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Hi all,
how long on average would it take 2 professionals to do the following:

lay tiles onto a brandnew (multiplex) floor (ie very flat, good surface) of 2.5m x 3 m. These will be 40 x80 tiles.

tile 3 walls. 10 x10 tiles
wall 1. 2.5m wide and upto about 1.5m high tiled.
wall 2. 3m wide & 1.5 high
wall 3. 3m wide & 1.5 high.

I am being charged a flat rate per hour and wonder how many hours this might take...

Thanks.
Laura

I'm not a tiler so see what they have to say when they log on, but in my opinion as a plumber, it is not a two handed job.

Do they have to take old tiles off,?repair wall?what is floor made of?

edinburgh36 wrote:Hi all,
how long on average would it take 2 professionals to do the following:

I am being charged a flat rate per hour and wonder how many hours this might take...

Thanks.
Laura

I would ask for a quote for a fixed rate.
On a per hour basis they have control of the final cost, they could be rogues and take their time.

I had a quote for my room 2.5m X 3.0m X 2.4High at £1,200 including floor using 300mmx600mm wall tiles and 300mmx 300mm floor.


John

I assume you are providing the materials.

Hi,
I am creating a bathroom where a bedroom used to be. It has been stripped right back to the floorboards and a new multiplex base has been put down. (That's what the dutch call it - multiplex)
I am supplying all the tiles & plaster.
I have had a building company do the plumbing and installation. But I am paying 2 guys to do the tiling and plastering. (there is a reason but it's a long story!)

I just really need to know theoretically how long it'll take to tile the floor - say 3m x 3m with 40cm x 80cm tiles

And to do the walls (3 walls)
3m x 1.5m
2.5m x1.5 m
2.5m x 1.5m

It doesn't have to be exact... I just need an idea of whether they'll be there for 2 days, 3days, more...
Cheers.
Laura

also - no tiles to strip off or prep to do. The whole room is a multiplex box at the moment.

Laura

2 days max

evening edinburgh. I am a professional tiler in essex. it seems to me that your floor is 9m2 and your wall is 12m2 (without including 10% wasteage). Assuming there is no window in the wall tiling and the floor is a fairly standard shape room, the job would take me on my own about 3 and a half to four days so roughly halve the labour time for two men. I would charge around £700 for adhesive, grout and labour.

thanks to everyone for the replies - very helpful!

Laura

Hmmm.

I just quoted £750 to strip old tiles, prepare walls and re-tile a bathroom of 16m2

...........including supply of all materials!

I have much to learn