QUESTION

How does the cost of installing tile vary during the installation? Is there any difference in the cost per unit of installing the first 100 square feet of tile as compared to the last 100 square feet?

ANSWER

ANSWER: Other than going through a learning curve and already having established your layout, the installation production rate might be greater at some point, but it could also be diminished depending on the circumstances. Generally speaking installers establish an average cost per square foot in their quote or charges to the client that includes material costs and labor. So some portions of the work may go faster than others, plus they have to have contingencies for something unexpectedly that might go wrong. So it isn’t realistic to try to itemize the cost of the work based on which 100 square feet they install.