cost of tiling?

sniggings

Anyone give me an about cost for the tools needed to tile a kitchen and bathroom floor? I have no tools at all, apart from a hammer and a couple of screwdrivers, so apart from the cost of the tiles what am I looking at paying? cheers.

john.h

sniggings wrote: »

Anyone give me an about cost for the tools needed to tile a kitchen and bathroom floor? I have no tools at all, apart from a hammer and a couple of screwdrivers, so apart from the cost of the tiles what am I looking at paying? cheers.

To be totally honest, if you dont know what tools you need you should not be attempting to do it..

John...

sniggings

john.h wrote: »

To be totally honest, if you dont know what tools you need you should not be attempting to do it..

John...

nah I'll give it a go, it's better than having carpet down or crappy lino.

john.h

okay i would say, a level, tape measure, tile cutter(cheap one £10) electric tile cutter (cheap one £35) adhesive spreader (couple of quid) grout float, sponge, buckets, tile spacers. thats off the top of my head quickly...

John.....

sniggings

john.h wrote: »

okay i would say, a level, tape measure, tile cutter(cheap one £10) electric tile cutter (cheap one £35) adhesive spreader (couple of quid) grout float, sponge, buckets, tile spacers. thats off the top of my head quickly...

John.....

cheers, so not much then, you do have me worried now though Youtube makes it look so easy it's not that hard is it?

scottishblondie

sniggings wrote: »

nah I'll give it a go, it's better than having carpet down or crappy lino.

I wouldn't say that...

The previous owner of my flat did a DIY tile job on the kitchen and bathroom floors and it was awful. I'm not saying you can't do it, but it is hard to get it right if you haven't done any tiling before.

sniggings

scottishblondie wrote: »

I wouldn't say that...

The previous owner of my flat did a DIY tile job on the kitchen and bathroom floors and it was awful. I'm not saying you can't do it, but it is hard to get it right if you haven't done any tiling before.

If I do a job I make sure to do my research.

my thinking is, I could pay for someone to do it or I can buy the stuff myself, which will cost maybe the same but I then have the tools and get the experience too.

BertieUK

sniggings I have always been up for a challenge over the years and would never except that I can't do it, well almost because you have to ask yourself the question 'do I expect perfection' because only experience will give you perfection, there is no substitute.

So get in there and give it a go, if you don't suceed the first time, rarely this happens, then start again.

There are limits though, I do not go where angels fear to tread, in the interest of safety, otherwise get in there and have a go.

Kind regards
Bob

skivenov

It's like any other trade, you've either got it or you haven't.

A good long straight edge or spirit level is well worth having. It'll tell you how well you're doing.

Planning's really important. Get a good feel for any bits of your floor that aren't level and work out if you need to level them or can get away with going over them. Likewise, don't assume a corner that looks square is square, or a wall that looks straight is straight.

Plan out where you're going to have to cut a tile (half a tile at one side of the room, cutting out for a pipe, or doorframes), and figure out how to use the simplest shape cuts you can.

Start on an easy bit that doesn't show.

sniggings

BertieUK wrote: »

sniggings I have always been up for a challenge over the years and would never except that I can't do it, well almost because you have to ask yourself the question 'do I expect perfection' because only experience will give you perfection, there is no substitute.

So get in there and give it a go, if you don't suceed the first time, rarely this happens, then start again.

There are limits though, I do not go where angels fear to tread, in the interest of safety, otherwise get in there and have a go.

Kind regards
Bob

thanks, I will do, quite looking forward to it really, I had to read my OP as going from the replies I thought I wrote fitting a gas boiler rather than laying a few tiles :rotfl:

ey_up

sniggings wrote: »

If I do a job I make sure to do my research.

my thinking is, I could pay for someone to do it or I can buy the stuff myself, which will cost maybe the same but I then have the tools and get the experience too.

Amen. Do your research and take it slow, measure everything, space appropriately and check the levels. I had my first go at tiling at the weekend. It looks alright. Just probably took a lot longer than someone with experience. Good start for the next bigger tiling project.

There seams to be far too much of this "if you're asking the question maybe you shouldnt do it". If you dont ask the question and dont have a go how are you ever going to learn. Everyone has to start somewhere.

Anyway, I picked up grout spreader, float, spacers, sponge very cheaply from toolstation.

Mark up the tile spacing on a good length of inch by two and use it to plan to tile pattern. Makes life easier