gold at the end of the tiling course rainbow

[enduro]

Is it just me, but i worries me when i hear these people doing tiling courses ,thinking its going to be easy to earn lots of dosh tiling!!! I did a tiling course two years ago and im only just starting to keep busy, first year was couple of days here and there. What are your thoughts?

 

[Leatherface]

It really depends on your drive and determination to get yourself out there.
After I completed my course 2 years ago I got together the best portfolio I could from the jobs I had done - spend all my free time going into as many kitchen shops, bathroom shops, tile shops, chasing builders, plumbers until I got some work. I live in Halifax, but did not limit myself to that - went to all the towns & cities in a 20 mile radius - Huddersfield, Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Dewsbury.
There is work out there - You've got to find it, it will not find you ( till you get a good rep )
Get talking to other trades you meet on the job - they are good contacts for work.
Have leaflets printed , do some letterbox drops.
Hang around outside tile shops, stick your business card under peoples windscreen wipers.
Phone plumbers out of the phone book or yellow pages.
Have done all this and more at the start.

All this effort and I have been busy from day one ( the odd quiet time, but that's to be expected ) No money spent on Yellow pages or newspaper ads.

 

[lucyloo]

lol your always on here leatherface when are you busy??????? just kidding ey:wub:

 

[Concept PHT]

Is it just me, but i worries me when i hear these people doing tiling courses ,thinking its going to be easy to earn lots of dosh tiling!!! I did a tiling course two years ago and im only just starting to keep busy, first year was couple of days here and there. What are your thoughts?

Spend a bit on the yellow pages and thompson too. I get tons from these at a fraction of the cost of the local newspaper ads.

 

[UKTT Darren]

Leatherface has hit the nail on the head, its the first thing i teach, business side and marketing, no point in being a tiler if nobody knows who you are or what you do, get out there and sell and promote yourself until you have been everywhere, then go around again until your too busy to go. Once the phone starts ringing the next step is to sell yourself with your knowledge and personality to convert the quote into a job.
Order of business,

Marketing, sale (winning quote), tiling

 

[Leatherface]

lol your always on here leatherface when are you busy??????? just kidding ey:wub:

Have a little lad - 22 months - wife always tired, CBeebies on telly all day then wife watches soaps and goes to bed -
Me bored - too old to go out on the **** ( been there seen it done it - ex clubber and pill monster ), too tired to go to the gym, bored of **** -
Work Bloody hard all day ...
So Tilers Forum instead in the evening - happy days

 

[UKTT Darren]

I bet when you go on holiday your looking at how they've tiled the pool as well, Was

 

[CON5933]

Now I kow I'm sad..... flickin thru the channels last night, stumbled upon (carefully chosen words) 2 young ladies in a bathroom scene...very intimate problem is I found myself lookin at the tiling in the bathroom in the background....
got very angry with myself, gave myself a mental slap and went to bed...

 

[Varley]

Now I kow I'm sad..... flickin thru the channels last night, stumbled upon (carefully chosen words) 2 young ladies in a bathroom scene...very intimate problem is I found myself lookin at the tiling in the bathroom in the background....
got very angry with myself, gave myself a mental slap and went to bed...

There comes a time in everyones life when you need to take a step back from work, for you i think that time has come. :wink_smile:

 

[CON5933]

:angel_smile: You're right....I'm going to get some DVD's with lots of 'bathroom scenes' in and force myself to follow the plot.... so to speak:wink_smile:

 

[Varley]

Lmao:d

 

[Leatherface]

Looks like the gold may be coming - just got another natural sandstone job - 26 sq m - self level over UFH - rectangular, empty room - totally flat - kitchen units going in after

10 bags self leveller @ £20
Primer £10
Self level labour £100
Tile fixing - 26 sq m @ £50 per metre

Yes, this is expensive per metre, but job is on recommend and customer desperate - took a risk on price and got it !!! Why not ?

 

[kapitan]

hey leather at least dick turpin wore a mask m8!! :wink_smile: only jokin buddy, works piling in big style for me as well at the mo ££££££££££

 

[UKTT Darren]

CHI CHING, glad all you fellas are doing well, thats the jobs you want every week, keep em comming

 

[Concept PHT]

Looks like the gold may be coming - just got another natural sandstone job - 26 sq m - self level over UFH - rectangular, empty room - totally flat - kitchen units going in after

10 bags self leveller @ £20
Primer £10
Self level labour £100
Tile fixing - 26 sq m @ £50 per metre

Yes, this is expensive per metre, but job is on recommend and customer desperate - took a risk on price and got it !!! Why not ?

Nice....

 

[Varley]

Good stuff Leatherface, nice to hear of people doing well, and charging appropriately aswell, can only be good for the trade.

 

[Leatherface]

Yes - too much "cheap" tiling going on. Damaging to all of us Pro's. We are skilled tradesmen -so why not charge accordingly ?

 

[Varley]

Aye to that!

 

[tjsmiler]

Yeah i often find myself looking at cracks in other peoples showers lol

Now I kow I'm sad..... flickin thru the channels last night, stumbled upon (carefully chosen words) 2 young ladies in a bathroom scene...very intimate problem is I found myself lookin at the tiling in the bathroom in the background....
got very angry with myself, gave myself a mental slap and went to bed...