Hard day down the pit

[hillhead]

I had a single day to lay 64m2 of pilkingtons 8"x8" i think they were.
On top of that i had to tile one high as a skirting around the whole area !!
And the grouting of these non slip tiles was a nightmare !!
I had one labourer, started at 7am and wasn't packed up to 1am the following morning.
It was a hotel i was tiling, kitchen prep area which i tiled on the monday and it was set up for a function on the tuesday !!!!
The rapid screed was in 4 days !!!!
No probs on it even now, very tiring day but nicely paid.
At least we got our nice dinners in the restaurant.

 

[hillhead]

30m2 of stone is a class days work too.
I put down 26m2 yesterday of 3 size opus porcelain and i'd say 12 today with cuts etc.

 

[spooner68]

30m2 of stone is a class days work too.
I put down 26m2 yesterday of 3 size opus porcelain and i'd say 12 today with cuts etc.

The area is three rooms made into open plan with stub walls and a central pillar (1.6m long) and various ins and outs. Not nice. Lots to cut but some big open spaces to get motoring on. 4 tiles to the metre helps. Don't think even with the offer of a decent dinner I could have managed 7am to 1am. You'd need some serious eye openers for that. Blue one's I think they are. Smarties that is 🙂

 

[doug boardley]

The area is three rooms made into open plan with stub walls and a central pillar (1.6m long) and various ins and outs. Not nice. Lots to cut but some big open spaces to get motoring on. 4 tiles to the metre helps. Don't think even with the offer of a decent dinner I could have managed 7am to 1am. You'd need some serious eye openers for that. Blue one's I think they are. Smarties that is 🙂

did a spa/country club last summer...165 hours in 9 days, last 2 days did 44 hours, glad those daft days are over now for me1

 

[Gall.B]

I know a tiler like that, he says he's slow but sure. I say I'm sure your slow.

Anyway, my reputation for quality means I do all of the tiling work for this bespoke kitchen manufacturer. £30 -£100k kitchens are not bought by clients who wants a cheap and chatty job. 30m in a day doesn't represent a regular day for me by the way, if it was I would be in a box by now.

The shift I was talking about didnt represent a typical day for me either m8. the job in question was worth 1m for the flooring side alone on a 3m refit the bulk of which was tilling and belive me they dont accept a cheap chatty job either or else nobody would get paid.

I was just sharing the most productive shift I could think of where eveything came together just shows what you can achieve with an experienced squad and good team spirit