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is this a reasonable cost to tile some things?
| Paralegal Mohammad | 09/02/25 |
| Paralegal Mohammad | 09/02/25 |
| Bob Rooney | 09/02/25 |
| Paralegal Mohammad | 09/02/25 |
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Date: September 2nd, 2025 11:02 PM Author: Paralegal Mohammad (Death, death to the IDF!) 3 bathrooms: one large master, one small 5x8 with a shower, and one medium sized bathroom with a tub; and one laundry room
Flooring and shower walls, mostly. Niches. Master has tile wainscotting that wraps around the room. A few small spaces for a backsplash.
$25,700. This is just for labor, no materials except rough materials and grout.
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Date: September 2nd, 2025 11:03 PM Author: Paralegal Mohammad (Death, death to the IDF!) I've used these guys before and they are 1800000, we get compliments on their work all the time. They aren't just slapping shit on the wall.
I'm thinking of countering at 24k.
Only other quote was 23,800 but that included demolition (~3k value) and hotmop. So more like 20k. |
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Date: September 2nd, 2025 11:10 PM Author: Bob Rooney tell your wife to stfu and ignore it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5769197&forum_id=2Ã#49232420) |
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Date: September 2nd, 2025 11:15 PM Author: Paralegal Mohammad (Death, death to the IDF!) CR. in her defense these are original 50 yo bathrooms, could really use a refresh. she is fine to do only the small 5x8 and laundry which are downstairs, but considering that all of the legwork for these falls 100% on me (she is not design inclined at all) i'd rather get it over with, and of course there are some savings with consolidation. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5769197&forum_id=2Ã#49232433) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2025 1:49 AM Author: Drunkard Vintage bathrooms are all the rage. There is a place out there that specializes in restoring them. Pasadena Architectural Salvage I think should be able to connect you to a tile restoration guy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5769197&forum_id=2Ã#49232618) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2025 2:08 AM Author: No pants Mance Sounds high but tile sucks balls. Especially in old restorations. I'd get 3 quotes minimum. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5769197&forum_id=2Ã#49232643) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2025 2:31 AM Author: Josh_Allen We’re in CA, too, and just redid our master bath. That sounds a little high tbh but I’m not shocked by it. Where you and we live, you’re lucky to get someone to even do such a “small” job when 10% of the houses in our neighborhoods are having major work done at any point in time.
Think about whether you want to do anything else as long as you’ll have strangers in your house for a month. Get a fancy new toilet from Costco, etc.
If you or your wife speak a non-English language and you’re comfortable having those people do your work, you can probably pay like half of this estimate.
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Date: September 3rd, 2025 2:35 AM Author: lunch thoughts describe the new tiles (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5769197&forum_id=2Ã#49232683) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2025 4:06 AM Author: Diamond Dallas Trump No, $100ish / square foot LABOR ONLY is not a reasonable cost to tile a bathroom lmao. And lmao that you're thinkinf of "countering" at $24k you dumb pajeet goy. This is one of those quotes where they overbid by 2-3x because they don't want the work or think you are an easy mark.
Around here that would be $5k-10k. Low end if you know what you are doing and hardball your labor and are comfortable being your own quality control. High end to just hire a GC and not worry about it.
If I were getting quotes in the mid 20's, I would probably do it all myself. And depending on a number of factors, I might even consider tiling over the existing tile. |
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Date: September 3rd, 2025 4:18 AM Author: Josh_Allen This is expensive coastal CA full of rich but helpless immigrants and we get jobbed for every single thing. It’s incredibly upsetting particularly for those of us who grew up elsewhere and know that it’s not right. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5769197&forum_id=2Ã#49232763) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2025 4:24 AM Author: Terry Bollea Did Nothing Wrong (TDNW) sure but also lol @ OP degrading himself by “countering” to save $1k (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5769197&forum_id=2Ã#49232767) |