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

[Dan]

Okay so I'm going to start the ball rolling. I'd like the forum to be handy for all, including those looking for tilers, or even DIY, to see what they're up against compared to a professionally carried-out job.

So let's get this ball rolling.

Let's try and come up with a base rate for tiling work done, in every area in the country. We can generalise a bit while we start off, but perhaps we can edit and re-edit the prices per area, and add more areas that have unique pricing for whatever reason, over time. And publish this publicly when we're happy with it. So traders can see when they're undercutting, and customers hopefully see when they're under paying.

So I'll start this off really generally with a England price, Scotland, Wales, N.Ireland (Ireland too separate in Euros perhaps? as we do have Irish on here), then of course London (central then outskirts maybe?).

I'll also need a bit of a list of what might be priced differently compared to other tiles or whatever.

ALL PRICES PER SQUARE METER - OR LINEAR METER

England
Ceramic Floors:
Ceramic Walls:
Porcelain up to X size (help me with the size):
Porcelain above X size:
Stone or Slate etc:
Border tiles (not embossed) per L/M:
Border tiles (embossed) per L/M:
Uncoupling or anti-crack matting per L/M:
Price per plug socket (do we need to go that in depth from the start?):
Price per window or door (can we generalise this to opening and get the same point across? / do we need this?):

Scotland​

Ceramic Floors:
Ceramic Walls:
Porcelain up to X size (help me with the size):
Porcelain above X size:
Stone or Slate etc:
Border tiles (not embossed) per L/M:
Border tiles (embossed) per L/M:
Uncoupling or anti-crack matting per L/M:
Price per plug socket (do we need to go that in depth from the start?):
Price per window or door (can we generalise this to opening and get the same point across? / do we need this?):

Wales​

Ceramic Floors:
Ceramic Walls:
Porcelain up to X size (help me with the size):
Porcelain above X size:
Stone or Slate etc:
Border tiles (not embossed) per L/M:
Border tiles (embossed) per L/M:
Uncoupling or anti-crack matting per L/M:
Price per plug socket (do we need to go that in depth from the start?):
Price per window or door (can we generalise this to opening and get the same point across? / do we need this?):

Northern Ireland​

Ceramic Floors:
Ceramic Walls:
Porcelain up to X size (help me with the size):
Porcelain above X size:
Stone or Slate etc:
Border tiles (not embossed) per L/M:
Border tiles (embossed) per L/M:
Uncoupling or anti-crack matting per L/M:
Price per plug socket (do we need to go that in depth from the start?):
Price per window or door (can we generalise this to opening and get the same point across? / do we need this?):

Republic of Ireland​

Ceramic Floors:
Ceramic Walls:
Porcelain up to X size (help me with the size):
Porcelain above X size:
Stone or Slate etc:
Border tiles (not embossed) per L/M:
Border tiles (embossed) per L/M:
Uncoupling or anti-crack matting per L/M:
Price per plug socket (do we need to go that in depth from the start?):
Price per window or door (can we generalise this to opening and get the same point across? / do we need this?):

Central London​

Ceramic Floors:
Ceramic Walls:
Porcelain up to X size (help me with the size):
Porcelain above X size:
Stone or Slate etc:
Border tiles (not embossed) per L/M:
Border tiles (embossed) per L/M:
Uncoupling or anti-crack matting per L/M:
Price per plug socket (do we need to go that in depth from the start?):
Price per window or door (can we generalise this to opening and get the same point across? / do we need this?):

London Outskirts​

Ceramic Floors:
Ceramic Walls:
Porcelain up to X size (help me with the size):
Porcelain above X size:
Stone or Slate etc:
Border tiles (not embossed) per L/M:
Border tiles (embossed) per L/M:
Uncoupling or anti-crack matting per L/M:
Price per plug socket (do we need to go that in depth from the start?):
Price per window or door (can we generalise this to opening and get the same point across? / do we need this?):

(Please add other areas to this list if you're from there and it's way off the average)

Can people please copy and paste their own area in this, and give a bit of a guide. We can get an average then, and edit the bits to make it actually useful.

Then we can frown upon those who go below it and praise those who go above it (no frowning or praising allowed).​

 

[Mr Tiler]

Suppose il go first then... £20 per m2 minimum and if stone an easy £30-35 per m2. Any prep work would be min (depending on the graft) £120 day rate and if i go over the days quoted there will be no charge. All private no site involved

 

[jimthetiler]

same as mr tiler....boxing in from £17 per lm and borders from £ 7 per lm.Pipe holes from £3

 

[SUPERTILER]

How it is possible to talk about prices if you not seen job? Another thing --> tilers with different skill and expirience and bla bla bla... Ok. I work in London and almost all works in 1-4 zone and as I based in center I can travel everywhere... I would split tiling works just on few categories:
1) Building construction(majority this is bathroom or en-suit renovation). Always negotiable prices and there is budget but I can give a few examples for bathrooms and en-suits, corridor-kitchen-living rooms floors. Ceramic, porcelain from 25-40£/m2, mosaic 35-40£ m2 or line meter 25£. Marble, limestone tiles 35-50£ m2 but let's say 100x100 little limestones tiles I would never do less then 50£ m2. Skirting 5-10£ line meter. Tanking(waterproof system) 80£ any size bathroom/shower. Silicone/mastic 2,5-4£ line meter..
2) Commercial sites. This jobs always smell miles away and now there is so much to do in London that prices could be MEGALOW! But people still go at this works and of course for this money no one can ask from man reasonable quality ) ok, let's start. What I have pass for last years. Ceramic, porcelain are main materials for this sites and price from 18-25£. Skirting 5-7£ line meter. Tanking 40-80£ room but this is for majority works as I say. Day work on this sites negotiable starts from 140-180£/day.
3) Wet rooms/swimming pools/sauna. Negotiable price if interested pm/me
4) Industrial sites. For me this is number one jobs!!! Why!? money-money There is always different prices. I can say only one as a supertiler I was born for it don't want to talk about income because some people may be shocked. How tiler can earn so much!!?!?? No-no-no! Layer And another thing some customers don't want pay!! Because they think that it is to much money for tiler... But it's ok, Barclays know what to do next....


Another category of works that including build boxes(internal/external), windows, skirting, silicone, mastic, snaggs, splash backs, tile ceilings, panels, access panels, change grout, shelfs, floor leveling(lateks), build wall thickness and extend, trims, cuts 45 degrees... All this jobs I would say based on hourly rate. Example: let's take 6inc tiles and fix them around any window with trim and bla bla bla.. Brick designed.. Let's say for this job we need 2h, but if we are going to do the same job with 600x600 size tiles then we would spend 1 hour time.
P.S. Actually I think that this is good idea, if we can talk about our experience and discuss prices aswell!!! Because a lot of people go at work, they think they can tile but they don't!!! By the end of the working day they release that there is nothing in pocket. Maybe now they know a bit more... Ok, I write everything what I remember from past.. If there is a lot of spelling mistakes please forgive me I am learning English

 

[Raff]

I am base in Reading (south east) My prices are
-ceramic £35 sqm
-porcelain £40 polished £45 sqm
- stone £45 - £55 sqm
-Mosaic £ 50 sqm
- boarder £10 lm
- Victorian tiles £ 130 sqm
+ details
all incl. adhesive and grout

 

[MTiler]

I rarely price on metre rate unless it's a large job. I give a price based on my day rate and how long it would take plus materials. I have a standard day rate for most domestic work and higher rates for Vic floors and mosaic jobs.

 

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

How it is possible to talk about prices iceramic not seen job? Another thing --> tilers with different skill and expirience and bla bla bla... Ok. I work in London and almost all works in 1-4 zone and as I based in center I can travel everywhere... I would split tiling works just on few categories:
1) Building construction(majority this is bathroom or en-suit renovation). Always negotiable prices and there is budget but I can give a few examples for bathrooms and en-suits, corridor-kitchen-living rooms floors. Ceramic, porcelain from 25-40£/m2, mosaic 35-40£ m2 or line meter 25£. Marble, limestone tiles 35-50£ m2 but let's say 100x100 little limestones tiles I would never do less then 50£ m2. Skirting 5-10£ line meter. Tanking(waterproof system) 80£ any size bathroom/shower. Silicone/mastic 2,5-4£ line meter..
2) Commercial sites. This jobs always smell miles away and now there is so much to do in London that prices could be MEGALOW! But people still go at this works and of course for this money no one can ask from man reasonable quality ) ok, let's start. What I have pass for last years. Ceramic, porcelain are main materials for this sites and price from 18-25£. Skirting 5-7£ line meter. Tanking 40-80£ room but this is for majority works as I say. Day work on this sites negotiable starts from 140-180£/day.
3) Wet rooms/swimming pools/sauna. Negotiable price if interested pm/me
4) Industrial sites. For me this is number one jobs!!! Why!? money-money There is always different prices. I can say only one as a supertiler I was born for it don't want to talk about income because some people may be shocked. How tiler can earn so much!!?!?? No-no-no! Layer And another thing some customers don't want pay!! Because they think that it is to much money for tiler... But it's ok, Barclays know what to do next....


Another category of works that including build boxes(internal/external), windows, skirting, silicone, mastic, snaggs, splash backs, tile ceilings, panels, access panels, change grout, shelfs, floor leveling(lateks), build wall thickness and extend, trims, cuts 45 degrees... All this jobs I would say based on hourly rate. Example: let's take 6inc tiles and fix them around any window with trim and bla bla bla.. Brick designed.. Let's say for this job we need 2h, but if we are going to do the same job with 600x600 size tiles then we would spend 1 hour time.
P.S. Actually I think that this is good idea, if we can talk about our experience and discuss prices aswell!!! Because a lot of people go at work, they think they can tile but they don't!!! By the end of the working day they release that there is nothing in pocket. Maybe now they know a bit more... Ok, I write everything what I remember from past.. If there is a lot of spelling mistakes please forgive me I am learning English

What happened to north south divide. I know of a tiler whos charginging £160 day rate for ceramic! Just 10 miles over in the scotish borders. Im still finding my rate! Running at plaster day rate at the mo, would go for the £20 for floors mtr2. Like this idea @Dan

 

[highlandtiler]

I price by the job mainly based on a day rate as I would never price doing a kitchen above worktops say in 3" square tiles the same as one in 12" square tiles. Some jobs are just really fiddly and others - like a bathroom floor of 4 sq mtrs are easy and take less time - however if you cannot finish in a day then your costs mount up for going back the next.

 

[highlandtiler]

Yeah it generally means they're very careful with their cash and don't want to pay over the odds for anything, and then resent handing over a cheque to a bloke with dirty hands

Absolutely right! I am very wary of these people having not been paid by a high flying barrister once - he said " You can try suing me but I think you will find that the courts will err in my favour as I am the complainant"

 

[Dan]

Can we keep this thread on topic.

Just help if you can.

Don't reply if you can't stick to the instructions in the first post.