hi there-recently finished a tiling courseand looking for any tips!!

[bmcg78]

hi i have recently just completed a tiling course in scotland and i would appreciate any help/tips stuff about tiling i should know before i head out to try and make a living!!!!
any help greatly appreciated
brian

 

[DHTiling]

hello brian and welcome to the forums.........which course was it mate.?? you could leave us some feedback in the feedback forum if you want.....

http://www.tilersforums.com/tiling-courses-feedback/

 

[brian c]

Hi Brian ,where you from and what course did you do?What sort of tips are you after m8 need to be more precise?......Bri

 

[GazTech]

Hi brian and welcome.....Gaz

 

[bmcg78]

hi fellow brian,
i done a 5 day course in grange mouth just before christmas with the aim being get the general tips/ideas of a tiler and then do some odds and ends for family friends with the hope of eventually being able to pack in my job and do it full time.....wether this becomes reality or not i remain to see...i live in uddingston?
----
hi gaz

 

[brian c]

what sort of advice do you need Brian,business,tiling,tools transport pricing?we will all try to help you out just fire away m8.

 

[bmcg78]

how long or how many jobs should i do before even considering giving my job up to do tiling?

 

[White Room]

Don't know what your job is at the moment but keep it at the present time until you find that the tiling is becoming to much to handle with both job's imo

 

[brian c]

as whitebeam says ,unless you are snowed under with tiling jobs then do both jobs for a while and you will know when the time is right.

 

[bmcg78]

i am going to tile my sisters kitchen splashback this weekend,its about 3sqm she has chose black mosaq tiles with a chrome edge to match her sockets etc....anything i should know or should it be straight forward enough??
cheers for the help guys

 

[GazTech]

i am going to tile my sisters kitchen splashback this weekend,its about 3sqm she has chose black mosaq tiles with a chrome edge to match her sockets etc....anything i should know or should it be straight forward enough??
cheers for the help guys

Mosaics...walk in the park...will be easy starter, start with small tiles then work your way up to the big difficult stuff.....Good luck....Gaz:lol:

 

[brian c]

i am going to tile my sisters kitchen splashback this weekend,its about 3sqm she has chose black mosaq tiles with a chrome edge to match her sockets etc....anything i should know or should it be straight forward enough??
cheers for the help guys

use a 3mm mosaic trowel,use a whiteflexible adhesive such as pci-nanolight and pci-aquafug grout which contains an anti fungal agent.

firstly make sure the walls are straight by putting your bead along and check for gaps,if gaps are excessive then you need to deal with it accordingly either get it plastered or do it yourself by packing wall out using rapidset adhesive,walls must be almost perfect for mosaic application m8(hard job to start with). good luck

 

[faithhealer]

Best of british with the mosiac brian. As for tips,read this forum every day for a year and you will still be picking tips up!

 

[bmcg78]

cheers for that.
when tilers give there customers a price does it most of the time include materials such as adhesive and grout??? and what do most tilers use ie tubs of adhesive or the bags that you mix youself???
any paticular brands you would recommend??

 

[dean39]

It would make life easier if you could get mats, as customer could go for the cheaper end thinking they are saving money,this is not a good option,So try and advice customers to at least get materials from tile shops not diy stores...........Addy wise,if your a newbie ,stick to tubbed gear till you get up to speed,all the best.............