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[tunnie]

So I got my Damp test meter (thanks aaronjb!) - Been testing various sections and sadly it does look like the tiles are leaking, they were put up by the previous owners around 5 years go.

So it looks like they need to come off and be re-done, there is a plumbing shop local to me, so I asked for a recommendation for a plumber. Someone came around today, for a quote, quite staggered by what he said! 

Now its a small bathroom, just room enough for a tub, bog & basin. The main side wall which is tilled is maybe around 8 m2, the floor is also tiled (which he said he could just re-tile over  )

I asked for a price just to do the work, I would supply boxes of tiles. Just wanted the old ones removed, old plaster stripped off. Allowed to dry, re-plaster & re-tile. No problem he said, £3,000 should do it 

I'm sorry how much? I'm supplying everything, and you want £3k 

Fek me I could buy a whole new bathroom for that!

Hummm, will keep looking around for quotes I think!

[The Red Baron]

So I got my Damn test meter (thanks aaronjb!) - Been testing various sections and sadly it does look like the tiles are leaking, they were put up by the previous owners around 5 years go.

So it looks like they need to come off and be re-done, there is a plumbing shop local to me, so I asked for a recommendation for a plumber. Someone came around today, for a quote, quite staggered by what he said! 

Now its a small bathroom, just room enough for a tub, bog & basin. The main side wall which is tilled is maybe around 8 m2, the floor is also tiled (which he said he could just re-tile over  )

I asked for a price just to do the work, I would supply boxes of tiles. Just wanted the old ones removed, old plaster stripped off. Allowed to dry, re-plaster & re-tile. No problem he said, £3,000 should do it 

I'm sorry how much? I'm supplying everything, and you want £3k 

Fek me I could buy a whole new bathroom for that!

Hummm, will keep looking around for quotes I think!

large steps in opposite direction me thinks. extortionate. 

[Elite Pete]

I'll do it for £1500 if your supplying all the materials ........................... oh and food and drink

[The Red Baron]

I'll do it for £1500 if your supplying all the materials ........................... oh and food and booze

fixed that pete. 

[tunnie]

    

Might take you up on that! 

Now I could strip the tiles off myself, but that did not make much difference to my quote!

[RobG]

Around £13 per sq. mtr. going rate for labour only, tile & grout

[aaronjb]

My parents had a quote for fitting a new toilet recently - labour only, they already had the toilet (fairly standard design, close coupled unit)..

The cheapest quote was £300 for 3 hours work. £100 an hour!

Dad and I did it in an hour ourselves..

[tunnie]

Around £13 per sq. mtr. going rate for labour only, tile & grout

That's more like it if I can find someone quoting similar!

[CaptainZok]

Have you been behind the bath to check the pipes yet?

[RobG]

Around £13 per sq. mtr. going rate for labour only, tile & grout

That's more like it if I can find someone quoting similar!

Obviously that`s onto a prepared surface

[twiglet]

This is why I do all my own household maintenance, diy and repairs! 

I put a complete new bathroom in my house 2 years ago.  It cost me £3000 for all the top end bits (whirlpool bath, concealled cistern, units, tiles, etc, etc), and took me a week to fit.  I've just sold my house and the buyers said was a better quality and finish than the similar sized bathroom they had done by Dolphin recently.  It cost them £18000!!! 

[Andy B]

.........  It cost them £18000!!! 

  Do they wipe your bum when you've finished? 

[Nickbat]

Tunnie, I used this site to get a boiler man in over the holiday. It's an excellent site as you can read reviews and set a budget for a job. Had 3 responses on Bank Holiday Monday and one was round within 30 minutes. Very reasonable rates and the job was done within 24 hours (needed to get a new gas valve).

http://www.mybuilder.com/

[twiglet]

.........  It cost them £18000!!! 

  Do they wipe your bum when you've finished? 

It gets worse than that.  There is a very wealthy fella in my village that wanted to replace a bathroom and an en-suite.  He got several quotes from these high-end 'bespoke' companies...

Highest was £63000!  He was delighted when he got someone in to do if for £30000!  He recon'd he drove a hard bargain, and got a great deal!  Apparently it's a skill he's honed because of his job in the City!! 

[tunnie]

This is why I do all my own household maintenance, diy and repairs! 

I put a complete new bathroom in my house 2 years ago.  It cost me £3000 for all the top end bits (whirlpool bath, concealled cistern, units, tiles, etc, etc), and took me a week to fit.  I've just sold my house and the buyers said was a better quality and finish than the similar sized bathroom they had done by Dolphin recently.  It cost them £18000!!! 

I have considered it, but I have zero experience, also the wall will need plastering, not best place to practice!

Tunnie, I used this site to get a boiler man in over the holiday. It's an excellent site as you can read reviews and set a budget for a job. Had 3 responses on Bank Holiday Monday and one was round within 30 minutes. Very reasonable rates and the job was done within 24 hours (needed to get a new gas valve).

http://www.mybuilder.com/

Thanks Nick, I did post an advert there, had someone come around to give a quote much more reasonable, but I'm not convinced he knew how to do it right. The advert was for removing bath and stuff where now its just tilling.