North East tiling/ Taught Me This.PICS.

[Varley]

Just to add, If i was tiling a different floor and laid the center tile the way you guys have suggested and it left odd cuts either side of the room how would you do it, would you just accept the odd cuts either side or would you then move the center tile in order to even up the cuts at either side, hope i explaind that right.

Personally i would try and jig it around to leave good cuts all round, they don't necessarily have to be even cuts and you don't always have to start with a tile or a grout line in the centre of the room.

 

[Paul Sh]

Cosidering there is a couple of ways of doing it, would you give a cutsomer the choice and try to eplain where cuts were going to be, or would you just lay them the way you thought was best, (just curious).

 

[CON5933]

Cosidering there is a couple of ways of doing it, would you give a cutsomer the choice and try to eplain where cuts were going to be, or would you just lay them the way you thought was best, (just curious).

Doesn't always pay to give a customer too many options, in any trade, half of them 'expect' you to have the answer anyway.
Basically, if some options can generate more money for more work then fine, but if the options generate more work ie: small cuts for the same money, go for the one that suits you and still leaves a good proffessional job.

Nice work there mate, done yourself proud.

 

[Varley]

Doesn't always pay to give a customer too many options, in any trade, half of them 'expect' you to have the answer anyway.
Basically, if some options can generate more money for more work then fine, but if the options generate more work ie: small cuts for the same money, go for the one that suits you and still leaves a good proffessional job.

Nice work there mate, done yourself proud.

I agree 100%. Might make you look like you don't know what your doing if you start asking the customer if this would look ok or that would look ok, at the end of the day they are paying for your knowledge and expertise.

 

[wivers]

Here here!.

 

[tjsmiler]

Good stuff Paul..... Set out could be slightly better (sorry to keep on about that mate) The idea of a good set out is for your own good as well as pleasing to the eye. If you had set it out as Trev said you would have probably completed the job much quicker. Thats not a criticism by the way mate, it took me a while to realise that the benifits of a good set out was as much to make my life easier as it was to please the customer.

Nice and flat, nice and clean, very well done bud. keep it going and you'll earn loads :wink_smile:

PS: i would have done what Anthony said and charged the extra to put the door stops in (easy money for just 10 mins work)

 

[brian c]

Apart From Set Out,well Done For A Tidy Job M8. We Are All Always Learning M8.