Rough estimate for kitchen tiles

lookstraightahead

Hello
we have a tiled wall behind our cooker and work surface.this is approx 20 tiles long and 5 tiles wide, so about 100 tiles, there are two 'pillars' to work across.
how much roughly would it be to remove and replace these with new tiles (will buy own tiles).

mi-key

It very much depends on the fitters rates, but to do that work should be less than a days work, but expect to pay a full days rate as it would probably go into the afternoon if they start at 9am.

Time would also depend if you are replacing with 100 small tiles, or if you want to go for the bigger 600mm sort of width most places sell as they are quicker to fit. 

In my area I would expect to pay £200 - £250 

lookstraightahead

mi-key said:

It very much depends on the fitters rates, but to do that work should be less than a days work, but expect to pay a full days rate as it would probably go into the afternoon if they start at 9am.

Time would also depend if you are replacing with 100 small tiles, or if you want to go for the bigger 600mm sort of width most places sell as they are quicker to fit. 

In my area I would expect to pay £200 - £250 

Thank you - just wondering whether it was worth doing it ourselves with absolutely no skills in that area whatsoever 😂

GDB2222

Whoever does it, removing the old tiles will make a lot of mess. I’m not a fan of tiling on top of the old tiles, but there is much less mess that way.

Silvertabby

lookstraightahead said:

mi-key said:

It very much depends on the fitters rates, but to do that work should be less than a days work, but expect to pay a full days rate as it would probably go into the afternoon if they start at 9am.

Time would also depend if you are replacing with 100 small tiles, or if you want to go for the bigger 600mm sort of width most places sell as they are quicker to fit. 

In my area I would expect to pay £200 - £250 

Thank you - just wondering whether it was worth doing it ourselves with absolutely no skills in that area whatsoever 😂

I'm a fairly competent diy'er - but my tiling experience is limited to just a small splashback for the downstairs loo handbasin.

Never again!  Mr S hadn't heard such bad language since before we both retired from the RAF.

mi-key

lookstraightahead said:

mi-key said:

It very much depends on the fitters rates, but to do that work should be less than a days work, but expect to pay a full days rate as it would probably go into the afternoon if they start at 9am.

Time would also depend if you are replacing with 100 small tiles, or if you want to go for the bigger 600mm sort of width most places sell as they are quicker to fit. 

In my area I would expect to pay £200 - £250 

Thank you - just wondering whether it was worth doing it ourselves with absolutely no skills in that area whatsoever 😂

Tiling isn't that hard if you are reasonably handy.

If you do decide to have a go I would definitely buy an electric tile saw, they are so much easier and more accurate than trying to hand cut tiles.

benson1980

I would say tiling is one of the most straighforward DIY jobs. The main thing is getting your first few tiles correct and making sure you minimise chances of really awkward cuts, or slithers at the end. Normally I mark the centre point, and either start off by putting two tiles either side with the grout line in between on the centre point, or have the middle of the first tile at this point. Whichever works best in terms of cut at either end.

Loads of different ways to do it, but with a bit of patience it certainly isn't hard. Just sticking squares on a surface at the end of the day. Nothing that technical. Tile spacers are essential (unless doing mosaics).

plumb1_2

Hardest thing about tiling over worktops is cutting around electrical backplates, and of course you have to loosen them first, then refix when adeshive has gone off 

housebuyer143

Be careful your tiling doesn't end up looking like this DIY job I found in my new house 😂🤦‍♀️

lookstraightahead

housebuyer143 said:

Be careful your tiling doesn't end up looking like this DIY job I found in my new house 😂🤦‍♀️

Yes this would probably be my effort 😂

plumb1_2

That’s bad, they should have removed the outlet and drilled a 20mm hole around the pipe/ threaded outlet.
looks like the grout has been put on with a catapult too.