Strip-out, levelling and tanking

Most tiling failures are preparation failures. Old tiles left down over a hollow bed, a screed two centimetres out across a room, a shower tiled straight onto plaster — the new tiles inherit every one of them. So the card carries the preparation as its own lines: strip-out per square metre, tanking per square metre, and levelling quoted after the floor has been measured with a straight edge.

Strip-out in a Maltese flat often brings the render with it, and making good is priced when we see what came off.

What this covers

• Removal of existing floor and wall tiles, bagged and disposed of
• Making good of walls and floors where the render comes away
• Self-levelling compound and screed repairs
• Liquid tanking membranes with corner, junction and pipe tapes
• Priming of dusty or absorbent substrates

What it costs

Strip-out and tanking are turnkeymalta.com's published adders per square metre. Levelling has no published Maltese figure because it depends entirely on how far out the floor is; it is quoted after the site visit.

A band, not a quote: the low end is a straightforward job with clear access, the high end is the same job with the complications a site visit finds. Materials are included where the line says so.

How it works

You deal with us, not with the trade. We measure, we quote a fixed price per square metre, we bring in a tiler from the CheckYourTraders-verified network, and we stand behind the work. One point of contact, one contract, one invoice.

Questions people ask

Can I strip the old tiles myself to save money?

You can, and some people do. What you cannot easily judge is whether the substrate underneath is sound, which is what we look at before pricing.

Related

• Floor tilingCeramic to slab, laid flat on a levelled screed — priced per square metre by tile grade.
• Bathrooms, wet rooms & splashbacksFloor to ceiling, as Malta does it — tanked first, tiled second, sealed last.
• Repairs & regroutingCracked or hollow tiles replaced, grout raked out and renewed, silicone redone.

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