Tile and Grout - Pricing

[Scott S.]

What do you charge on average per sq foot for tile cleaning?
what do you charge on average per sq foot to seal grout?
Do you charge extra for taping off the edges?
Do you charge extra if you have to use restorer to bring the gout lines back from the dead? per sq ft?

 

[Mikey P]

Listen to Steve.


Masking off edges is a waste of time and a ICS myth.

 

[Chris A]

Instead of set rates, charge about double your carpet cleaning price to clean, then 1-1.5x that to clear seal. That usually won't get you many problems from customers. The sq. footage usually is not that much anyway.

 

[Curtis Pennington]

clean and seal down here is as low as .65 and as high as 1.50 sg ft...still dang good money and easy.

 

[Chris A]

clean and seal down here is as low as .65 and as high as 1.50 sg ft...still dang good money and easy.

I dunno about $.65, but I do it for $1.50 all the time. I guess if it was a toooon of tile.

 

[Curtis Pennington]

.65 @ 10,000 sq ft..Ill do it all day long.

 

[Bruce Humphrey]

Shouldn't Scott (c&s) know his numbers first so he knows "about" what his break even point is ? or should he just listen to you guys pulling numbers out of thin air for him ?

 

[Chris A]

.65 @ 10,000 sq ft..Ill do it all day long.

So would I!

 

[Scott S.]

i so far have made my min charge for tile and grout cleaning (trip to clean only tile and grout) $100.00
If its done with other services then its $50.00 min charge

My break even point for cleaning is .50 per sq ft. so i have lots of room for potential profit. (and thats still me making a decent wage)

i was just looking for about what you guys charge. thats all. i dont want any of you to think that if you tell that you are going to be outbid by another mb member.

 

[floorguy]

.65 @ 10,000 sq ft..Ill do it all day long.

Shoot i do/did a 8500 sqft job at .20 clean only....

$1700 for 6 hrs work.....


can you say duhhhhh


id do it once a week and only have to work once a week.....


it aint the sqft price you need to worry about...its the per hr rate

do another 5000 sqft one at .20...takes me 3 hrs.....the $300 an hr rate works just fine for me

 

[Scott S.]

my .50 sq ft is for residential tile and grout. my price for commercial is quoted per job. sometimes its hight sometimes its low.

 

[Brian R]

.65 @ 10,000 sq ft..Ill do it all day long.

Shoot i do/did a 8500 sqft job at .20 clean only....

$1700 for 6 hrs work.....


can you say duhhhhh


id do it once a week and only have to work once a week.....


it aint the sqft price you need to worry about...its the per hr rate

do another 5000 sqft one at .20...takes me 3 hrs.....the $300 an hr rate works just fine for me

It aint' about hourly it's about what you bring home at the end of the day...and really you could say year...but you get the idea.

 

[floorguy]

true story...

I was just illustrating for T&G pricing...

but like i said...if i could do a $1700 job once a week, i would only need to work once a week...(based on what the cost to do said job is)

 

[Brian R]

I hear ya,
Goes back to the "Do one big job instead of 2 smaller ones" issue.
I feel the same way.