A year in the life of a new Tiler.

[Sean Kelly]

Sean Kelly published a new article:

I have written this thread so that it may give an insight of what you may expect your first year to be like as a new tiler:

It’s now a year since leaving my 4 week tiling course at ‘ Tradeskills4u’ (see my review in the...

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[Wow Tiling]

well done for sticking with it mate. all new or wanabe tilers should read this and get a real
insite into the real world , as i said well done mate and all the best for this year

 

[burncross]

yea well done and stick at it! :hurray:

 

[Derry]

very interesting read mate. thanks for sharing.

and as above - well done for sticking in there...

 

[davy_G]

Sean, well done for posting an honest and sobering account of a first year tiling. Its not easy but well done and keep at it.

 

[user123]

What a cracking post!!! Brilliant. :yes: and good on you for hanging in there, it'll pay off, all the signs are there. Fabulous.

 

[DHTiling]

I enjoyed reading that sean...and i am happy that tilers forums.co.uk have helped you out....on your journey...

 

[CJ]

Nothing like working for yourself........but it is tough out there.

Keep at it Sean :yes:, and :8:cheers

 

[Prem Tiler]

great read Sean. How you managed to live on £3000 I do not know I take my hat off to you!

 

[doug boardley]

onwards and upwards, well done Sean!

 

[Lucas 2]

Nice one Sean! Good read and you must have learned a lot from the guy with 25 years experience, that's priceless! I'm now in about year 3 of self-employed tiling but I would say there have been fewer jobs to quote on since last summer. It must be even harder for people starting now than it was for me. Keep fighting!:11:

 

[div]

good on sean i hope ur 2nd year is better for u an ur family...keep at it mate ...p.s try ur local council or housing associations for any sub work mate best off luck

 

[frogeye]

That's two cracking posts I've read from you today Sean. Well done!
I wish you all the best in your profession.


frogeye

 

[LM Ceramics]

im glad you told this story sean it aint easy being a new tiler ive set up last year only having a few years experience in tiling and i was set up on my own at 19 i knew instantly that would be an obsticle but ive stuck at it and last year i was near enough busy all year with a decent turnover and have now 5 weeks work ahead of me ive had my tough moments believe me sometimes you question what your doing but thats the journey through self employment

as the previous post says " NEW AND WANNABE TILERS TAKE NOTE" dont mean to sound harsh but i see alot on the new members posts where people who are going to get van and tools before they have even took a course well this is what your going to expect and i think sean is a glowing example of the hard work that should be done

all i can say well done mate keep it up

 

[Dan]

I'm sure there will be more we can do for you. Thanks for posting that, I'd love to see a load of those.

All the best for 2009.