fast tiling

[AliGage]

I am happy to say I am on the slower side.
I set my prices, I get the business, my customers pay, I take home a healthy wage, my customers are happy and recommend me, I get more business. My customers are not paying for my inexperience, they are paying for my attention to detail and finesse.
I'm fortunate to live and work in one of the most laid back and affluent areas in the country.
I'm faster than I used to be but I'm sure as hell not going to speed up intentionally, my customers may think I will be cutting corners!!! :lol: :smilewinkgrin:

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[Qwerty]

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:lol: Still on tapatalk eh Ali

 

[AliGage]

Yup.

Still no like button :'(

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[Diggy]

So is that 35m² grouted?

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[charlie1]

I used to put everything in to my tiling, obsessing about .25/.5 mm here and there... My "A" game if you wish. I don't think the public obsess about these things half as much as I do so I now do an average bathroom in around 2 days or slightly less (big deal). For one, all my walls are pretty plumb so no double marking. I also get my walls pretty flat so 6 mm trowel which means you can tile a wall in around an hour. The bathrooms are by no means jotm entries but customers are very happy. Then you get some rectified porcelain on brick bond, that's when you need to up your game again.

The point of my story is, the quick guys are Not IMO giving it all (don't take that in a bad way), I simply mean they have a good system and their B or even C game is pretty good so their tiling confidently on auto pilot with no need for double checking here and there like some of us do.

 

[Ian]

I also used to make sure all my visible cuts were perfect to the mm, now I've trained myself out of wasting time getting them all perfect when they're going to be covered by Silicon anyway. Some things are unnecessary, what's the point in doing an amazing cut if it's going to be covered up? I used to do it just to show off and prove that I could do it, daft really.

 

[Sean Kelly]

I also used to make sure all my visible cuts were perfect to the mm, now I've trained myself out of wasting time getting them all perfect when they're going to be covered by Silicon anyway. Some things are unnecessary, what's the point in doing an amazing cut if it's going to be covered up? I used to do it just to show off and prove that I could do it, daft really.

I'm still doing it Bri, Wasting diamond drill bits for nice neat holes around pipes that will be hidden by a vanity unit. With me some days are slow and some days are slower! However, I like to give myself a target and I won't go home until that target has been met. I also have targets for going to the toilet. I have to finish a line of tiles then I can reward myself with a pee.

 

[Ian]

Lol, you know how to treat yourself mate 🙂

 

[Qwerty]

[MENTION=5493]Sean Kelly[/MENTION] .....:lol:

 

[Sean Kelly]

Very funny Geoff. Does Dave at Tradetiler sell these!