Tiling quotes?

[monkey12]

Ive asked a local firm to quote me a price for tiling roughly 10 square metres of floor(Bathroom and Kitchen). I am supplying all the natural slate tiles, preping the area, toilet and sink, and see no great hurdles as far as difficult angles. The price i have been given is �500! Iss this over priced? Should i just do it my self and hire a cutter?

[cheyenne]

Sounds like there taking the pith.Do it yourself or search around for a better quote.

[Kos]

I paid �600 a year ago for 24 square metres and 10 square metres of wall tiling including all of the preparation and parts (excluding tiles)

[BillyNoMates]

Sounds exhorbitent to me. Don't know what size the slates are but about �1.50 at max. That sort of area is not going to involve too much work. �150 max in my opinion.

It's not difficult to DIY it - not the easieast things to cut but I have done it rather haphazzardly with an angle gringer - wearing goggles, gloves & mask of course. Buy a few spare slates and it's easy.

[richfo]

As an average for prepared surfaces tilers charge between �20.00 - �25.00 per metre. However some jobs can be much more time consuming than others. I have just been quoted �550 labour for 28 sq metres.

[skyscraper]

a word of advise, if you have no experience of tiling, and are attempting your first job using slate forget it, leave it to a pro, you say your tiling ten mtrs of floor in two differrent rooms that = a lot of cutting work, cutting slate is a slow messy process not like cutting ceramics, you'll proberbly end up with a very large headache and a less than pro finish, if you finish!, 500 is not a bad price for slate to be laid in two confined area's, go and get more quotes id be suprised if you got a much better price from a skilled tiler

[protile]

i am a pro tiler and you have been quoted well over the top.
10 sm of slate �30 sm max �300 to lay plus materials your looking at �390 to �400 max