Life after tiling

[Peter]

Do you plan to fix tiles until retirement or are you planning to diversify or go down a different career path?

Don't like the idea of being on my knees for another 40 years as it's already started taking its toll on me at 26. Ideally would like to be off the tools by 40. Would quite like to go back to part time education and go down the Building Surveying degree route, and maybe branch into tiling consultancy, commercial specification, failure reports etc if there would be enough work in it to make a living out of. If not, I wouldn't mind going into some sort of general surveying based role, where I'm still involved in the construction industry but not breaking my back to make a living.

 

[AliGage]

I want to get rich tiling and then go stack shelves in Tesco.

 

[On one]

I never could understand those people that said they couldnt wait to retire but as the years go on and getting up and mobile(physically) in the morning takes longer and longer I can see what they are talking about.
Mind you the day that I dont get a buzz out of tiling or the payment at the end of it means it's time to hang the trowel up.
For me it's tile until I die lol!

 

[On one]

I want to get rich tiling and then go stack shelves in Tesco.

The pay is better at Aldi!

 

[AliGage]

Produce is better too.

 

[On one]

Not the floor tiling though!

 

[Andy Allen]

didn't Phil Hobson tile them...:sofahide:

 

[cam_low]

I'm possibly looking at going into education again. I would love to be a paramedic. Im finding it hard in London as finding good help is hard and the traffic and the list goes on...People get quotes from other traders claiming to be half my price...claiming to no need over boarding ditra etc...Every job is a struggle to convince the customer that they do need these things !

We shall see what the future holds over the next few months.

 

[radim]

oil rigs for me hopefully.

 

[Ian]

I'd like to build a few houses, I'd probably still do the tiling myself but, I quite like the idea of project managing a new build. Still a few years tiling in me yet though

 

[AliGage]

I'm possibly looking at going into education again. I would love to be a paramedic. Im finding it hard in London as finding good help is hard and the traffic and the list goes on...People get quotes from other traders claiming to be half my price...claiming to no need over boarding ditra etc...Every job is a struggle to convince the customer that they do need these things !

We shall see what the future holds over the next few months.

Not just London Cam. Its all over the country.
But having said that i hear a lot more about poor/cowboy-like antics in London but i put that down to it being more densely populated.

 

[Sean Kelly]

I've done things the other way round. Done the 25 years in IT, now 6th year in Tiling. I'm 49 this year and can't see myself tiling for the next 20 years. Although, I have never been fitter (apart from my back, knees and sore hands).

If my Royal Bank of Scotland shares reach £10 a share then I will retire.........but I might have to do the odd tiling job just to earn some beer money.

 

[Chalker]

I can see me in 15 years doing a couple of days a week at b&q

 

[Ian]

I can see me in 15 years doing a couple of days a week at b&q

You know too much to work in B&Q, you're no good for Topps either