Nothing we can do

[faithhealer]

Went to look at a house tonight, two newly tiled floors on 6mm ply, grout falling out all over, I think the owner did it himself, (told me how expensive the tiles were), what a waste)
and the shower, (which is fixable) done by a local tiler needs the bottom two rows ripping out and re boarding/tiling. Grouted corners too! oh dear

 

[Dan]

Tut. One good thing has come from this. The bloke who probably did it himself will possibly not bother in the future. I think we'll get a lot of this in a couple of years time. DIY repair jobs, and possibly long-term customers too if the job's done well.

Just think, if this happens around the time of the economy getting better in a couple of years then you'll all be laughing. They'll not only not want to bother doing DIY, they'd be able to afford not to maybe?

 

[faithhealer]

Already been told I'm first in the queue when they move house next year, and I only met them tonight, always make sure they look at my pics and refs

 

[Dan]

It's the way to go mate. I'd consider it a small investment for the future. I think a lot of the lads who can't already handle repair quotes perfectly need to get to the level of A) feeling confident when pointing out the errors B) being accurate in doing so (so quoting standards and methods) and C) being sympathetic when telling them their older choice of tiler (or them choosing it to do it themselves) was the wrong choice to make.

You need to move with the times and all that to stay in the game! As they say!

 

[doug boardley]

as Dan says it's a sign of the times. More people having a bash and making a hash!

 

[mikethetile]

I like that Doug

I was considering YDIY for my next leaflet drop but its already been done

why have a bash at it and make a hash of it

sounding good

 

[SandyFloor]

as Dan says it's a sign of the times. More people having a bash and making a hash![/QUOTE]


I like that one and I might even steal it. where do I send the royalties?

 

[mikethetile]

Tut. One good thing has come from this. The bloke who probably did it himself will possibly not bother in the future. I think we'll get a lot of this in a couple of years time. DIY repair jobs, and possibly long-term customers too if the job's done well.

Just think, if this happens around the time of the economy getting better in a couple of years then you'll all be laughing. They'll not only not want to bother doing DIY, they'd be able to afford not to maybe?

this happened before in the 90s recession

property prices were down and repayments were at 14%, everyone was short of cash and repossions could be had all over theplace plus there was a big sell off of council properties

B&Q boomed at this time opening bigger stores all over the country and had their successfull ad campaign

you can do it when you B&Q it

everyone went diy mad, it was rough time for tradesmen

the economy picked up and everyone was desperate to sell and take advantage of the bargains higher up the chain, it was a buyers market

and those who had bodged it themselves with B&Q materials lost out big time, their dodgy diy efforts had devalued their homes, we boomed ripping out bad work and redoing it in order to make the houses saleable

a lesson was learned and those who can do and those who cant employ someone who can

B&Q suffered in the upturn and had to change tack and employ fitting teams to survive, this time round they recognise that their target in hard times is the tradesman not the diyer , hence the new tradepoint

 

[SandyFloor]

I agree with Dan there. Instead of slagging off the 'tiler' too much ( whoever it is) use it as an opportunity to demonstrate tiling is more of a skill than is sometimes appreciated and you are the expert to do the job right.( not talking to anyone in particular here...just making a general statement)