53m floor - Tile Advice

[Flintstone]

I've got a job to look at, I've already got my foot in the door as I've done there two bathrooms previously.
It's downstairs kitchen and dining area, open plan, 53m, new concrete screed which is dry. 60x60 tiles which I haven't seen yet.
Thinking of £30 a Meter with materials. will probably get 3m out of a bag I would thing.
I've also been told the screed is very dusty and will need a lot of priming, sounds a little strange. It's pumped over wet ufh I think.

 

[Tile Shop]

pumped???? Are they sure its concrete?

If its dusty, give it a hoover to get most of the crap off. The primer will then help stabilise the surface so that shouldn't be too much of a worry. But I would be asking the customer to confirm exactly what the screed is before doing anything just in case it turns out to be Anhydrite (some customers occasionally have a tendency to get things wrong). If you can see it in writing from their receipts even better. Better safe than sorry.

 

[Flintstone]

I assume it's pumped, not seen it yet but I did say is it certain it's concrete and was told yes it's so and so, something fancy. I'll check tho in person

 

[On one]

I went see a concrete floor job the other day that was pumped.......so that it would flow to where the builder wanted it..........more like ski jump than a flat floor!

 

[macten]

I've just won a 60m2 floor - concrete in new extension with 60x60 porcs so very similar to your job.
I went in at £30 per m2 PLUS materials.

 

[Flintstone]

What have you got in for materials?
I might go in somewhere in between

 

[Unused Account 1]

Not many flat floors even when pumped in one go

 

[Flintstone]

I've been told by someone else that it's not pumped! Gonna look at it Friday

 

[J Sid]

most sand and cement screeds are pumped in, in fact it I would be more concerned if I was told it wasn't pumped in....

 

[Flintstone]

I spoke to some one else who hasn't seen it but he's half in the loop and he said it will have been 'barrowed' in! Will see won't we.

 

[Flintstone]

He normally does a decent job this builder who's doing the work

 

[J Sid]

hope they have more than one barrow... And don't stop for a lunch break half way across that floor

in my experience a floor that size barrowed in may end up with a few cracks when dry

 

[Flintstone]

Well, it has been down for 6 weeks now, so it should be dry.

 

[macten]

What have you got in for materials?
I might go in somewhere in between

Mats was £250

 

[Flintstone]

Been to see it, mostly one big room, looks good and flat, it's not pumped.
It does have ufh under it but he says it isn't turned on. What's the rules regarding turning it on?