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tysfoot

Phoned that bloke up and told him that he is gonna have to lay the plywood down then ill tile, i let him f**k up instead of me.

As from now if any preping with walls, ie tiles need coming off or if floors need to have plywood down im gonna tell the customer to get it done themselfs. ive had enough of multitrading when im no good at it.

Ill stick to the tiling
 
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tiler burden

hi tysfoot

public liabilty is required if you are to run a business now mate. you can trade for 3 months before you have to inform the inland revenue. i pay 120 pound for 2 million pounds worth of cover with zurich insurance and that covers plastering, tiling and general building work....

its tax deductable and its a fraction of the cost of what might happen in a disaster or worse still some shister customer pretending to fall over your tools and claim for injuries etc etc.

look for a reputable company to insure you and check the small print. sometimes cheap isn always good if you know what i mean???

ed

ps your story cheered me up there mate.....i used to know a plumber and we christened him , 'THE GROCER' because he had more leaks (leeks) than a fruit and veg shop...to make things worse his surname was carpenter. you'd have thought god was trying to tell him something lol
 
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i used to know a plumber and we christened him , 'THE GROCER' because he had more leaks (leeks) than a fruit and veg shop...to make things worse his surname was carpenter. you'd have thought god was trying to tell him something lol

Pi$$er That.
 
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Fekin

lol.

Plying flooring isn't all that hard, and you can make money by doing it.
Telling a customer to get it done before you do any work could end up costing you in lost jobs to other tilers etc if the customer dosent want to try and do it themselves.
As for removing tiles, there will be a lot of people who won't want to do that either, and may end up phoning round more tilers to get someone who'll remove them too.
I don't know of any tiler that won't remove them, easy money, and if your worried about damaging anything with falling tiles, invest in a new bed quilt and use your old one to cover baths, toilets, sinks and floors., then theres no chance of damaging anything and you won't lose out on jobs either.
 

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