Average bathroom tiling and fitting costs

Devi

Hi,

how much should i expect to pay for removal of tiles and fitting a new bathroom (average sized bathroom, standard suite)?

it would be good to get an idea to compare actual quotes with (i haven't had any yet!).

Thanks

D

phill99

You say removing tiles. Do you want it retiled? If it's fully tiled, that will cost more than installation of the bathroom suite.

You need to give more info.

Leif

The price depends on the area, and local demand. London will be expensive. It also depends on exactly what you want doing. Fully replastered then retiled? Suite in same place or moved around? Floor tiled? I had quotes ranging from £5K to £7.5K including mid range funiture and modest white tiles in a modest sized bathroom. But I know someone who paid just over £4K and it was a good job. In the north it'll cost about £10.

thor

If a job like that cost around 4or 5 thousand that would be enough incentive for me to go and learn how to diy it. It's not rocket science and the savings would be huge.

Leif

thor wrote: »

If a job like that cost around 4or 5 thousand that would be enough incentive for me to go and learn how to diy it. It's not rocket science and the savings would be huge.

Some tech colleges do evening classes in bathroom fitting. A colleague did his, it took 6 months, but it is immaculate, better than most trades would do. I think you really need a spare bathroom as backup.

ListysDad

Leif wrote: »

Some tech colleges do evening classes in bathroom fitting. A colleague did his, it took 6 months, but it is immaculate, better than most trades would do. I think you really need a spare bathroom as backup.

That really sums lots up does that. Six months in college and then it took six months. Even at Armenian rates that's a bloody sight more than a tradesman could/would ever charge.

To the OP. It is IMPOSSIBLE to give you a price - even a ball park. As someone who does this day in and day out, my quotes can range from £4k to over £20k for a 'bathroom'. Their size has ranged from a shower, wc and basin under the stairs (£7k) to a 5x4m bathroom at £12k so size is no reliable indicator either. BTW I'm in YORKSHIRE so £10 bathroom is most definitely not here.

On the other hand you could use Thor's bl**dy big hammer and knock it out for tuppence...

Get some people round and use your HEART to decide who to use NOT your head or wallet.

Oldsoak

Listysdad is right I also do this for a living. If you have a £1k suite fitted in exactly the same place, the walls are iether sound and flat or need plasterboarding, then the whole place tiling with nowt bigger than 600x300 ceramices for the walls and porcelain for the floor then £2.5k would be a reasonable ball park figure for labour in the North. But that is ball park!! As above I've fitted b&q cheap rubbish and it took longer to fit than Vitra or Villroy's and so it pays to get someone round to advise you. Cheaper suite may cost more to fit and more expensive may be quicker and hence cheaper in the long run
In a word ASK? Advice like quotes are usually free (just like on here).
Good luck.

Leif

ListysDad wrote: »

That really sums lots up does that. Six months in college and then it took six months. Even at Armenian rates that's a bloody sight more than a tradesman could/would ever charge.

The two statements were unconnected. My friend did not go to a college. He did his himself, but he did work as and when he had spare time, which is why it took so long. It would take a trade two weeks say, working full time, so if you have the equivalent of one day a week, that makes 10 weeks. And that ignores learning. Clearly he had less spare time, and he would have worked slower too, as he had to learn tiling and so on. As I said, he did a fantastic job.

That was the problem I had when I decorated my house. The standard is better than most trades would do, but it took up all of my spare time for months. That said, I am happy to employ a trade and pay a decent amount, if they do good work. Sadly it is hard to find good ones, and I know so many people who have had bodged work, including myself. My first bathroom refit was so bad I threw them out, and Trading Standards have agreed the work was not of a legally acceptable standard.

Leif

Incidentally, I would say that although you need to get some quotes, it is more important to employ someone you can trust, so get recommendations from friends and family. Price is not a good guide, and sites such as CheckATrade are best avoided in my experience, as there are some cowboys on those sites, and you can't sort the cowboys from the good, even using the scoring system.

ListysDad wrote: »

BTW I'm in YORKSHIRE so £10 bathroom is most definitely not here.

I was not serious. However, I am always surprised how much cheaper trades are in the North compared to down south.

ListysDad

Leif wrote: »

That was the problem I had when I decorated my house. The standard is better than most trades would do, but it took up all of my spare time for months. That said, I am happy to employ a trade and pay a decent amount, if they do good work. Sadly it is hard to find good ones,

Sorry Leif but is most definitely NOT the quality of work that is in dispute here. Most trades people are capable of superb work - fact. The 'issue' is value and more explicitly perceived value on your part. You openly state you take a long time to do work to a high standard. Trades people are no different but with a tradesman that time has to be paid for and that is where clients baulk. For some peculiar reason they think that tradespeople are capable of working at 10 times the pace of another man. Whilst experience does indeed make one speedier, the time to consider, plan and execute to a high level of detail takes time if it's to be done properly.

The fault Sir lies with our culture in that we do not value the bedrock of engineering skills upon which we all rely. Instead punters like to show off the finished article thereby demonstrating to their sad friends how aspirational they are. This leads to so called elevated social status - another false God

When this great country of ours ceases the slavish tailgating of the shallow USA, we may once again hold the engineering skills of trades people in decent regard and begin to understand that you have to pay for quality.

Rant off!