Boss threw me in the deepend today !!!

[Paul C]

Evening guys,

I'll keep it short and sweet, the boss today went out to deal with some ''business' and told me that I was to crack on with the tiling unaided on our current job. I've cut and fixed before but always with the boss keeping a close eye on things.

Bit of background about me............. I've only been tiling 2 months having changed careers from a desk job. I'm now working for a friend who is a fitter for Porcelanosa as his monkey boy :lol:

Anyway, he said he wasn't fussed if it took me all day to do one wall just as long as the quality was right, as if it wasn't, they WOULD be coming off, addy set or not and they were also special order tiles with a long lead time............... so no pressure :lol:

Without the boss overseeing my every move, 3 hours later one wall was indeed complete and upon his return he was very pleased with the result and nothing had to be tweaked or removed

Tiles were 1000mm format ''Aluminio Satin's'' (I think).

Nothing to scream from the rooftops about but I'm pleased with the steady progression to be hanging 1m large formats unaided 8 weeks into my tiling career.

Few pics below;


Setup ready to go

Stock of tiles

Battened off

End result

 

[Dan]

Well done mate!

And thanks for posting pictures! You'll be after a pay rise next

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

great stuff, clarkep we love the pic's,feel v-proud of yourselfe matey!!

 

[doug boardley]

well done mate I've fixed exactly the same tiles before, what colour are you grouting them? I used grey and they looked very "urban"

 

[david campbell]

good stuff mate!
it all helps with the confidence look forwrd to the next lot of pics

 

[SandyFloor]

By the looks of the pics you can't get the much flatter than that.

 

[Ken Bruty]

Cracking start mate, keep that up and you'll be in demand in no time

 

[DHTiling]

Well done and thanks for the pics.. maybe a few more of it complete would be nice..

 

[hillhead]

Well done and lovely tiles.

 

[CCTiling]

Very well done mate! I certainly wouldn't want to be tackling 1000mm tiles only 8 weeks into starting but sometimes it's good to be put in the deep end and it shows your boss as alot of faith in you coz those tiles won't be cheap! Keep up the good work and good luck wth your new career