The Project Size

The size of the project matters a great deal to determine a price per square metre, as with most purchasable things in life, the more you buy the less each item becomes. The cost of manufacture and shipping become less per item with more volume.



As such, there is often an incentive to place larger orders with suppliers to receive a discount which can then be passed onto the client in the form of a slightly lower meterage cost.



Larger areas can be tackled more productively because there’s less likely to be time within the working day that will be wasted. For example with a small floor, once you have applied your microcement layer, you then have to wait for the product to harden before it can be sanded or more product applied.



Some products may take hours or even overnight before further work can progress, that’s not great when you’ve finished by 11am. And there is a high chance that the contractor will not have another project close by to fill in the spare time with.



Winter time is notorious for slowing down drying and hardening times, as are cold environments and those with little to no airflow across the floor.



On a more positive note, a larger project especially one with multiple rooms may offer a range of opportunities to be more efficient and productive. There is always scope to work into different rooms or areas. And when appropriate move back into areas which have already hardened enough to add extra coats of microcement.



All projects are going to need microcement materials, and whilst one of the great benefits of micro overlays is that they can be weighed and measured out to reduce wastage, there is often more waste on smaller projects, especially if there are unusual colours or finishes required. Because this can prevent the product from being easily used on another surface.



Material that is not used is pure waste unless it can be repurposed onto another project, which is bad for the environment

