06-12-2025, 02:23 PM
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#6901
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What do people think is a reasonable rate for tiling labour for a bathroom? Just floor and an alcove tub surround, no backsplash, without materials costs? The pricing I am getting is making me very sad.
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06-12-2025, 02:29 PM
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#6902
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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It's going to be a lot. $10K at minimum in Calgary, it might be a bit cheaper there.
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06-12-2025, 02:39 PM
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#6903
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Seriously?? Just for labour? I could see if you were buying tile at $8-10 psf and had to do removal and clean up and everything, but just laying down tile that seems insane.
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06-12-2025, 02:44 PM
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#6904
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Seriously?? Just for labour? I could see if you were buying tile at $8-10 psf and had to do removal and clean up and everything, but just laying down tile that seems insane.
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The tilers that were at my reno prepped the floors and walls as well, since they don't trust drywallers and framers, so that added to the time.
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06-12-2025, 03:34 PM
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#6905
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
What do people think is a reasonable rate for tiling labour for a bathroom? Just floor and an alcove tub surround, no backsplash, without materials costs? The pricing I am getting is making me very sad.
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I paid the family rate to my brother in law to do a similar amount of work, and he charged me $2,500. I topped that up a bit as well since it seemed too low.
That was for a small bathroom floor and full shower surround including a niche and fiberglass shower base. I paid for materials and did the demo and framing, and he did the cement board, waterproofing and tile setting.
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06-13-2025, 10:58 AM
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#6906
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: On the cusp
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Originally Posted by Sliver
Dude, I busted my daughter for having an oil heater on in her room on Monday. I'm blasting the AC and she's blasting the heat. Like wtf.
THEN - after I thought I explained to her how ridiculous that was - she popped her window open on Tuesday with me standing right there to "let some heat in". I'm like, 'that's barely better...put on a fricken sweater'.
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As I started to read this I thought, hey I wrote this post a while ago, nope. Teenagers. 
I went to my kids room hours after she had left and the electrical heater was blasting at full. Grrr.
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06-13-2025, 11:24 AM
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#6907
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Seriously?? Just for labour? I could see if you were buying tile at $8-10 psf and had to do removal and clean up and everything, but just laying down tile that seems insane.
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I should add that that cost also included tiled baseboards, which does add a lot since they have to come up with a layout that makes the baseboards not look weird. Also it included the mud room/powder room, which was even more annoying because there's a bunch of diagonal walls they had to deal with.
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06-13-2025, 11:27 AM
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#6908
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
What do people think is a reasonable rate for tiling labour for a bathroom? Just floor and an alcove tub surround, no backsplash, without materials costs? The pricing I am getting is making me very sad.
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Depends on the details. If they're doing the waterproofing for the surround as part of that, that'll add a fair bit of expense because it generally adds another day or two work. And if you're excluding all materials from the calculation (e.g. tile, mortar, underlay, waterproofing membrane, etc.) that will be different than if you're just excluding tile costs. If consumables are built into the labour rate, then it'll be higher.
A job like that is probably going to bid on a day-rate basis. So while it's not huge in terms of hours, it's still a 4-5 day job to do the prep/underlay, tiling, and grouting. And unless the tile setter can fit in other work to fill the day, they're going to want to be paid for a full day, even if a lot of it is just waiting for things to cure.
So all that said, I'd think ~$5-6K for labour would be pretty normal assuming they're doing the surround and providing the consumables.
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06-15-2025, 11:44 PM
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#6909
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Draft Pick
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Curious if anyone here has used A1 Granite and Marble recently?
Considering them for supply and install of kitchen cabinets and quartz countertops. Quoted prices look pretty good, but I can't find much references to the quality and workmanship, particularly for the cabinets. Thanks.
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06-16-2025, 05:37 AM
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#6910
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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I took the week off to wrap up a bunch of projects at our house. So I’m anticipating at least 30 hardware store trips, and 10 unfinished projects.
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06-16-2025, 10:06 AM
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#6911
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sherwood Park, AB
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
What do people think is a reasonable rate for tiling labour for a bathroom? Just floor and an alcove tub surround, no backsplash, without materials costs? The pricing I am getting is making me very sad.
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I just got quote 7.5k from a family friend for the same thing. I just bought a plastic MAXX insert + base for 1500$ and am installing some LVT myself. Should be done for under 2000$.
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06-16-2025, 11:54 AM
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#6912
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Originally Posted by indes
I just got quote 7.5k from a family friend for the same thing. I just bought a plastic MAXX insert + base for 1500$ and am installing some LVT myself. Should be done for under 2000$.
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Being able to competently do this stuff would be so much better... I am doing my own LVP flooring and am currently painting my walls but tile is a bit beyond me unfortunately.
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06-16-2025, 01:06 PM
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#6913
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sherwood Park, AB
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I installed one of these instead of learning how to tile https://www.homedepot.ca/product/maa...E&gclsrc=aw.ds
I'm going to do the backsplash on the surround myself, something simple not sure what yet but not real tile
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06-16-2025, 02:35 PM
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#6914
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Originally Posted by indes
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Missed opportunity for them to brand it I Can't Believe it's not Tile!
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06-16-2025, 02:46 PM
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#6915
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
Missed opportunity for them to brand it I Can't Believe it's not Tile!
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"I Can't Believe it's not Buttered!" - Tiler inside joke.
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06-16-2025, 04:49 PM
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#6916
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Hah, that would have worked although it would still have left me the floor to do. I actually have all of my tile, thinset and membrane already purchased so it's going in one way or another. I just need to find the guy to do it
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06-16-2025, 05:29 PM
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My face is a bum!
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Originally Posted by indes
I just got quote 7.5k from a family friend for the same thing. I just bought a plastic MAXX insert + base for 1500$ and am installing some LVT myself. Should be done for under 2000$.
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I'm now on the other end of this. Went with plastic MAXX 10 years ago and am now going nuclear so I never have to touch it again.
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06-16-2025, 07:05 PM
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#6918
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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"I Can't Believe it's not Buttered!" - Tiler inside joke.
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The best for when it’s time to demo.
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