Tiling quote help please!

2 years ago

Hi All,

We are getting the back wall above the countertop below tiled:

We are putting these tiles: https://www.claybrookstudio.co.uk/zeze-orchid-mosaic.html

It is 2.5 metres squared in total. The quote to do the tiling is £460, including the adhesive (but not the grout or tiles).

Considering the tiles come on a mesh, I am really surprised by this quote? If I look up online, I find an absolute max of £100 per m2 for tiling complex patterns... These are small tiles, but no pattern and as I said they are on a mesh so already largely placed. Anyone else have some experience of similar tiling?

Thanks, Katherine

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Jen
2 years ago
Some tilers are reluctant to work with mosiac tiles, partly because the mesh sometimes dissolves slightly in the adhesive, and spacing becomes a real pain if that happens. And there’s much more grouting to do. But, as always, best to get several quotes.

Love your kitchen, by the way. Who has supplied it?
Sonia
2 years ago
Grouting mosaic mesh tiles is fiddly but it is done with a trowel so not quite as fiddly as you would imagine. Did you get any other quotes? That night be an option.
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twamleyk
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2 years ago
Thanks both! I guess we’ll get a couple of more quotes (says the overworked parent of two small kids, gah)!

Jen, thanks for your kind words. The kitchen is from Plykea. I’ll post a ‘before and after’ if we ever reach the ‘after’!

K

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