English bond & cut tiles.

[Sean Kelly]

I've just this second got off the phone. A customer has bought 33x10 ceramic tiles that he want put on his kitchen walls.
No problem I thought to myself, but then he said he wants 'English Bond'. He wants me to cut some of the tiles in half and he will stand behind me and sand the edges. He will also paint the edges before I stick them to the wall.

I'm going to see him tonight and see if I can talk him out of such a stupid idea. I've already told him the reasons for not doing that way.

He also added that he is willing to do his own grouting!

How do I price this one!!!:lol:

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Unless you need the work I wouldn't get involved.

 

[White Room]

I'd be off personally, had enough of funny tricks recently...I'll help you with this to keep the price down:fuk2:

 

[Mr Tiler]

get the money first, and tell him no guarantees lol

 

[Rookery]

Put all the pitfalls in writing in your quote so there's no doubt if it goes wonky. Perhaps double your day rate too so if you do get it, you're not going to lose out. If you're not short of work you may want to swerve this one.

 

[John Benton]

Definite swerve on this one. I can remember when I cut my arm open and had to go to hospital. I just asked the nurse if she could clean it up and I would do the stitches myself as I'd managed to turn a pair of trousers up 13 years ago, can't be that difficult using a needle and thread :sofahide:

 

[Spud]

It's a splash back for goodness sake go and do it it's a couple of hours work for a days money

 

[Fliselege]

The worst bit is he wants to stand behind you "helping" I can't stand having a customer hovering around me while working. Tell him to take the tiles to a tile shop, pay for them to be cut with a water cutter, paint the edges then get him to call you when they're ready, then he can scarper and you can get on with your work.

 

[Sean Kelly]

Panic over. My powers of persuasion has made him see sense. Brickbond it is..................but he still wants to book me in on his day off so he can help.

The tiles were from Homebase and ceramic. I would say they would cut like a Jacobs cream cracker.........They also had a very slight bevelled edge to them.

He also wanted black grout on cream tiles, but again I persuaded him to go for ivory.