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Tiling costs soaring?

  • 01-07-2022 1:30pm
    #1
    PricklyPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭


    Doing some searches on boards I see that a reasonable cost for tiling would be €20-€25 per square yd? I got a few quotes for 8.5 sq yds of kitchen tiles and 2.5 sq yds of splashback.

    The quotes are ranging from between €600 and €750 for labour only. That would put the price per sq. yd at between €55 and €68. Is that a bit mental or am I missing something?

    Everyone seems to be booked up until September too, so I'm guessing that they can just charge whatever they want with the demand so high at the moment.



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  • #2
    purplefields
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 272 ✭✭purplefields


    People are probably panicking when they see the prices keep going up and up. However, it will certainly crash - as it always does. Construction is usually the first to be hit when a recession happens.



  • #3
    PricklyPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭PricklyPete


    Got another quote today. €1800 labour. I make that about €165 per sq. yd. I wonder was it Leonardo Da Vinci they were sending to do the job. Bunch of chancers.



  • #4
    Gusser09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,039 ✭✭✭Gusser09


    These lads know that some people are impatient enough to pay that kind of money. Even with prices hitting the roof I'd have thought a decent tiler could be got for €40 per sqy. Obviously not. Hold off as best you can. The more ordinary people say to hell with that I'll wait the quicker the normal rates will return.



  • #5
    cute geoge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,109 ✭✭✭cute geoge


    I guess for a small joblike above ,they probably would make 2 handy days of it so probably 500 would be as good as could be expected



  • #6
    famagusta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 606 ✭✭✭famagusta


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119294010#Comment_119294010

    Exactly, because the job is small the rate has to go up or else its not worth their while. 600 aint too bad.



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  • #7
    MikeCairo78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 132 ✭✭MikeCairo78


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058252637/tiling-costs-soaring

    Having just gone through this - €50 a square metre is what tilers are getting on site - of course size of job, ease of the job and whether you are paying cash will influence where you end up. We ended up paying €30 a square metre but it was a mate of a family member. Brilliant job as well.



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