Old times reality check.

[charlie1]

Cant wait for someone to come out with a new revolutionary tiling invention So i can tell some when i was a lad stories!!! The most primitive thing i have used is a trowel lol

 

[bugs183]

As said the prices weren't far off it now, and on big kitchens dad and i would fix 40m2 of 6' and be finished by 4pm!

 

[widler]

Fix and grout a 20m2 bathroom in a day, aye allreyt,come on lads,give me a good example

 

[widler]

**** me 40m2 in day, some quick tilers in the past

 

[widler]

hang on 40m2 kitchens, christ, big kitchens, come on bugs ?

 

[Dougs Third Go]

40m2 a day??? I used to be fast and rough, but lately i seem to have lost my speed.....@Phil Hobson, (used to be your signature I think Phil ha ha)

 

[Aston]

iv'e worked with a team of tilers in liverpool who come on this forum and trust me, they could do some serious meters and i mean serious meters, problem is, they used a few, 'how shall we say', unethical/dubious techniques ;0) don't get me wrong, their work was acceptable and it always got passed but its not how you'd want it doing on your house lol

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

40m2 a day??? I used to be fast and rough, but lately i seem to have lost my speed.....@Phil Hobson, (used to be your signature I think Phil ha ha)

That was tongue in cheek doug,:lol: I was never rough. I was fast though, And yes with 6"x6" I did a full bathroom (18yd2) in a day every day on my new build sites, grouted polished. I even got in a half tiled bathroom as well some days. I kid you not, good money back then. Different game all-together.

Anyone who doubts this is a fool, I can bring people on here to confirm this was the norm back then.

 

[Dougs Third Go]

That was tongue in cheek doug,:lol: I was never rough. I was fast though, And yes with 6"x6" I did a full bathroom (18yd2) in a day every day on my new build sites, grouted polished. I even got in a half tiled bathroom as well some days. I kid you not, good money back then. Different game all-together.

Anyone who doubts this is a fool, I can bring people on here to confirm this was the norm back then.

I was only pulling your leg Phil, it must've been a post where you said it

 

[charlie1]

That was tongue in cheek doug,:lol: I was never rough. I was fast though, And yes with 6"x6" I did a full bathroom (18yd2) in a day every day on my new build sites, grouted polished. I even got in a half tiled bathroom as well some days. I kid you not, good money back then. Different game all-together.

Anyone who doubts this is a fool, I can bring people on here to confirm this was the norm back then.

i totally believe you Phil not that i could do a 20 m2 bathroom with boxed in area etc. I would imagine he walls would have been prepped though to get that amount of meterage?

 

[Dougs Third Go]

i totally believe you Phil not that i could do a 20 m2 bathroom with boxed in area etc. I would imagine he walls would have been prepped though to get that amount of meterage?

in those days charlie, you could spread your walls and hold a pack of tiles and boosh boosh boosh, far quicker than the larger format tiles that are commonplace now.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

I was only pulling your leg Phil, it must've been a post where you said it

It was Doug, I also had the saying, "I might be slow, but I'm rough", again tongue in cheek. This trade has changed so much, unfortunatly not for the better. There are people calling themselves tilers, that I would not trust to do my grouting, very sad, but very true.:mad2:

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

As Doug says, we used to have a stack of 6"x6" under our chin at least one square yard (36 tiles). Bottom half tiled before dinner, top half after, grout polish, done every day.

 

[DHTiling]

I've never ever ripped any of these off, or even seen any, must be because I'm only 23 :lol:

23 .. fricken nora , you must have had the block of flats on ya paper round :lol:

 

[Dougs Third Go]

23 .. fricken nora , you must have had the block of flats on ya paper round :lol:

only thing Bri's ripped off are his velcro leather hot pants...