average earnings .thanks for the responces so far

[giubs]

Hi all,
thanks for the responce so far .Just posted that last night and got loads of feed back and hellos so thanks for that .
Don valley tiling, made me laugh what you said about swaping it bat of an eyelid. my mate who is a joiner said exactly the same. Everyone in the bank wishes they'd done a trade. Grass is greener I suppose. definatly not going to go head first into it , going to do what you said and start at the weekends with minimal advertising and see how i get on after the novelty has worn off. biuld up slow.
what kind of income do you bring in on an annual basis once you are up and running? It says on the training sites earn £30k p/a or there abouts .
Are any of you guys making that kind of money.
I'm going to do the course as wont be a waste even if i decide against it .
Love the forum . I've had a real good look through some of the threads . theres some greart advice on here for someone like me.
P.s. bank job £25k .
i'll mabye start a poll banker or tiler.
Chris

 

[enduro]

The salary of a tiler can be different in different parts of the country, it will take several years to earn £30,000 if possible. More like £18,000 to £20,000 i think you will find. I only do it part time and that suits me fine.

 

[Raja]

hello again mate glad i made you giggle agree with enduro around 16k to 18k once you established i always have a minimum £300 a week anything more is a bonus never aim high my self

 

[Bling Tiling]

Hi ya, i am still in my first year trading and £300-£400 seems to be an average at the moment but depends on the job really...if its a nice big floor, then £7- 800 is not unreasonable! Shame those jobs don't come up all the time!:joker:

 

[Fred]

average of 400 a week, been upto 750 a week, that was nice.

 

[grumpygrouter]

Make sure guys that you don't confuse "earnings" with what is actually left to go in your pocket after expenses, overheads and potential taxation. It can be best to relate earnings to an "after tax" figure, not what you actually get paid from your customers at the end of the week.

Grumpy

 

[tiler burden]

its really difficult to answer a question as broad as that.

i know plasterers and tilers who regularly bring in anything from min 150 a day to 250 but they dont just turn up and do a few meters and say, there you go thats my day rate..they get set up efficiently and get stuck in. day rates are really inaccurate, productivity is the way forward...i actually know a couple of tilers who charge 20 pound a meter for floor tiling and do 25-30 meters a day so do the maths there and some even earning more than that....

if you want the standard country variation of so called day rates then 80-100 the bottom end and 150-200 the top end...on saying that, i know people in london who work for 100 a day so pick the sweetcorn out of that???

what you have to remember is, the building game is full of bull sh***ers, if you say 150 a day, they say 200 etc etc..theres a saying, 'what you do tells me more about you than what you say'!!

ed

 

[Raja]

Make sure guys that you don't confuse "earnings" with what is actually left to go in your pocket after expenses, overheads and potential taxation. It can be best to relate earnings to an "after tax" figure, not what you actually get paid from your customers at the end of the week.

Grumpy

thank you grumpy good point. mine was after all over heads being paid off

 

[brian c]

it all depends where you are and what you charge?If you are willing to work weekends then you can earn more than a grand a week easily.TWO bathrooms a week and you wont be far away.

 

[tiler burden]

the trick is to avoid bathrooms. theres too much too slow you down..

floor tiling and lots of meters!

 

[Holohana]

£500 net is a good week and £1000 net is a great week. Nice when you get them.

Just landed 44m2 of floor and will make just under £1k after mats and also make a few quid on the tiles. Ive also landed some commercial units. 10 days work for around £2k after materials.

Good job ive got them as ive lost a few juicy jobs so far this year so it all evens itself out and brings your weekly rate down overall.

 

[tiler tom]

If I was guarenteed 25k a year or 500 per week to come home clean without an aching back, sore knees and cut fingers then I wouldn't speculate about the hard work drumming up business in order to try and acheive 30k or 600 per week that may or may not be a reality. Asking if it acheivable do you know a tiler with a merc. Stick to the day job and do the course if you want to tile your on suite.

 

[Daz]

I used to sell software solutions and have done so for the last 20 years. My last job paid £45k basic + 5% commission against a turnover of £1.2mil + £25k car, pension, health and expenses. I hated the job but was caught up with the salary and all the trappings.

I did a 4 week course at PTS Harlow, quit my job, re-geared my lifestyle and now work full time as a tiler. With little marketing effort I am consistently earning a net £500 per week doing a job that I really enjoy. I get to choose who I work for and what hours I wish to work. I don't have some pompous little dick checking how much time I've spent on the phone or my internet usage against how much profit I've made. I don't have to spend my evenings making up a weekly business forecast and then my days justifying why one customer or another hasn't placed an order when they said they would. I'm am well pleased that I switched career, even if it does mean that I keep falling asleep on the sofa now!

As an added bonus, I've lost my "corporate gut", so am now looking quite trim and fit.

As you get older you realise that money isn't everything and job satisfaction plays a big part.

I agree that large floors are the way forward, especially when natural stone.

It would be nice if I could feel things with my finger tips but that's a small price to pay :lol: .

 

[IvegotsTILE]

Just bare in mind that alot of people have recently been on this site asking if they should throw in the towel because their not earning enough money to pay the bills.
I can gaurantee that for every 2 people that come out of their course and are succesful there is another 8 that can't make it work,its all up to the individual and the amount of competition in their area.
Good luck in whatever you decide

 

[Kobbie]

Hello Chris and welcome