Whats the going rate for tile installation>?

[dreamin_disney]

Dh and Iwould like to re-do our tile. We bought our house 12 years ago and the tile needs to be redone. Plus the tile dh knocked a big chunk out of is right in the entrance( moving treadmill)

His co-worker recommend some guy. Its not a big company but his own side business not sure if its under the table but its cash only. The guy does good work and is booked until after summer. His work is through word of mouth. What is a good rate to pay per foot???

We wont get the work done until we have the cash so we have a few months. I told dh I wanna sell the junk we have around the house (we made $350 from last yardsale saved toward tile)We have another yardsale planned in March.We will have our tax refund too but if its to much money Dh and I are thinking about doing it ourselves. We are weighing the options, time, amount of work vs. getting a good deal

 

[kelly1218]

Depends on your area I would think. I know around here...I've gotten quotes from $4-$10 a square foot. that is private contractors...and Home Depot/Lowe's prices.
It depends on the style of tile too...and how many cuts they estimate they will have.

 

[dreamin_disney]

Dh just said we have 500 sq ft that needs to be tilied. The guy charged his co-worker $2.50-$3.00 but said we wouldnt be gretting that great of a deal like his co-worker.

We live in Ca. They tile guy said he'll come out and give an estimate but I just want to see what we are in for .

 

[kelly1218]

hopefully you will still get a great estimate

 

[phred52]

I suggest you get a couple of estimates BEFORE this guy comes to give his estimate. Then you'll know if its a sweet deal or not right away.

 

[kelcoppens]

I saw your original thread about DIY tiling... so I guess you decided to hire someone. That is a good decision because some projects are not worth the headache and if you make mistakes, it will cost you more to fix them. My DH did some tiling work which turned out okay but you can tell it was a DIY project by an amateur which I know would stand out if we ever put the house on the market. Anyway, I agree with the others about getting a couple of estimates to compare.

 

[Mom2micayla]

We just had 650 sq feet of tile and 500 sq feet of hardwood installed in our house about 3 months ago.

We paid about $3 sq foot for the tile to be installed. It was 18" tile, diagonal lay. That did NOT include any of the prep work (removing carpet, tack strips, baseboards, scraping paint off the concrete floor, removing vinyl, moving furniture, grout, crack membrane, supply delivery fees, etc). That was the basic labor cost of the tile install. Everything else that had to be done had an addition fee attached to it. I think we paid around $300 alone just for the grout. IIRC it was $15 per piece of furniture they had to move. We chose to remove the baseboards, carpet and tack strips ourselves b/c their prices were pretty high and it is fairly easy for even the layman to do.

Anyway, I'm telling you this because you should be aware that even if your friend's friend mentioned you might get it installed for $3/sq ft you will almost surely incur quite a bit more $$ in "extras". If he's going to have to remove existing tile I'd imagine that wouldn't be cheap. That said, something as permanent as tile should definitely be installed by a professional. I've seen it done by people who don't know what they are doing and there are noticable differences in the spaces between the tiles, the floors are not level, etc. Not something you want to deal with, for sure!

Good luck! Hope the quote you get is within your budget.

 

[Piecey]

We just paid a contractor $600 to tile our kitchen, mudroom, entry to the basement and downstairs bathroom. They ripped up the old linoleum and tiled...

They told us how many square feet of tile we needed and we bought the supplies... we ended up with 17 boxes. I wish I could remember the square feet total but I can't.

They did a great job!

 

[mrspaha]

We just finished having our basement redone after a water backup last summer. Most of our basement had carpet, and after the backup, my husband wanted to have tile put in. I can't remember the amount per sq ft the estimates were to replace the tile, but it was huge -- totally out of our budget. It was very high mainly for the prep work of removing the old tile. (We had previously just carpeted over old tile). We ended up just getting new carpet again over the old chipped up tile and are hoping we don't have another water disaster.

I would definitely get at least 2 other estimates before asking your friend's referral. Make sure all the estimates include exactly the same work, and for the same material (ceeramic, vinyl, hardwood, whatever). Another option we looked at was those floating tiles. They were more expensive, but you don't have to remove the old chipped tiles.

 

[minnime]

Last year we put tile in the laundry room and it ran $6.00 sq foot. This included taking up old vinyl, moving appliances, installing water resistant underlayment (Hardy cement board), laying the tile on the diagional and putting in shoe molding afterwards. The tile and grout was extra.

We live in South Carolina if that matters.

 

[dreamin_disney]

I saw your original thread about DIY tiling... so I guess you decided to hire someone. That is a good decision because some projects are not worth the headache and if you make mistakes, it will cost you more to fix them. My DH did some tiling work which turned out okay but you can tell it was a DIY project by an amateur which I know would stand out if we ever put the house on the market. Anyway, I agree with the others about getting a couple of estimates to compare.

For some reason Dh isnt to excited to do the the tile. I think he will if the cost is way to much.

We just had 650 sq feet of tile and 500 sq feet of hardwood installed in our house about 3 months ago.

We paid about $3 sq foot for the tile to be installed. It was 18" tile, diagonal lay. That did NOT include any of the prep work (removing carpet, tack strips, baseboards, scraping paint off the concrete floor, removing vinyl, moving furniture, grout, crack membrane, supply delivery fees, etc). That was the basic labor cost of the tile install. Everything else that had to be done had an addition fee attached to it. I think we paid around $300 alone just for the grout. IIRC it was $15 per piece of furniture they had to move. We chose to remove the baseboards, carpet and tack strips ourselves b/c their prices were pretty high and it is fairly easy for even the layman to do.

Anyway, I'm telling you this because you should be aware that even if your friend's friend mentioned you might get it installed for $3/sq ft you will almost surely incur quite a bit more $$ in "extras". If he's going to have to remove existing tile I'd imagine that wouldn't be cheap. That said, something as permanent as tile should definitely be installed by a professional. I've seen it done by people who don't know what they are doing and there are noticable differences in the spaces between the tiles, the floors are not level, etc. Not something you want to deal with, for sure!

Good luck! Hope the quote you get is within your budget.

Funny thing is dh said he will rip out the old tile himself but isnt to thrilled about putting it in. Usually he will try a new project and not worry about it but like some have said it will be noticeable if there are any flaws. I think thats his hesitation.