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rossy · 04-09-2007

hi all, how long roughly does it take to do 15 sq meters of bathroom lots of cuts customer wants time scale doing one at moment a bit smaller my first bathroom job and this is taking a lot longer than i thought also 300x200mm tiles any tips for underside of the top of windows will adhesive hold them easy enough using bal grip.. thanks any advise would be great... cheers rossy..

**Dave** · 04-09-2007

for a newcomer to tile i would say about 3/4 days including grouting....bal grip will be fine........for the more experienced guys probs 1 day to tile and next morn to grout.......dave......

p.s...speed comes with experiance.......

**ChaseTiling** · 05-09-2007

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Originally Posted by rossy

hi all, how long roughly does it take to do 15 sq meters of bathroom lots of cuts customer wants time scale doing one at moment a bit smaller my first bathroom job and this is taking a lot longer than i thought also 300x200mm tiles any tips for underside of the top of windows will adhesive hold them easy enough using bal grip.. thanks any advise would be great... cheers rossy..

Dont forget, only spread adhesive what you can cover in tiles in 30 minutes. For the underside of reveal, reduce that time, particularly if you have the window open as the adhesive will dry a lot quicker, thus losing the adhesion against the tile.

Good luck.

Chase Tiling Academy

**grumpygrouter** · 05-09-2007

Hi Rossy, must agree with Dave regarding time, my first full bathroom took around 4 days to the end of grouting, though mine did include 2.5m2 of floor. My second 1 was slightly bigger but I did do it a bit quicker, even though I had a few problems with sh!te tiles.

Grumpy

penno · 05-09-2007

Exacly the same, first bathroom was 4 days and that was finishing late on the night of the 4th day to finish it.

**grumpygrouter** · 05-09-2007

At the moment, Rossy, as I am still learning and getting up to speed, I tell the customer that I will allow a week for the work even though it should be finished sooner. I explain this to them and they always seem fine. Oh! BTW, as previously pointed out in other posts, and on th BAL Grip bag, showers should not be used for 2 weeks after grouting!!!!

Grumpy

penno · 05-09-2007

Just out of curiousity how much would you charge a customer for a 15sqm bathroom?

**grumpygrouter** · 05-09-2007

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Originally Posted by penno

Just out of curiousity how much would you charge a customer for a 15sqm bathroom?

The smaller one of the two mentioned above was £500 plus some minor materials, the second one was £587.50 with minor materials, Bal Grip and fastflex had been supplied by builder. This included 2 floors of course.

Grumpy

rossy · 05-09-2007

thanks for comments everyone will tell customer 4 days then if finished sooner bonus for me and customer....

**Dave** · 05-09-2007

good luck rossy mate...post us some pics in tile gallery when done.............dave..