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dhsanta65 · 08-04-2008

Hi all , just wondering what is the average time scale for tiling a full average sized bathroom walls & floor. I am new to the tiling game & have only tiled 4 bathrooms so far which have taken roughly 4 - 5 full days to do.
I am currently only doing this on a part time bases but hope to be full time by the end of the year ( waiting on redundancy from current job ).
My worry is that I am to slow all be it that I do a good job, what do you guys think ?

Turkish · 08-04-2008

Hi mate, i tile part time now and then and i would say 4 - 5 days sounds about what i would do. Depends alot i guess on the substrates and what you have to tile round. If you`re doing a good job which i`m sure you are then that`s all that matters at the end of the day, speed i`m sure will come with practice as someone with more experience will confirm

Turkish

**Sir Ramic** · 08-04-2008

Hard to say without knowing what tiles and M2 etc.
Speed comes with experience. As long as you and the client are happy then you are onto a winner.

hillhead · 08-04-2008

I aint the quickest tiler about but i have tiled loads of bathrooms now and an average one takes me around 2-3 days doing it really well.

**Dave** · 08-04-2008

As mentioned many times on the forums mate...quality over speed all the time, you will get quicker at certain aspects of tiling which will speed you up as a tiler but turning out a good job out weighs not doing a good job..........

JIMBOB187 · 08-04-2008

In my first month of full time tiling I barely covered my household bills due to lack of speed, in my fourth month now and my income has slightly increased and I am booked up for the next two months. If I had rushed the jobs in the first few months to try and earn more money I would not be booked up now so quality over speed for longevity of the business and the strength of your reputation.

Captain Slow · 08-04-2008

I fully agree with Jimbob. I was not earning a great deal when I first started, but took the time to ensure that I did a great job and now have a nice full diary - even earned a grand for a weeks work last week!

I've been fortunate that I have had a steady flow of work since I started, and my speed has improved just by virtue of tiling every day. You will be surprised how quickly you get fast!

Just remember, it takes years to build a good reputation, and minutes to ruin it!

dhsanta65 · 09-04-2008

Thanks guys for the advice, will do as you advise and build my reputation on good workmanship and hope the speed builds up in time.

cheers Ian

**Fekin** · 09-04-2008

Depends on sqm and wall condition and what have you, but generally for walls and floor 3 to 4 days, as I said depending on alot of factors.

Telmay · 09-04-2008

Stick with the qualioty route and speed and more wedge will come along - and all your customers will of course reccomend you for a quality job, plenty out there who go the speedy shoody route.