Im not sure if this is the right thread to post this in but im currently on a 4 week tiling course, its my 2nd week in and today we went over a lil bit about epoxy waterproof grouting, so the instructor makes up the mixture and pours it over the tiles and someone pipes in with the question 'do we charge extra for doing this', instructor replies 'yes, £25 per m2', so he carries on with grouting out the area(roughly 1m2) and it takes him 10mins, if that. So i then ask 'is that £25 per m2 just labour, or is that including materials'. Instructor replies cost is only for the labour and i point out that it only took him only 10mins and he replies 'well thats not my fault'.

Now i am an honest, hardworking young man with my whole tiling career ahead of me, so what do i know eh. I really don't wanna rip or mug anybody off especially customers that are gonna recommend me to other people that they know. The way i see it is, if i can afford to work for say £50 per day, and other tilers are charging £150 per day, then am i wrong to be charging these prices or even undercutting them?

It will be the cleaning up that takes the time with the epoxy, What you charge for any job should be based on it's merits ie difficulty, tiles and distance etc. If you want to charge £50 a day thats upto you and you would be very popular with customers, What your've got to remember is your a business not a charity and charging them prices you will never make a living

one of my first ever jobs was a mosaic kidney shaped swimming pool using epoxy grout, it was like trying to get s**t off a blanket!!
as for your tutor, "those that can do, those that can't teach!)
as for your price, mmmm I need to earn about £750 a week before I can even think about treating myself to a pint!

hello !!!'
Just want to know this epoxy waterproof grout.
Can i use this as tile joint?? (like white cement)
This epoxy grout is it waterproof???
Where can i get it?
Name of product???
Tq.... Need this product desprately..

Originally Posted by kok123

hello !!!'
Just want to know this epoxy waterproof grout.
Can i use this as tile joint?? (like white cement)
This epoxy grout is it waterproof???
Where can i get it?
Name of product???
Tq.... Need this product desprately..

Try CTD if you have one near you, they should be able to supply some for you.

Originally Posted by doug boardley

mmmm I need to earn about £750 a week before I can even think about treating myself to a pint!

Damn doug, you must have racked up a lot of debt over the years buddy, i've been taking home £275 per week for the past 3yrs, got a beautiful 200k house and go on 3 holidays a year, not 1 bit of debt though except for the mortgage of course.

So is he right about the prices is all i wanna know really, another guy on my course has already priced up some jobs and has quoted £150 per day, and the tutor asked him where he lived so im gathering where you live also depends on the amount you can charge, i really don't wanna outprice myself and not get the jobs, the £50 per day was just an example, obviously im not gonna be that cheap but i don't wanna be overpriced either.

Is there anywhere on this site where i can find out prices for a m2 of all types of tiling, i.e brick pattern, diamond, normal squares lined up blah blah blah?

Cheers for ya help guys, mucho appreciated

Hi Wannabe, most of the pricing info is in the Pros section of the site which you don't yet have access to.

Check out the thread - "Doorway to the tilers forums arms" this tells you what you need to do to get access to there.

Where's the door to the Tilers Forums Arms?

Originally Posted by grumpygrouter

Hi Wannabe, most of the pricing info is in the Pros section of the site which you don't yet have access to.

Check out the thread - "Doorway to the tilers forums arms" this tells you what you need to do to get access to there.

Where's the door to the Tilers Forums Arms?

Cheers gg, you're a star,

here's hoping to them letting me in eh, lol.

If there are any tilers in the West Sussex area in need of, or don't mind letting me assist them on site/ jobs to see how a pro tiler goes about his/her businesss then please feel free to pm me, i will be available from the 8th December up until xmas , free of charge of course, even if you just need a skivvy im sure the whole experience will help me out loads so you'll be paying me in knowledge basically.

Cheers all

Originally Posted by Wannabe Tiler

Damn doug, you must have racked up a lot of debt over the years buddy, i've been taking home £275 per week for the past 3yrs, got a beautiful 200k house and go on 3 holidays a year, not 1 bit of debt though except for the mortgage of course.

So is he right about the prices is all i wanna know really, another guy on my course has already priced up some jobs and has quoted £150 per day, and the tutor asked him where he lived so im gathering where you live also depends on the amount you can charge, i really don't wanna outprice myself and not get the jobs, the £50 per day was just an example, obviously im not gonna be that cheap but i don't wanna be overpriced either.

Is there anywhere on this site where i can find out prices for a m2 of all types of tiling, i.e brick pattern, diamond, normal squares lined up blah blah blah?

Cheers for ya help guys, mucho appreciated

yep and it was all racked up before two little boys came within a year of each other, so consequently one income down and two extra bods to feed and clothe!! wouldn't have it any other way!!!!

Originally Posted by Wannabe Tiler

Cheers gg, you're a star,

here's hoping to them letting me in eh, lol.

If there are any tilers in the West Sussex area in need of, or don't mind letting me assist them on site/ jobs to see how a pro tiler goes about his/her businesss then please feel free to pm me, i will be available from the 8th December up until xmas , free of charge of course, even if you just need a skivvy im sure the whole experience will help me out loads so you'll be paying me in knowledge basically.

Cheers all

Get that post count up a bit..then come back to Dan or me with some contact business details...then we can cut you a key..

Originally Posted by doug boardley

yep and it was all racked up before two little boys came within a year of each other, so consequently one income down and two extra bods to feed and clothe!! wouldn't have it any other way!!!!

Got 2 kiddies aswell buddy, im 28, got an 11yr old and a 14month lil girl, wouldn't change it for the world either man, just glad i got it out the way early, lol

Hey cheers for that Dave, im gonna be a post whore now

bloody hell wannabe, and I thought I started breeding young (41 when first was born!)

Originally Posted by doug boardley

bloody hell wannabe, and I thought I started breeding young (41 when first was born!)

Ha ha, you was just checkin it still worked before you stopped using it, j/k

I never wanted kids but now i got some i don't know what all the fuss was about, guess i was just scared of growing up i suppose. Love kids to bits now, before i couldn't even pick them up, they always screamed, lol.

bonny tiler tripod man's gear gets checked frequently!!

Originally Posted by doug boardley

bonny tiler tripod man's gear gets checked frequently!!

Good good, lol. Hope it stays that way for me too in the future, ill be a happy camper for sure, if not