I am just starting out as a tiler and have been asked to quote for re-grouting & re-sealing a shower cubicle. I am unsure as to how much I should be quoting for this kind of repair job, also not sure how long it should take. Any advice would be great. Cheers

You should manage in a day....price at £100/£120 including materials....Gaz

Nice one cheers Gaz!

Originally Posted by Gaz

You should manage in a day....price at £100/£120 including materials....Gaz

def £100/130 day work as you may have problems.reason for this is because youmay think 3hrs work but could easily take all day,hope this helps

Hope its not mosaics

I re grouted a shower about 2 months ago. Used my Feinn tool with the tungsten blade to get the grout out. Took forever - very tedeous messy job. The dust was unbelievable. If you're gonna use electric tool to get the grout out make sure you hang a damp dust sheet to cover the whole bathroom door. This will catch the dust and stop the majority of it going all over the rest of the house. Also be very careful not to damage the tiles. It is a very arduous job and will take longer than you think.

Re-grouted a ladies shower area the other day 30sqm tiles were 40=20.
I managed to have it all raked out with a multimaster and regrouted in 8 hours,wasn't difficult and I earnt £230,cost me £10 in materials.A good days work
Was very dusty though,I looked 20 years older as all my hair was grey,make sure you wear gloves cause your hands will dry out. also wear face mask and goggles.
Good tip from sibs on the damp dust sheet.

Well I learned the hard way re the dust sheet. The cleaner had been in that morning and by the time I'd finished there was a layer of dust through the whole house and they ended up having to clean it all over again. I was mortified - I thought having the bathroom door closed would be sufficient. They gave me the tip about the dust sheet and were very understanding (friends of a friend and lovely people)
They were also very pleased with the end product.

Great tip there sibs.........

some jobs are not worth the hassle,
if you can rake the grout out with one of your door keys....its easy money....
if the grout does not come out easy...like mapei ulracolour....you will need to cut it out electronically....you can chip tiles,make loads of dust and get really annoyed...£100 - £130........oooooh i dont know if i want that job!!!!!!

Well imo,any job thats giving you cash is still well worth doing,£100-£130 is still good money,maybe cos your in london and they prob charge over the odds anyway makes you feel its beneath you,point being,its part of tiling work.......gripe over.....

Don't do re-grouting jobs..........End off

ooooh ark at u, all i was saying is if you need to do that kind of work...then get there tommorrow.....but in some cases it can be hard to correct others errors.....p.s in london we dont charge over the odds....We pay over the odds...congestion charge(£8.00) , parking at £4.00 per hr (AVG.) Etc.......

and i can also assure you that there is no work beneth me.....
i have done it all....more than twice!!!!!!!

As i said in post,my opinion,dont get ya knicks in a twist..............

cmon dean, i was trying to illustrate a point.....prices are higher in london than any where else because....Londoners pay more to do the job....today cost my company £42........and all i did for this £42 pound bill was turn up and park.....
its got nothing to do with getting my knickers in a twist.....i feel sorry for the customer....admitedliy all my costs will be passed onto the customer....but i need to pay the costs first....which means i have to pay £210 this week before i ask the customer for any of my money! (wages)..........the wage gap between north and south is not just because londoners charge more.......its relative.......

Like I said Last job I earn't £220 for days work,I'd do them all day every day for that amount of money.

so would i £220 a day...great...except the £42 to park.....the cost of my van.....fuel....vat........office.....income tax, the accountant....oh and the wife............
p.s like i said before i earn a penny it costs £50.....a day....everyday......different circumstances......you and i.........i think you might get all the work eh?

Protilers I agree with you on your costs being higher in london. You've only got to look at the cost of houses to realise that. I live in Telford but come from Twickenham. When I moved up here with my old job my wages dropped by £400 a month net and I could still afford (just about) to live so there's the relative difference for you.Its a lot isn't it!

Glad I don't live down there,my cousin works away down in London every week and he has an expense account of £400 a week cause he has to go to many different sites,he easily goes through it with parking and congestion charge.

London is a different world,I always wonder how people who work at places like McDonalds on less than £7 an hour survive in London.

I have a quote to do when I can get to them for doing just this work, re grouting a bathroom, not sure of size yet obvs. Will be £150 a day + negligible materials.

£150 is fine if you think you can do it in a day but believe me if your doing it with a rake it will take a long,long time and your hand will cramp up every half an hour,lets hope its a small bathroom.

Originally Posted by IvegotsTILE

£150 is fine if you think you can do it in a day but believe me if your doing it with a rake it will take a long,long time and your hand will cramp up every half an hour,lets hope its a small bathroom.

Lol, I said £150 per day!