New member! Been working Down Under!

[smac74]

I was told new members must say hello, so, "HELLO"....

I've been living in Perth Australia for the last 10 months, the building trade is booming out there. I tell you what, tiling is huge in Oz, the smallest tiling job i ever worked on was about 100sqm.
The last job i worked on before coming home was 1200sqm of 60cmx60cm polished porcelain floor tiles, that didn't include any wall tiling! It was newly built private home (mansion). Lots of money being made.

If your a good tiler and you fancy a change, they are still screaming out for skilled tilers.....

 

[doit4u]

Hi and welcome. if it was that good out there why did you come back to this rain sodden country. My daughter did the gap year thing in Oz a few years ago and reckoned the west coast was the best.

 

[DHTiling]

hello and welcome to the fourms...........wot brings you back to the UK...?

 

[monty]

Hello and welcome to the forums mate... I guess you prefer the rain then??

Monty

 

[CLAYS TILES]

welcome to the forums..........

 

[smac74]

It was good, but not good enough to make it home forever, i love the rain now after being baked in temps as high as 45c.

I tell you what, tilers in Oz have to do a lot more prep work than we do in UK.

In Oz, you have to sand & cement screed all your own floors prior to tiling, baths & showers have to be bricked up and rendered before tiling, all wet areas have to be water proofed.
And they never use plastic tile trim like we do here, they mitre all external angles. You do your mitres freehand with a 4inch grinder, the finished job looks good but what a ball ache, time consuming especially when your tiling with porcelain..

It was a good experience, picked up a few new tricks..

 

[GazTech]

Hello my fellow Prestonian, welcome to the forums........Gaz

 

[smac74]

Cheers Gaz, its nice to bump into a local lad

 

[Turkish]

Hi mate and welcome! Give me 45`c anyday!!!!

Turkish

 

[Varley]

Hello mate, welcome to the forums

 

[brian c]

Welcome M8

 

[faithhealer]

Hi Mate, welcome back home. I wouldn't fancy sweating my cogs off in that heat.

 

[smac74]

Its ok until you have to work outside in the heat, tiling in 35-40c is hard work ands it like that nearly everyday -

Before your start work - hats, long sleeve tops, sun glasses, sun tan lotion, 4litres of water, mosquito spray, fly spray (they drive mad, fly in your eyes, nose, mouth)....

You long for just one day of grey, overcast Blighty weather!

 

[GazTech]

Cheers Gaz, its nice to bump into a local lad

I have sent you a PM ....look fwd to a reply....Gaz :yes:

 

[JEC-CTD]

Remember to put all you tiles up the other way now

How do you deal with adhesive in that heat, it must go off like a bugger.