Do you enjoy tiling.?,

[Turkish tiler]

I think, tiling is kind of trade person never able to be good if do it just for money.
I like tiling and job satisfaction thinkin when I finish project it will be there many years to come :8:

 

[Brian the Tile]

cant say as i enjoy tiling anymore after 40 years seen a lot of changes and not all for the best,to me now its jst a job now and not a very busy job ,but before any daft comments yes i do take pride in my work just wish there was more of it about and everybody kept to there own jobs

 

[enduro]

Its ok.

 

[DHTiling]

This thread was about honest replies... so reply as you see fit i say,

 

[nybor62]

if i did,nt luv it i would,nt doit

 

[Bubblecraft]

I prefer all the prep work than the actual tiling but seeing the customers face when complete makes it all worth while. Must be doing something right lol

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

I still enjoy tiling, and still like a challenge. But I feel sad, angry, and insulted by the dilution of the skills involved in being a real tiler. Tiling is and always will be a trade. The master craftsmen I served my time with were very proud men, proud of their skills, many of them 2nd/3rd generation tilers.

I can't help wondering what these real craftsmen would make of the pretend tilers I stand with at trade counters day after day. I listen to the tosh they come out with and think yeah you can talk the talk, but you will never walk the walk.

These people would not last two minutes on a real tiling job, they have been told they are tilers by people who are not tilers. The 4 week courses are a sad reflection of the world we live in. But they will never replace a time served tiler.

I hope I don't offend anyone with my ranting, But I think I am a tiler, a real tiler it is all I have done from the age of 15.

So yes I still enjoy my job.

 

[suave]

yeah i know, they dont want to pay for the paper to be stripped and its a job on finish so i dont have the time to strip it off, just typical glasgow council jobs, as i said i dont like it but it pays the bills

hey glasgow sounds as if it might a been you who tiled the flat iam in absolutley shockin job on top of paper,easy getting them off tho haha

 

[Dougs Third Go]

I probably don't enjoy it as much as I used to tbh, it seems it's a constant battle with customers to be given the go ahead to do the job justice in the right way. When it all comes together as it should though it's the most rewarding job in the world.

 

[rma1]

what a reply by Phil Hobson. My sentiments exactly.

 

[Peter]

Love it on some jobs, and on others I think there's bound to be easier ways to make money. But done tiling since I left school so it's all I know.

Happiest tiling when doing something technical that requires plenty of thought, complex cuts, and high end work.

 

[Spud]

I enjoy fixing tiles ,the business side of it is very stressful

 

[glasgow_tiler]

hey glasgow sounds as if it might a been you who tiled the flat iam in absolutley shockin job on top of paper,easy getting them off tho haha

haha i can assure you i leave the tiling looking as best as i possible can givin the circumstances, its just sad that we arnt giving the proper amount of time to do it all properly, but beggers cant be chosers these days.

 

[charlie1]

as long as the prep is done right then yes.... just pressing the tile in to position and all 3 corners meet = good. relifting tiles, bedding them out, adhesive oozing up through the joints and its still nowhere near flat = bad

 

[DHTiling]

as long as the prep is done right then yes.... just pressing the tile in to position and all 3 corners meet = good. relifting tiles, bedding them out, adhesive oozing up through the joints and its still nowhere near flat = bad

Only 3 corners.. :lol: