One of those, 'does this bid sound about right' questions

15 years ago

Got the first bid for my tile work yesterday. I'm in the Mtn west area. As part of my whole house remodel, I'm getting about 510 square feet of California Gold slate laid. This is split between an entry, a laundry room, 2 small baths, and a master bath. Also includes building a custom shower enclosure of the same material or a porcelain tile look-alike. The shower has a floor to ceiling curved glass block wall about 4' wide, and another 2' wide straight glass block wall. The inside of the shower would be tiled, of course, floor to ceiling, and the ceiling tiled. An odd shaped, kind of open shower, with a sort of entry vestibule and a 4'x4' actual shower area. Also included in the bid is the kitchen backsplash labor but not material since I haven't decided on that yet, and master bath detail. In addition, a 55' long by 8" wide ledge in my sunroom would be covered in slate, as well as some detail on two sets of steps leading into it. (Sorry for the length of the post, but I'm getting there)

So, bid for all prep work, labor and materials for the whole job came in at about 20K. This is from a well respected, high end tile place, which is what I'm looking for. When I asked about shower construction detail, they said that they were old fashioned and used mud,backerboard, etc., rather than membrane systems like Kerdi.

Anyway, any of you tile guys want to give me a rough idea if this in in the ballpark moneywise. I am going to get another bid or two, but these guys have a good reputation.

Thanks

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bud_cline
15 years ago
Wait for the other bids.:)

That's not much tile for so many places for it to be installed. Sounds like a lot of small areas and a lot of cuts and minipulations.
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Avanti Tile & Stone / Stonetech
15 years ago
Truthfully, it doesn't really sound ou-of-line, considering the complexity and the scope of the work. Certainly get a couple of bids, but if they are established in your area, there is a reason why. You can easily spend that on a major B/R renovation alone. I recently did a custom Kerdi steam shower and the labour was over $10,000. Materials, including a door almost equaled that....
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twobengalsandme
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15 years ago
Thanks for the replys, guys.

Yeah, at first blush I thought it was pretty high, but the master bath accounts for about $13,900 of it. And as Bud noticed, there is a lot of cutting and detail work involved. And I forgot that in addition to the custom shower glass block walls, they are also replacing a small (maybe 3'x3') bathroom window with glass block. I'll definitely get another bid or two to compare, but glad to hear that it's not too far out of line. They said up front that they would not be the low bid, but they've been around 20+ years and came at the recommendation of my interior designer. BTW, she is just helping with design work on the whole project at an hourly rate, providing input and recommendations when I want, so I don't think she has a vested interest in recommending them. Her take is , sure, by all means get other bids, but hands down these guys will take care of you.
bill_vincent
15 years ago
I'll chip in with pretty much the same thing. There's not really enough info to say for sure, but it sounds about right.

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