give us a top tiling tip, please

[richie b]

dont take on a young labourer who is gonner squirt people in the face with a mcdonalds water pistol at the traffic lights, when ya name and number is on the side of the van, like i did

 

[The D]

dont take on a young labourer who is gonner squirt people in the face with a mcdonalds water pistol at the traffic lights, when ya name and number is on the side of the van, like i did

:lol::lol::lol:

 

[sstilingservice]

allways check the crutch of your trousers or your customer maybe smiling for the wrong reason

 

[CCTiling]

If you have an adjustable height bridge cutter and you want to cut mosaic tiles or a slither of tile. Use a piece of plywood and another tile to place the mosaics or tile to be cut onto, raise the height of the cutter so it slightly cuts into the ply/tile and then place mosaics/tile onto ply/tile and cut away! I hope that makes sense!

 

[SandyFloor]

I've learnt over the years how to give diplomatic answers( also known as convincing lies) to customers who have clearly no taste or clue regarding colours or workmanship. You know when that point comes when you're asked what you think of the finished look. Some of my replies are ' I didn't think those colours would work together but now I see it finished they do' or ' I really thought your kitchen had been professionally fitted' or my favourite ' most people are scared to be flambouyant but not you and it's really paid off.'

 

[doug boardley]

Have your cutter set at a comfortable working height, you'll spend a lot of time over it and you don't want to be slouching or over reaching

 

[trevortine]

Keep all your customers happy, only takes one bad word to undo 100 good jobs.

 

[user123]

Ask which towel you can use after washing your hands if you use their toilet - nobody wants people in their house who don't wash their hands -, and that bit of consideration will give you loads of brownie points as a clean and considerate worker. Really!

 

[SandyFloor]

Ask which towel you can use after washing your hands if you use their toilet - nobody wants people in their house who don't wash their hands -, and that bit of consideration will give you loads of brownie points as a clean and considerate worker. Really!

I misread that. I thought it said ' ask which trowel you can use.' I need to go to bed.

 

[Mike]

I misread that. I thought it said ' ask which trowel you can use.' I need to go to bed.

i did too, took a while for me to work it out :lol:

 

[Mike]

dont give your customer the bill till you're packed up and ready to leave. i was grouting a bathroom years ago and the customer asked me for the bill so i told her, she paid promptly and when i finished grouting she reminded me that i had agreed to put up her new towel rail, loo roll holder etc. I hadn't charged her for them as i'd forgot :mad2:

 

[Dan]

Get used to putting your pencil down in the same place so the fairy's don't keep steeling it and laugh at you while you look for it, by the time you find it your forgot what you wanted it for and miss something. I've wasted a good hour a day at times when I've only had a couple of pencils knocking about, so it might be worth getting a big pack of them and keep them on the van ready sharpened!

 

[Dan]

Always make a gauge staff on walls/floor larger than a few square meters, it IS quicker than dry laying a few tiles in nearly all cases!

 

[Dan]

Don't be afraid to walk away from a job when a customer just doesn't get why the price is what it is. That type of customer is probably just after cheap, and if you're not a bodge it, you wont be the cheapest. If they don't understand why the price is what it is, then you've either not done a good job of explaining, or if you know you have, the customer isn't your type of customer and it's best to let some bodge it get the job and wait for the bathroom or kitchen to come back around a few years earlier than it should do.

 

[Dan]

If you get a lot of sales calls during the day, leave a suitable answer machine message thing asking customers to leave their contact details in a way salespeople don't feel welcome to, perhaps a "hi this is X tiling, if you're looking for a tiling quote or information regarding your job, please leave a message after the tone and I'll get back to you asap, thankyou".

Salespeople should be less likely to leave a message as they'll assume you wont get back to them. Gives you a bit more time on the current job, and you can call customers back when you're having your snapping.