Costs
What tiling costs in the UK
A UK tiler charges £150 to £350 a day, with labour at £20 to £50 per m² on walls and £15 to £50 per m² on floors. Source: Checkatrade and MyJobQuote cost guides. Below are the figures behind every guide, then whole-job prices for each kind of tiling and what moves them.
The figures behind every guide
| What | UK range | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Tiler's day rate | £150 to £350 a day | Checkatrade tiling cost guide; MyJobQuote floor, bathroom and wall tiling cost guides |
| Wall tiling labour, per m² | £20 to £50 per m² | Checkatrade tiling cost guide; MyJobQuote bathroom tiling labour (bathroom tiling cost guide) |
| Floor tiling labour, per m² | £15 to £50 per m² | MyJobQuote floor tiling cost guide; Checkatrade tiling cost guide |
| Removing old tiles, per m² | £13 per m² | Checkatrade cost to remove a ceramic tile floor |
| Regrouting, per m² | £15 per m² | Checkatrade regrouting cost guide |
| Tanking a shower area | £100 to £250 | MyJobQuote floor tiling cost guide |
| Tiling a bathroom, walls and floor | £800 to £2,050 | Checkatrade tiling cost guide; MyJobQuote bathroom tiling cost guide |
| Tiling a kitchen splashback | £120 to £600 | MyJobQuote wall tiling cost guide |
| London, extra per day | £50 to £100 a day | MyJobQuote floor and wall tiling cost guides |
Day rates and per m² rates are labour only, with tiles, adhesive, grout and trims on top. Whole-job prices may include tiles, as each source says, and London runs higher.
Bathroom tiling cost
Tiling a bathroom's walls and floor costs £800 to £1,200 in Checkatrade's tiling cost guide (updated June 2026) and £900 to £2,050 with ceramic tiles supplied in MyJobQuote's bathroom guide (September 2026), so expect £800 to £2,050 for a typical room.
Kitchen tiling cost
A tiled kitchen splashback of 2 to 3 m² costs £120 to £210 with budget tiles, £180 to £330 mid-range and £300 to £600 or more with luxury tiles, supplied and fixed, in MyJobQuote's wall tiling guide (September 2026).
Floor tiling cost
Laying floor tiles costs £15 to £25 per m² in labour on MyJobQuote's floor tiling guide (July 2026), while Checkatrade's tiling cost guide (June 2026) puts tiling labour at about £50 per m².
Wall tiling cost
Tiling a wall costs £20 to £40 per m² in labour on MyJobQuote's bathroom tiling guide (September 2026), and Checkatrade's tiling cost guide (June 2026) gives about £50 per m² as an average for tiling labour.
Wet room tiling cost
Waterproofing a wet area before tiling costs £100 to £250, depending on its size, in MyJobQuote's floor tiling cost guide (July 2026).
Regrouting cost
Regrouting costs about £15 per m² on average, materials and labour, in Checkatrade's regrouting cost guide (2026).
Tile removal cost
Taking up a ceramic tile floor costs about £13 per m² on average in Checkatrade's 2026 guide, so about £208 for a 16 m² room, and preparing the floor for new tiles adds about £6 per m².
Natural stone tiling cost
Natural stone wall tiles cost £110 to £150 or more per m² supplied and fixed in MyJobQuote's wall tiling guide (September 2026).
Large format tiling cost
Tilers charge about £250 a day on average for large format work in Checkatrade's large format tile guide (August 2026), with labour at the higher end of about £50 per m².
Underfloor heating and tiling cost
Electric underfloor heating costs £60 to £85 per m² in a renovation and £50 to £75 in a new build, in Checkatrade's underfloor heating cost guide (June 2026).
Outdoor tiling cost
A porcelain patio costs about £60 to £120 per m² with materials and labour in MyJobQuote's patio cost guide (September 2026).