We went to a large flooring store in NJ. We liked a Duraceramic tile.
The sample on display had grout lines and a price of about $4.65 / sq.
ft for the tile and about $2.65 for installation. I had a sketch of my
kitchen and the salesperson said it would be approx. $1100 total
installed.
After the store did a pre-measurement of our kitchen, they said that
the tiles would cost $770 but the installation would be another $1200
for a total of $1900. This seemed unreasonable as the tile is simply
going over an existing linoleum floor just using thin-set. They added
extra for the glue, the grout and separate labor for grouting, in
addition to actually laying the tile.

Is this an unreasonable cost for installation? Shouldn't the
installating be less than the tile cost and include materials? If yes,
what percentage is average for a simple floor? Thanks.

On Oct 19, 5:16 pm, udaman19 wrote:
We went to a large flooring store in NJ. We liked a Duraceramic tile.
The sample on display had grout lines and a price of about $4.65 / sq.
ft for the tile and about $2.65 for installation. I had a sketch of my
kitchen and the salesperson said it would be approx. $1100 total
installed.
After the store did a pre-measurement of our kitchen, they said that
the tiles would cost $770 but the installation would be another $1200
for a total of $1900. This seemed unreasonable as the tile is simply
going over an existing linoleum floor just using thin-set. They added
extra for the glue, the grout and separate labor for grouting, in
addition to actually laying the tile.

Is this an unreasonable cost for installation? Shouldn't the
installating be less than the tile cost and include materials? If yes,
what percentage is average for a simple floor? Thanks.


Maybe I'm the only one confused here, but since when does vinyl tile
involve thin-set and grout? And when does any tile involve both thin-
set and glue? I'm also no too sure about thin-set over linoleum.

On Oct 19, 5:23 pm, wrote:
On Oct 19, 5:16 pm, udaman19 wrote:

We went to a large flooring store in NJ. We liked a Duraceramic tile.
The sample on display had grout lines and a price of about $4.65 / sq.
ft for the tile and about $2.65 for installation. I had a sketch of my
kitchen and the salesperson said it would be approx. $1100 total
installed.
After the store did a pre-measurement of our kitchen, they said that
the tiles would cost $770 but the installation would be another $1200
for a total of $1900. This seemed unreasonable as the tile is simply
going over an existing linoleum floor just using thin-set. They added
extra for the glue, the grout and separate labor for grouting, in
addition to actually laying the tile.

Is this an unreasonable cost for installation? Shouldn't the
installating be less than the tile cost and include materials? If yes,
what percentage is average for a simple floor? Thanks.

Maybe I'm the only one confused here, but since when does vinyl tile
involve thin-set and grout? And when does any tile involve both thin-
set and glue? I'm also no too sure about thin-set over linoleum.

Everybody is confused, even the HO, Get another bid or 4

Duraceramic tile is some sort of fake tile.

http://www.congoleum.com/pdf/duraceramic_install.pdf


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We went to a large flooring store in NJ. We liked a Duraceramic tile.
The sample on display had grout lines and a price of about $4.65 / sq.
ft for the tile and about $2.65 for installation. I had a sketch of my
kitchen and the salesperson said it would be approx. $1100 total
installed.
After the store did a pre-measurement of our kitchen, they said that
the tiles would cost $770 but the installation would be another $1200
for a total of $1900. This seemed unreasonable as the tile is simply
going over an existing linoleum floor just using thin-set. They added
extra for the glue, the grout and separate labor for grouting, in
addition to actually laying the tile.

Is this an unreasonable cost for installation? Shouldn't the
installating be less than the tile cost and include materials? If yes,
what percentage is average for a simple floor? Thanks.