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Roodepoort tilers typically charge R180 – R320 per m² labour for floors and R220 – R380 per m² for walls, with a minimum call-out of about R350 – R650. Large-format tiles run R300 – R600 per m² and levelling an uneven floor R120 – R250 per m². Tiles are always quoted separately, from R150 – R900+ per m² for ceramic and porcelain.

Homes on the West Rand ridges often sit on a mix of rock and fill, so one part of the slab is rock-solid while another settles over the years, and the tiles crack along the boundary. Hail-season downpours washing into the fill make it worse. A tiler can relay with flexible adhesive and movement joints, but repeat cracks along one line need an engineer's view.

Older Roodepoort floors were often laid to whatever level the screed happened to be, so new tiles need a self-levelling compound or a fresh screed of 20 – 40mm to come out flat. On the day, a clip-and-wedge levelling system keeps neighbouring edges flush. Ask the tiler to check the floor with a two-metre straightedge before quoting.

Yes, and they suit the generous rooms of older houses, but tiles over 600mm demand a genuinely flat floor, back-buttering and a levelling system, or lippage and hollow corners follow. Rectified edges with 2mm joints look sleek but forgive nothing. Budget for floor preparation and a tiler with a wet bridge saw rather than an angle grinder.