Newbie needing advice....

[GazLC81]

Sparky, that would be great if you let me know how you get on. What area are you setting up in if you don't mind me asking? What made you decide to do tiling rather than something else? Just interested.......🙂

 

[sparky]

i am up in alloa in central scotland the reasons for thinking about setting up for my self was that i needed to do my own bathroom and kitchen floor and started thinking that i would like to learn this rather than pay someone to do it for me the more i read abput these courses the more i ve thought about going for it on my own as i am not enjoying the work i do at the moment cant be bother getting out of bed at 4 in the morning any more to do the post so i am hoping to get going with this where are you hoping to set up have you done any tiling before and did you look at the north east tiling web site it looks good:wink_smile:

 

[GazLC81]

I've just had a look at the North east tiling website. It seems they cover everything i'd need as a complete novice! I haven't done any tiling as yet no, I do intend to do my own bathroom walls and kithen floor and walls as pratice but i'd like to find someone to go out with a few days a week to get some experience. I'm going to be setting up in Atherton near Manchester.

I'm in the same boat really, i'm naffed off doing the job I do (gardener), I get pi*s wet through a lot this time of year for not enough money. There isn't as much work as there used to be either.

 

[wivers]

I started getting work as soon as i left the course mate. First through family and friends and while i was using those jobs as confidence builders i was mailshoting my bussiness cards around the area, signing up for yell.com and putting cards in every tile, bathroom and kitchen distributors in the area. I have had at least 1 big job every other week since i.e full bathroom + floor and in the last 4 weeks i have been booked through until april 26th. The PTS course did spend about half a day on the bussiness side of things, they went through pricing, starting up, financing and marketing, and the good thing is they give you a booklet to guide you through the lot which after i left became my bible as i kept reverting back to it to see if i was going about things the right way, i had to make sure i hid it under a dust sheet when a customer was around though 😛

 

[GazLC81]

Thats good to know wivers, gives me more confidence to know that other people out there have done what I want to do. I had a quick look at the PTS website and do like the look of it. It's just such a long way down to it though, it'd mean having to get accommodation as well. Which course did you do? 2 or 4 week?

 

[wivers]

I started off on a 2 and only had intentions of doing that, but after 2 weeks i knew it wasn't going to be enough so i stayed for the extra 2.

 

[brian c]

:wink_smile: nice 1 about ur notes under the dust sheet wivers,i was thinking of taking mine and keeping em in car cos dont fancy going miles home 4 notes.

 

[grumpygrouter]

PTS have a centre in Warrington. Did my course there just before Easter, 4 wks, and I learned soooo much!!