Cost of floor tiling

[Neil]

Hi all

I'm in the position of having two utility room/shower room floors tiled in slate by a tiler who is providing his labour in lieu of paying off a debt to me. How much would you expect to be paying for labour only on a job totalling 21.5 square metres. Solid floor is level, and prepped ready to go. There are going to be about 10% tiles that will have angled or curved cuts due to the design of the rooms. I will be buying all materials myself. Greater Manchester. Tiler has suggested he would normally charge 20.00 a metre. I've seen his work and its excellent.

TIA

Neil

[Andy Hall]

This is in the right range.

Working with slate floor tiles is hard work, especially if they are large format.

In order to cover yourself, I would suggest that you ask him to specify what the adhesives, grouts and sealants should be. I would expect the use of Ardex or BAL products for adhesive and grout and Lithofin for sealers.

Other than that, if you are happy with the arrangement and that a good job will be done, then it should be a good arrangement.

You might want to have him agree something in writing in terms of what he will do, as though he is doing it on normal payment terms.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Sounds fair to me.