts in a splashback is a day's work so you'd need to be on £40 a mt to equal that daily rate.
There is no average meterage just average wages, and to that end making sure you earn your wage and a bit of profit for the company.
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