advice wanted regarding a new career after tiling

[oldgit]

For restoration you have the perfect background. You will need to decide on how deep you would want to get into it. You have those that just generally clean and repolish floors. This is a good starting point which a two day training course and a small investment in machinery around about £1500 which is easy recoverable within 2 jobs. What you will find with it though is that you are limited to what you can do, when people get to this stage they tend to look into Grinding and honing floors but your investment jumps to a starting point of around £10,000. This again will require you to carry out some training again but the learning process of it is never ending as every floor is different in the way you re-finish them what diamonds you use etc. But both are very rewarding and that does not just mean finacially.

sounds really interesting i will have a look further into this and see whats involved.

local tile shops would be my suggestion, somebody with fixing experience will be respected more than a salesman imo.

i agree doug anyone with experience will be more respected by the customers, the pitfall i see is there wouldnt be much room to better yourself within a small tile centre and a large tile centres i dont think could care less what you know as long as you do as your told, im not so sure some managers would really want someone under them that as forgot more than they know as there would always be that threat feeling, i could be wrong though.
im certainly not ruling it out but just not so sure im cut out for it at 50.

In my quiet periods in UK I registered with 2 agencies, Montrose and Workmates and I was given work as a finishing foreman amongst other things, snagging and de-snagging, don't know if that's your sort of thing but apparently people like us have an eye for the job (probably angencies jabber but it was good for a while) Maybe forget the agencies and drop your C.V to as many big companies as you can. Sorry to hear you have to hang up the tools.

thanks fliselege,
certainly worth considering but the whole house building industry is rubbish at the minute and many are laying off rather than taking on.


ive got some time to think things over and i will have a chat with some tile centres that i use and see what they think, they may even have some leads via the adhesive firms.
i will find it hard though as ive always since the age of 18 been my own boss or at least been in charge of my own destiny.

OG........

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

How about opening a fish and chip shop/sandwich shop , there is always money in food .

 

[Fliselege]

You had to mention fish and chips you nasty man. I miss fish and chips. Got the hump now. Roll on July

 

[peckers]

What ever you decide to do in career change, I wish you all the best and I hope that your leg makes a good recovery after all the operation's that you have had to go threw!

 

[Andy Allen]

wish you luck mate, i might be in the same boat soon as my knees are shot to pieces...


someone once told me, theres three things that will garantee you a living..

feed people

entertain people

and bury people

so im going to open a chip shop, with a disco in it, and a undertakers next door...

 

[oldgit]

thanks for all the replies i will report back when i have some news.
maybe even flog you some tiles :yikes:

OG

 

[swanman]

Good Luck

What ever you decide to do