Just a quick price check

[macten]

Interested to know what others would charge in labour to give me an idea how my pricing sits with others.
Job is 7.5m2: hallway and adjoining WC. Concrete substrate assumed good. 45x45 ceramic tile.

Works includes removing existing carpet/underlay, grippers, threshold strips.
Removal and refit of a toilet

Cheers

 

[Ian]

£5-600 depending on how much it'll cost to get rid of the old carpet etc.

 

[macten]

Is that just labour Bri?
Assume no removal costs
...and 2 minutes from your front door if that makes a difference.

 

[Ian]

Is that just labour Bri?
Assume no removal costs
...and 2 minutes from your front door if that makes a difference.

Including adhesive/grout/primer and labour.

 

[AliGage]

Interesting @Bri
@macten I've just done something similar-ish. 9sqm, 600x600. Hallway and WC and charge £400.

 

[Sean Kelly]

For the tiling and materials I made it 480. Getting rid of a urine soaked carpet and a sticky stained toilet would add another £75. Hopefully the customer would think twice about the waste charge and get rid of it themselves. Plus I don't have a waste carriers licence.

 

[John Benton]

I'm doing one this week 7m 60x30 on timber, £450 all in but its a favour for a friend of a friend, would be looking for £500 really

 

[macten]

Thanks for the input guys.
I'm not including removal of waste.
I went in at £350 labour and £80 mats
Also stated if any doors need trimming and they want me to do it then it's £20 per door.

 

[Qwerty]

£525 all in (£50 was materials)

 

[macten]

At least I know I'm very competitive!!

 

[Andy Allen]

I would be in at £350 including the adhesive and grout.

@Bri.... how do you get to 5/600 pound.?

 

[Ian]

I would be in at £350 including the adhesive and grout.

@Bri.... how do you get to 5/600 pound.?

Couple of days labour, £50 materials and then depends on how much to remove the rubbish, if the customer got rid of their own rubbish my labour and mats would be £450

 

[Andy Allen]

£200 a day !!!
I'm moving down your way....lol

 

[Ian]

£200 a day !!!
I'm moving down your way....lol

I'm a good salesman

 

[Andy Allen]

I thought you were slow and it was taking you 3 days...

 

[AliGage]

All about the same then really.

Mine was labour only and done over weekend, two days.

So, approximately on labour.

£180-200 per day
£35-45 psm

 

[macten]

Here's a pic of that job.
Can't decide if I like the tiles or not, never been one for the Moroccan vibe

 

[p4ulo]

Wow, that looks nice.....wouldn't want to look at it after 6 pints tho!

 

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

Looks well tidy @macten. Just a question about the skirting, did you remove it to tile are did you run a bead of silicone done the edge of the tiles the meet to it.
Cheers
D

 

[macten]

Looks well tidy @macten. Just a question about the skirting, did you remove it to tile are did you run a bead of silicone done the edge of the tiles the meet to it.
Cheers
D

Skirting stayed on and gap siliconed mate

 

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

Thanks for the info @macten
Good to know what approach others would take on a job like that.
Cheers
D

 

[Andy Allen]

Did you remove the toilet or tile round it?
Nice job btw..

 

[macten]

Andy - after careful consideration I decided to cut round the toilet.
Rigid fixings to the feed bending straight out from the wall and immediately going into a drain off valve (plumber must have run out of elbows!)
Screws in cistern rotted and siliconed to wall
Syphon loose
Pan bedded onto cement

So really couldn't be arsed with the potential pain

 

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

I haven't tackled a floor yet. If you removed the toilet bowl and cistern but the water pipe to the cistern was fixed, would you just use a flexi pipe to the cistern on reinstalling it.
Cheers
D

 

[macten]

Depends - sometimes it's easier and neater to just extend the feed pipe, sometimes there's no iso valve so putting one of them in and shortening the feed works well.
Other times a flexi works best.
And every now and again, like this one, it's best to leave well alone.

 

[One Day]

I never touch toilets nowadays. Too many times the iso valves have started to leak, or the cistern coupling...
I'd insist the wc was taken out ready. Then I'd aim to take out the carpets etc and tile in a day.
£400 and maybe include the materials!

 

[Andy Allen]

Andy - after careful consideration I decided to cut round the toilet.
Rigid fixings to the feed bending straight out from the wall and immediately going into a drain off valve (plumber must have run out of elbows!)
Screws in cistern rotted and siliconed to wall
Syphon loose
Pan bedded onto cement

So really couldn't be arsed with the potential pain

Agree some toilets aren't worth the hassle taking out......and I've study the cutting round the toilet and it's spot on.....you would think it's going underneath it.........Some think every toilet should be taken out but imo it makes no difference providing spare tiles are left behind. .

 

[highlandtiler]

Nice looking job - fair price too!