Tile Guys... need some help!

[Alphacowboy]

Ok, I just finished this HUGE tile job, and need some help. I gave an original bid on this, but figured it for straight, no frill tile... it ended up FAR FROM THAT! He knows its going to be a good amount more, but I need to know how to bill for this stuff. I have never done somthing this detailed before. If you dont want to post what you charge in the open, PM me. Basicly, I need to know what to charge per square foot or how much per running foot for what you see below...

 

[Alphacowboy]

more pics...

 

[Alphacowboy]

and more...

 

[Alphacowboy]

and yet again, more...

 

[Alphacowboy]

and... MORE!

 

[Alphacowboy]

PLEASE... help a brother out! I really need to know how to bill this!



Thanks in advance!

 

[nps]

Looks like good work. I'd charge them an arm and a leg. :-laf



Any of the pieces already bonded on matt, or did you do it all piecework?

 

[Alphacowboy]

Looks like good work. I'd charge them an arm and a leg. :-laf



Any of the pieces already bonded on matt, or did you do it all piecework?

3x3's in the bathroom, 5/8" marble and the brown 2x4 glass were the only stuff matted. Rest of it was all by hand. Man there was ALOT of 45* miters in that bathroom!

 

[JoshPeters]

Dang! If I ever win the lottery I know who's doing all my tile work!



Beautiful work!

Josh

 

[Alphacowboy]

thanks guys... I still havent got a business name... any ideas? I am about to go crazy over figuring out a name. I can be super creative in figuring out tile designs, but coming up with a catchy name that isnt already taken sucks!

 

[JoshPeters]

Amaizing Tile

Tile the planet

Slippery Tile

Kitchens Bedrooms and Bathroom tile

All Square Tile

Crazy Tile Designs by Matt





I donno... just some off the wall ideas...

 

[Jumbo Jet]

Floor tile installation is going for $4 sq. foot in NW Arkansas. That other stuff you did has to be worth considerable more that $4/sq. ft.

 

[Alphacowboy]

Floor tile installation is going for $4 sq. foot in NW Arkansas. That other stuff you did has to be worth considerable more that $4/sq. ft.

see thats what I need to figure out, what the difference is, here its ~7-8 bucks a square for your basic crap (unless you have the cheepo installers at Home DeCrapo do it for you at pennys on the dollar )

 

[WDixon27]

i called in mom who does that stuff for a living and she said the stuff over the stove goes for around $7 a running foot and rest like the subway tile in the bathrooms goes $5 a foot and the cigar banding goes a extra $6. 50 a foot



she got back with me and said she forgot to say $1. 50 more a foot if it's on a wall

 

[Alphacowboy]

alrighty... . figured out the final billing... LABOR ONLY By the way... ~18k bucks! To bad i will only make half of that as that was the agreement on this Job, that I would do it for half price as it is a showroom. Wow, I could have gone out and bought myself a pretty nice new Dodge CTD with that as a Down payment on a 06 if I was getting all of that! :--) oh well, hopefully it pays off and I get alot of work out of it!

 

[JoshPeters]

With the way that looks, there is NO doubt in my mind that you'll be doing well by the end of summer!



Josh

 

[Alphacowboy]

With the way that looks, there is NO doubt in my mind that you'll be doing well by the end of summer!



Josh

I sure hope so!

 

[Alphacowboy]

hey guys, how about



True Craftsman



what ya think?

 

[JoshPeters]

Very nice! I like it!



Josh

 

[Elite1]

How about:

Tile Pro's

Pro Tile

Elite Tile

Concepts in Tile

Tile Concepts

Northern Tile Works

Totally Tile (dude!)

Custom Tile & Associates