House bashing

[The D]

I started sub-contracting to a tiling firm this week house bashing. I was a bit apprehensive as I have been strictly domestic for the last few years since I left teaching at the college. I am amazed at how it fits likean old slipper. Monday I was finding my feet and tiled and grouted 12m2 floor. Tuesday i did my CSCS test and sent for my card. Wednesday I smashed a 14m2 floor and a 9m2 bathroom. Today I grouted the floor and tiled the 12m2 en-suite. Tomorrow I will grout the bathroom and the en-suite and that will be the Friday job and knock. I have had a good week and I can come home at night and not have to worry about work and *** hole punters.

 

[Ian]

Did you have to bust your balls to get through that lot, or was it fairly comfortable? I find I have to turn up the speed a bit with the bashing to make it pay.

 

[The D]

The funny thing is I never even broke a sweat and I had a day of to do the test. It’s like riding a bike you just go in to auto pilot LOL

 

[Gazzer]

I am doing some work at a retirement home complex. As you Dean I found it ok as soon as i got my head around it. Its not something I have done for years but after 3 days I started enjoying it. Its a bad rate but overalll there are advantages .....as it happens though my own clients and builders have been calling me so it may be short lived !

 

[gamma38]

Are they empty rooms etc, thats pretty good going i don't think i could do that anymore.

 

[The D]

the rate i am on is not bad and the chap i am working for has said if i get a job come in that is tooooo good to pass up i can just have the time off to go and do it then just come back so its all good

 

[The D]

Are they empty rooms etc, thats pretty good going i don't think i could do that anymore.

yes m8 empty rooms

 

[Gazzer]

the rate i am on is not bad and the chap i am working for has said if i get a job come in that is tooooo good to pass up i can just have the time off to go and do it then just come back so its all good

I have to say the rate I get is crap but with hard work there is money to be earned and it beats sitting at home.

 

[Stef]

Get yourself a boy Dean & getting him grouting at your tail.
I always have it in my head that unless I'm fixing tiles then I ain't making money.

 

[The D]

don't get me wrong it is site rates not domestic but it is not as bad as some i have heard of lol

 

[The D]

Get yourself a boy Dean & getting him grouting at your tail.
I always have it in my head that unless I'm fixing tiles then I ain't making money.

that is on the cards m8 :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Spud]

I did site work today , tiled two 12m2 bathrooms today and left at 3 oclock i am going to see if i can get more of it as it is how I remember the old days when I enjoyed it a lot more , back there tomorrow and will tile another 2 bathrooms

 

[The D]

I did site work today , tiled two 12m2 bathrooms today and left at 3 oclock i am going to see if i can get more of it as it is how I remember the old days when I enjoyed it a lot more , back there tomorrow and will tile another 2 bathrooms

there is no point if we are not enjoying it is there m8. this week i have been the happiest i have been for along time.

 

[Spud]

I had the same conversation earlier with another tiler , there is a lot to said working as a subbie or going on the cards for a firm as long as you set your stall out from day 1 as what you both expect from each other it works well , the only negative I have found is it can be bitchy working for a firm as there is sometimes rivalry between who get the best pick of the work but at my age now I dont really care as long as I dont have to follow behind some rough lot rectifying their work

 

[Chalker]

I started sub-contracting to a tiling firm this week house bashing. I was a bit apprehensive as I have been strictly domestic for the last few years since I left teaching at the college. I am amazed at how it fits likean old slipper. Monday I was finding my feet and tiled and grouted 12m2 floor. Tuesday i did my CSCS test and sent for my card. Wednesday I smashed a 14m2 floor and a 9m2 bathroom. Today I grouted the floor and tiled the 12m2 en-suite. Tomorrow I will grout the bathroom and the en-suite and that will be the Friday job and knock. I have had a good week and I can come home at night and not have to worry about work and *** hole punters.

9 m bathroom !
how big is that .?

 

[Colour Republic]

I started sub-contracting to a tiling firm this week house bashing. I was a bit apprehensive as I have been strictly domestic for the last few years since I left teaching at the college. I am amazed at how it fits likean old slipper. Monday I was finding my feet and tiled and grouted 12m2 floor. Tuesday i did my CSCS test and sent for my card. Wednesday I smashed a 14m2 floor and a 9m2 bathroom. Today I grouted the floor and tiled the 12m2 en-suite. Tomorrow I will grout the bathroom and the en-suite and that will be the Friday job and knock. I have had a good week and I can come home at night and not have to worry about work and *** hole punters.

That's the part which you can't put a price on!! Sometimes you do wonder if that extra bit of cash is worth the hassle

 

[steve187]

that is on the cards m8 :smilewinkgrin:

Was that a bit step to take

 

[TJ Smiler]

That's the part which you can't put a price on!! Sometimes you do wonder if that extra bit of cash is worth the hassle

Spot on mate...... Not once this week have i got home before half eight, then spend ages typing up quotes and sending them out, do sometimes think subbing again would be a welcome break.

Thing is though (when your busy) it is very easy to forget how stressful it is to not have any work. Am earning good money at the mo, but bloody hell i am crashing the hours out for it!

 

[TJ Smiler]

the rate i am on is not bad and the chap i am working for has said if i get a job come in that is tooooo good to pass up i can just have the time off to go and do it then just come back so its all good

That's a touch mate, nice one

 

[Gazzer]

The other thing to think of with house bashing is that for many of the older tilers it was how it was when we started. In the 70s and 80s large housing estates wher going up everywhere and we were running from house to house with a bucket holding a spreader, scriber, nippers, cutting board and a level.
I am just breaking even on this site when I tile the kitchens although I guess that depend what you class as your usual days rate. On the bathrooms, the 1st one was rather slow as I needed to use the same setting out points as the other fixers. The second was a lot quicker and the third which I start today I should be flying.
That said although it works out decent money I will be off this site by monday 12pm at the latest as I have my own work ....private site this time and a much better rate....local too.
Too be honest I miss it in one way but I dont like to feel pressured these days to "have" to complete a set amount.

 

[Andy Allen]

is this the site in Gloucester Dean..? if so which one is it ...Kingsway..?

I learnt how to tile on sites......even worked my way up to getting and running my own sites for wimpy homes, spent 15 years doing it, only thing I found was after a while it became bloody boring, doing the same houses day after day, you could tell the time just by where abouts you were when tiling the kitchen.....and the highlight of the day was when you were ten mins ahead of yourself and beat your record for tiling that kitchen...lol

must admit though it was a lot less stressfull ......turn up, tile...go home and chill..

 

[Andy Allen]

The other thing to think of with house bashing is that for many of the older tilers it was how it was when we started. In the 70s and 80s large housing estates wher going up everywhere and we were running from house to house with a bucket holding a spreader, scriber, nippers, cutting board and a level.
I am just breaking even on this site when I tile the kitchens although I guess that depend what you class as your usual days rate. On the bathrooms, the 1st one was rather slow as I needed to use the same setting out points as the other fixers. The second was a lot quicker and the third which I start today I should be flying.
That said although it works out decent money I will be off this site by monday 12pm at the latest as I have my own work ....private site this time and a much better rate....local too.
Too be honest I miss it in one way but I dont like to feel pressured these days to "have" to complete a set amount.

oh yes, I remember those days.....whats it like on the sites now..? is the power on..? or do you have a generator ...? had nowt in them days....nipped or rod sawed everything, mixed up with a stick, braking the ice on the outside water butt to grout, finishing at 3pm in the winter cause theres no lights.....and don't even mention the porto-loos...took your life in your hands going in there..lol

 

[Dougs Third Go]

I used to enjoy house bashing and I always got a decent rate equivalent to £25-£30m2 in todays terms. What used to make it for me was if there was a decent team of joiners, sparkies and plumbers that knew their job. Not really done any site work for quite a while now as there's very few new houses being built round our way.

 

[The D]

No tiling on the walls in the kitchens

 

[The D]

9 m bathroom !
how big is that .?

1.2 to the girth of the room