Do you enjoy tiling.?,

[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:

 

[charlie1]

Only 3 corners.. :lol:

Yes dave, 3 corners!! lol

 

[charlie1]

Only 3 corners.. :lol:

your thinking too far ahead dave, your 4th corner is on the next tile!

 

[judge]

Been going for 15 months now and still finding it hard to meet my own time schedules on most jobs,saying that it can be very satisfying and ive not had a bad comment on any of my work .In fact ive picked up lots of very good contacts and my local topps hands out my cards first to theyre customers.:hurray: all ive done for the the last 17 months is lived,breathed and slept tiling .I have gained mases of knowledge off you guys and used it in practice and the results are in the proof of my work.....

 

[Alan M]

as a part time tiler 9do it on jobs im doing) i like tiling . it is satisfing to stand back at the end of a day and see a big transfemation in a bathroom. most trades cant take an empty room adn turn it into a finished room in a day or two(or more).
i tiled a bathroom for a neighbour of mine (good friend ) and am delighted when ever anyone comes to her house and sees the bathroom. great to see their faces when they see it. things like that make you feel great about your ability.
i like insulating attics(or reather like the end result more than the job) , its great to turn a frezing cold house into a hot one in a dya or 2. i nearly killed one woman. she couldnt work out how to use the heating controls adn he was gone off. i put 400mm on top of the 50 that was there and she couldnt turn down the heating . she was roased. but they were deligted that all the heat was kept in(or shocked at how much was getting out) . its great to hear that they (or others ) recomended you because of things like that

 

[kilty55]

i love the job aspect but the customer and business side of things i find stressful

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

i still love my work after all these years ,OK the knee is a bit stiff,but i still get a great sense of achievement when i look back at the end of each day and see how i have done , i understand and agree with phil's sentiments 100%, and it worries me that a place like London can be so over -run with foreign workers that it makes me feel like i'am the foreigner working there, it also worries me that we have not protected our Trade enough ,like plumbers/ electricians with expensive certificated systems to stop the coursers /and DIY/book/self-taught/jobbers , maybe we should think and act before it's to late !!, anyone can arrive on a customers doorstep and say hello i'am the tiler, and it should take more than that, or its open to anyone who fancies a change of job/or redundant /or unemployed,anyone NOW THIS CANT BE RIGHT !!! CAN IT ??? THINK ON Bro's :hurray:

 

[Pebbs]

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.

Phil tells it like it is, and in a world of 'wannabees' and my dog is bigger than your dog mentality, people need to be reminded, the majority of 'tilers' are margarine, but some are best butter.

Toast anyone?

Pebbs

 

[afright]

The best bit about tiling is getting paid!

 

[Bubblecraft]

The best bit about tiling is getting paid!

Here! Here!

 

[Protilers]

I love tiling......I really do!..........
but there is no better feeling than finding an outstanding invoice paid into your account!

Lee

 

[Dave H]

Still get great satisfaction at the end result! After 30 years Knees and back are starting to disagree, specially with ever bigger/heavier tiles. As trades I work with say, we are the glory boys, as clients always appreciate finished job!

 

[swanman]

Hate tiling

When i first started it was ok

 

[ifindoubtgrout]

what a great question, something i ask myself on the way to work, the answer, think of the money,

 

[Protilers]

my next job is 1200x1200 tiles..........4.8 porcelthin..........personally.....I cant wait!.......

this is a job for my ramondi ZOE!

hhehehehehhee

 

[Houston]

Still love the trade but my back,elbows,knees and ankles might disagree

 

[jonnyc]

Still get great satisfaction at the end result! After 30 years Knees and back are starting to disagree, specially with ever bigger/heavier tiles. As trades I work with say, we are the glory boys, as clients always appreciate finished job!

dave, i know you dont like anything over a kilo in weight nowasdays!!!,
but you your quality has always been as good as it gets.
remember those carefree easy days being recommended by fired earth out of guildford ,
we could name our own price and the fixing miles of terracotta and slate was a doddle.
i hear richard who ran guilford is still on the tools after giving up sales and also that alan berks who i knew from when his wife was only one of the three employees in fired earth in their infancy has a tiling business in oxfordshire.
seems these sales people think there is more money in doing the tiling than selling the tiles!

 

[Dave H]

Johnny, those were the days! not so good these days, but like you standards mean everything. I had heard Richard had gone into wood flooring, but that was a while ago.

 

[jonnyc]

yes i hear he was doing both tiling and wood.
do you remember who the others two were on the guilford fired earth list.
i think it was steve dee but i never met him and maybe victor falsetto. i have come across victors brother a couple of times but not him

 

[Dave H]

Yes, Steve Dee and Vic Falcetta, both still tiling, steve not so much, I think Vic works for Napoli tiles in Bisley.