Hiya guys and girls,
Just thought i'd check in with an update.
My personal life is still very much a mess. But after two weeks in i managed to land plenty of work with the builder i've mentioned previously. Not done any tiling though, his other guy is still doing the floor. Kinda glad though, really don't want to put my name to it. I keep trying to get sneaky pictures to post in here but the site is just too busy. But apart from zero prep on the substrate as far as priming, de-coup, he's using 2mm spacing, dry cutting on his wetsaw the porcelain so all cuts are chipped to hell, round a couple of doors he's cut a tile in half after cutting the shape and placed two pieces in together leaving a clear join that stands out like a sore thumb. The list is endless! But the lastest was in the last 10sqm he had to do in the hallway. He was insistant that he would get over the 30mm hump left behind when a wall was removed. Two different areas of floor have clear difference in levels. Well after no being able to do it he broke out a huge amount leaving a big hole some 60mm+ deep. Filled it with SPF and tiled straight over the top.
Left him on site yesterday at 6pm trying to finish off. But the adhesive under those tiles must be close to 3" thick including what he's filled the big hole he made with.
The builders had me doing all the joinery work the week. Now on to hanging 19 internal doors, 1 external door, 3 sets of french doors and all the skirting and finishing joinery. It's been quite fun actually, a change from the usual.
Anyway, i'm still well up for any work or anything that's on offer. Still not able to go home yet so just been working as much as i can to provide some money for my partner and boys. Just about to head out to a small bathroom fit (1 out 1 in) and splashback tiling. Going to get that done hopefully by Sunday night because i'm back at the site Monday morning.
I have my Tapatalk if anyone needs labour or can use me in the near and distant future don't hesitate to contact me. Haven't sold the car so will be getting back on the road Monday so will have wheels again rather than borrowing motors from friends.
Take care all.
Just thought i'd check in with an update.
My personal life is still very much a mess. But after two weeks in i managed to land plenty of work with the builder i've mentioned previously. Not done any tiling though, his other guy is still doing the floor. Kinda glad though, really don't want to put my name to it. I keep trying to get sneaky pictures to post in here but the site is just too busy. But apart from zero prep on the substrate as far as priming, de-coup, he's using 2mm spacing, dry cutting on his wetsaw the porcelain so all cuts are chipped to hell, round a couple of doors he's cut a tile in half after cutting the shape and placed two pieces in together leaving a clear join that stands out like a sore thumb. The list is endless! But the lastest was in the last 10sqm he had to do in the hallway. He was insistant that he would get over the 30mm hump left behind when a wall was removed. Two different areas of floor have clear difference in levels. Well after no being able to do it he broke out a huge amount leaving a big hole some 60mm+ deep. Filled it with SPF and tiled straight over the top.
Left him on site yesterday at 6pm trying to finish off. But the adhesive under those tiles must be close to 3" thick including what he's filled the big hole he made with.
The builders had me doing all the joinery work the week. Now on to hanging 19 internal doors, 1 external door, 3 sets of french doors and all the skirting and finishing joinery. It's been quite fun actually, a change from the usual.
Anyway, i'm still well up for any work or anything that's on offer. Still not able to go home yet so just been working as much as i can to provide some money for my partner and boys. Just about to head out to a small bathroom fit (1 out 1 in) and splashback tiling. Going to get that done hopefully by Sunday night because i'm back at the site Monday morning.
I have my Tapatalk if anyone needs labour or can use me in the near and distant future don't hesitate to contact me. Haven't sold the car so will be getting back on the road Monday so will have wheels again rather than borrowing motors from friends.
Take care all.
