a bit of my work to date...

[Mr Tiler]

thanks guys, im no longer in the mindset I was before... yes quality should always come first but when your on site that is not the case at all and that's honesty for you. thanks jonnyc I really feel that from my starting point to where I am now is unreal and maybe that's why I havnt had a pay rise yet cuz all I talk about at work Is how lucky I was to land this job loool.

 

[jonnyc]

How did you get the job and what is the scope of works

 

[Mr Tiler]

I work for a company now mate for the past 6 months, not even a tiler yet lol. cant touch a floor hardly anyway. I have no clue as I don't ask. I just am told where to go and what time to be there and from there I get on with my job. and for the first time I am in long term employment with the promise of work for years to come. ive no idea how they get there sites mate I can only assume it is because they have been doing it for so long and im not interested as long as the work keeps coming my way lol

 

[Andy Allen]

Great way to learn the trade on site. Its how I started msny years ago. .

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I agree it's the right way to learn the trade, but it's still no excuse for not doing it correctly!
Accept this now and our trade will always be recognised as a DIY job!

 

[Mr Tiler]

mate I quoted a job last night 16 m2 and its costing them a lot of money, they wouldn't of accepted my quote if it was a d.i.y trade site is site and that's just how it is I cant change the world

 

[Time's Ran Out]

mate I quoted a job last night 16 m2 and its costing them a lot of money, they wouldn't of accepted my quote if it was a d.i.y trade site is site and that's just how it is I cant change the world

Yet you say your not a tiler but you are quoting for private work for lots of money!
Just because the firm you are working for allows you to undertake sub standard work it is not acceptable for you to assume that all site work is done to these parameters. As others have said, a site foreman worth his salt wouldn't accept these practices and it's for this reason that our trade is not recognised by qualifications.

 

[Mr Tiler]

hell yess I am quoting for jobs and getting paid for it

 

[Mr Tiler]

are you just a frustrated man john? I have been tiling for this company for the past 6 months if I wasn't able to tile I wouldn't be tiling for them they are not cowboys. yes I am ready to quote as many jobs as I can fit in as money is an issue atm and im workin my backside off to sort everything out. whats wrong with that? if everybody was like you than nothing would ever get done. you are here making a big deal out of nothing go and sit in the garden with a beer or something mate chill out

 

[Time's Ran Out]

The only frustration I have son is chancers like you who think enthuisiasm is enough to hoodwink others into thinking you are something you are not.
I stopped reading all your sob stories and posts months ago, but made the mistake of seeing if there had been any improvement in this thread. It's just the same and despite trying to give you some advice you just don't see the bigger picture.
If you feel the need to reply to any of my comments try to keep them civil or as in this case post me a PM so I can fully answer your uncalled for remarks.

 

[Qwerty]

If you feel the need to reply to any of my comments try to keep them civil or as in this case post me a PM so I can fully answer your uncalled for remarks.

Sounds fair enough

 

[High Peak Tiling]

Well done matey, listened well & good has come of it

 

[Rossymcg]

it really is how it is mate, if you were to see what the other trades do to cover there bad work you would be shocked but again it just is what it is if you have a deadline it must be kept to that deadline so nobody on site messes about... just crack on and get it done that's the attitude. but if I work on any private stuff it will be to the best of my capabilities as a tiler

I don't agree with that's how it is and nor do any of the site managers and Clark of the works I work with think "that's how it is"
you're going to be in for a bit of a shock when a construction director or contracts manager comes out and tells your gaffa "what clown has thrown this in, I want it ripped out" and I've seen that happen many many times,

 

[Mr Tiler]

i know your right, many other members know your right, but ive met many agents and none of them have moaned so what does that say? im not slagging anyone off and i know its not the way it should be done myself but i dont dictate whats right and whats wrong.... but put it this way, you lot bang on about 6mm ply, its used a lot on site and that really is how it is.

 

[Rossymcg]

i know your right, many other members know your right, but ive met many agents and none of them have moaned so what does that say? im not slagging anyone off and i know its not the way it should be done myself but i dont dictate whats right and whats wrong.... but put it this way, you lot bang on about 6mm ply, its used a lot on site and that really is how it is.

it says that at the minute the new housing game is busy and there's work for everyone, but if you were around 8 years ago, the ones that had your attitude were the ones looking for jobs in asda stacking shelves,
you may well use 1/4" ply but if it fails and the QS pulls out the spec and you've used 1/4" when 3/4" is spec'd guess who's going to be ripping it all up and re doing it for nothing?
the tiling contractor gets paid to do the job correctly, it always comes back to bite you doing it wrong,
that I know because of w****rs working for me have cost me contracts and money