$ Tile Quote Check

Per-job quotes that price the prep, the waterproofing, and the drive. Free, no signup.

Your targets

Defaults are editable starting points, not recommended pricing.

The job

Set minutes includes cuts, layout, spacers, and grout for the area.
Waterproofing - membrane, pan, curb, corners
Demo + disposal - tear out old tile and haul it
Substrate leveling - self-leveler, grinding, patches

The leaks

Breakdown

Recommended quote
$0
PRICED RIGHT

What would you have quoted?

Your instinct price, run through the same math.

Month planner

How to use it

Tile quotes die on one flat per-sqft number. Pricing the area alone while demo, waterproofing, leveling, niches, and drive go unbilled is how showers break quotes. Start with your bar (75), profit margin percent (20), minimum job fee ($400), and monthly take-home goal ($6,000). Pick a job preset: Bath floor, Kitchen floor, Shower walls, or Tub surround, each filling area, set minutes per sq ft, pattern, and which prep toggles are on as editable starting points. The pattern select multiplies time for subway (1.15x) or herringbone and mosaic (1.5x), because cut-heavy layouts cost real minutes. The prep toggles price waterproofing hours plus materials, demo hours plus disposal, and extra minutes per sq ft for substrate leveling. The leaks card prices niches, curbs, and benches by the minute, grout, caulk, and trim time, round-trip drive and miles, vehicle cost, and helper hours. Results show the full breakdown, the recommended quote (never below the minimum, rounded up to $25), dollars per sq ft, and your effective rate. The gut check runs your instinct price through the same math; the month planner turns your goal into jobs. No signup; runs on your phone.

Worked example

Example only, not typical pricing. Bath floor preset at a $75 bar with 20 percent margin: 60 sq ft times 25 set minutes equals 1,500 set minutes, or 25 hours. Add 120 trim minutes and 40 drive minutes for 27.67 own hours at $75, which is $2,075 of labor. Vehicle is 30 miles at $0.67 equals $20.10. True cost is $2,095.10. Recommended quote is max(400, ceil(2,095.10 x 1.20 / 25) x 25) equals $2,525, or $42.08 per sq ft. Effective rate is (2,525 minus 20.10) divided by 27.67 equals $90.54 per hour, which clears the bar, so the verdict is PRICED RIGHT. A $1,500 gut quote would pay $53.49 per hour, grade WORKING TOO CHEAP, and leave $1,025 on the table. The month planner turns $429.90 of profit per job into 14 jobs and about 387 hours for a $6,000 month, more than a full-time month, so the goal needs bigger jobs or a higher bar.

FAQs

Why does the pattern select multiply the time?

Subway offsets, herringbone, and mosaic add cuts and layout minutes per sq ft. The 1.15x and 1.5x multipliers price the cut-heavy work the pattern really takes.

What does the waterproofing toggle add?

Hours of membrane work plus materials. Wet-area jobs that skip it are quoting a liability, not a shower.

Why is drive listed as a leak?

Two trips across town can beat the grout budget. Pricing drive minutes and miles stops travel from quietly eating the margin.

When does the minimum job fee decide the quote?

Small bath floors where the math lands under $400. The fee holds the quote up so tiny jobs still cover setup and the trip.

What does CLOSE, BUT LEAKING mean?

Your effective rate sits between 85 percent and 100 percent of your bar. Niches, leveling, or drive are usually the leak.