Tiling for bathroom

seaweed5254

Hi ! just got somebody local who i saw at yell.com. He quoted me the following :

wall area approximately 8 sqm and floor area around 2.2 sqm

remove wallpaper, remove tiles appr. 60 cm x 100 cm, remove radiator, lift sink and toilet, plyboard, adhesive, grout, and i forgot how u call to even out the height of the bathroom floor and outside the bathroom's floor.

Carpet's been removed already. All these for £425, and will take him 3 days.

Is this fair enough ? I find this expensive considering that this does not cover the whole room. I have left the side of the wall with the bath and shower untouched. Also, i see from some of the posts that normal charge is around £25-£30 per sqm. I am in stockport, cheshire area.

thanks for your comments...

Alan_M_2

It's a bargain especially as it looks as though all materials are included. (I'm assuiming He's re fiting the suite and not just leaving it all out).

Day one - remove suite, strip tiles, strip wallpaper, board floor maybe prepare for tiling or make a start.
Day two - tile walls, tile floor
Day three - grout, clean re fit suite supply and fit threshold.

£25-£35 sq/m is tiling labour only, the rest of the work will take him longer than the tiling.

In the days when I was doing this (a few years ago now) I was charging £200 a day + materials for this kind of fit. I am in Surrey though.

seaweed5254

thanks. i will supply the tiles myself. i would only get ceramic tiles which are not too large nor too small. he said he will use ready mix adhesive (not the powdered one).

seaweed5254

any more comments please ?

Rosebery_2

Yes - its still a bargain.

Cheers

andyhop

very cheap

Check to see if his work is up to standard

As a proffesional bathroom/kitchen fitter myself i would charge 3 times that amount!

Rosebery_2

Low end porice doesn't necessarily mean low end quality. Nor does a high price necessarily mean a quality job either.

£ 1,200 for that litle job!!! :rotfl:

Cheers

mickog

i have to agree with andyhop and rosebery,Thats some cheap quote for the amount of work stated. i dont think i could get anywhere near that price if i tried got to earn a living.

andyhop

mats, mapei grout and adhesive, new plumbing fittings would easily take a £150 chunk out the budget

Waste material disposal £65+vat

If self levelling screed is required thats another £30 per bag

Rosebery_2

mickog wrote: »

i dont think i could get anywhere near that price if i tried got to earn a living.

I agree entirely. Its around £ 700 - £ 750 inclusive labour and all materials in my mind if it really is a 3 day job.

Cheers

beaker141

I had an excellent tiler (Hardworking and very attentive to detail) from MIddleton way do a bathroom for me in Altrincham - did labour only for £150 a day letting me help him do it to both save cost and give me more experience. Took 3 days to do a reasonable size bathroom in 600*300 travertine stone tiles.

Therefore, I'd say its pretty cheap too.

Is it a fixed price quote or an indication, ie when things get delayed, dont go right with removal and refit of sanitary ware etc, is it going to get more expensive.