My contractor charged me $450 for cement for laying out 600 sq ft tile on the floor. He told me he used 27 bags. This is in addition to grout. Cost seems very high. How many bags is typically needed?Thanks a lot
I have installed many tile floors. The tiles are set in motar and the grout is used to file in between the tiles. I don't even know what he means by cement. Was it used as a leveler? Is this a mud set job? What ever it is it sounds like a lot of bags. A contractor should tell you up front what the cost of the work is going to be. If something comes up during the work that cost extra money then they should discuss it with you prior to proceeding. If his final bill is what he told you it would be, then just pay him. If all the cement is extra then he has a lot of explaining to do.
sounds fishy to me...portland cement is only 10.00 a bag...
Even if your floor is only 600 sq. ft but if its uneven then chances are he really consumed that much of cement bags. If your contract states, installation only then you will have to pay the contractor for the additional materials he used which was needed to complete the job.
Sam e mail me back thru my avatar and we ll get to the bottom of this. Somethings wrong. I have questions for you. You say cement, is that cement for a mud bed? Or do you mean cement ( thin set) to glue the tile down with? Some things not right either way.. Once I know what was what I can give you very close estimates on what you need. Edit/add on If its thin set to glue tile down and you did it with no waste ( throwing a bit away at the end of the day) you ll use 8 1/2 50# bags.. Lets just round it to 10 - 50# bags to make it even.. I m going to go high on a price of 15$ a 50# bag of a white latex modified thin set.. Thats $150 when I went to school.. Now where he came up with 450$ is beyond me. Thats why I d like to know if its the thinset your saying or regular cement for a mud floor. Then he d have to add sand onto this because a proper mud job is 2ns sand and Type 1 Portland cement .. E mail me Sam GL
