Old times reality check.

[bugs183]

He did alright out of you then!!!!

Did the loos in a huge distribution centre in 8'x8', they are a great size to work with! 100's of meters with H-Trim bottom and suspended ceiling top, perfect unskimmed plasterboard walls, heaven!!!!

 

[afright]

Was amazing how many metres could have been fixed in a day 20 years ago when it was 6x6 and not large format rectified. I know old tilers who could have fixed and 2grouted a 20m bathroom in a day.

Did the Mc Carthy Stone retirement flats in the 80s bashed out a flat a day 27yds2 grouted with 6x6 was earning more then than today but tax was 33% then and what about the old cameo tiles those were the days not a lot of heavy lugging.

 

[afright]

And as for CTF 2 wasnt that a pain if you had to chop out a damaged tile sometimes you would end up taking out a dozen tiles because that stuff was so hard you just get to the last bit and you chip the next tile :mad2:,no angle grinders with diamond blades in them days.

 

[Dougs Third Go]

Could well be Doug, but I seem to remember you having a knowledge of Canal street Manchester. It caused a bit of a fuss on here, with some closet peeps I think.:lol:

:lol:, was that not Nick? (Leatherface)

 

[DHTiling]

I remember old peterlee court house , did male toilets , 44yds 6x6 done dusted by 3pm
Bing bang bosh. Those were mad times.

Contract work was in and out. Hated it but it paid bills.

 

[widler]

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Old times reality check.[/h]

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

Yep easily!
St Margarets hospital in Birmingham. It was a massive looney bin. Each ward would have a huge kitchen, basically four walls with nothing in it. (40m2 on average).
You'd turn up plim a line around the room, cut a gauge stick, then set your h-trim to that. No bottom cuts.
Then get tiling! 6'x 6' as the lads say, you'd grab a handful of tiles, stick it with Bal Wall, no spacers needed.
Done and grouted by four, dead easy!!!

ha ha ok bugs, thought u meant a house, i was thinking it was a blinking big house, with a average spashback being 4 or 5 m2

 

[widler]

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.

Even you phil would admit new builds are easy, and 18yds a day is not 40m2 in a day, its not even 20m2 its a bit less.

Doing a 40m2 bathroom,(would b a big un) loading up prepped and tiling around windows, boxing in would be hard on your own,even super tiler man would struggle on his own

 

[Peter]

Loved the big floors I served my time on. 5 of us could wipe out 500m in 3 days to a decent standard.

 

[The D]

Even you phil would admit new builds are easy, and 18yds a day is not 40m2 in a day, its not even 20m2 its a bit less.

Doing a 40m2 bathroom,(would b a big un) loading up prepped and tiling around windows, boxing in would be hard on your own,even super tiler man would struggle on his own

LOL site work is easy you have obviously never worked on site. It is a reality that site work is hard graft always has been. You could be house bashing one day doing 20-25m2 per day and then fine yourself working on a 3000m2 factory floor and be banging down 50-60m2 per day. Then on the weekend fit in a 20m2 bathroom as a foreigner. If you was incapable of hitting the targets you would not be there at the end of the week.

 

[widler]

LOL site work is easy you have obviously never worked on site. It is a reality that site work is hard graft always has been. You could be house bashing one day doing 20-25m2 per day and then fine yourself working on a 3000m2 factory floor and be banging down 50-60m2 per day. Then on the weekend fit in a 20m2 bathroom as a foreigner. If you was incapable of hitting the targets you would not be there at the end of the week.

Dont be a male member dean. Ive worked on sites, new build and council.
What i meant by easy on sites(new build) is the work, it may be hard graft but the work is easy ie loverly straight walls ect,
work on a council site, crap walls = hard work to get right.
Now dry yours eye mate, you aint the only one who has grafted to make a living in this world

 

[DHTiling]

I don't think Dean meant to be harsh Widler... posts can be read and taken differently .... so i don't think he meant to diss you in any way ..

 

[glasgow_tiler]

when i was an apprentice the two tradesman i mostly served my time with were a cpl of slashers as we call them, they would slash down silly amounts of meterage per day back then, it was always a heavy shift with flat walls/floors, it was pretty unreal and the money was more than today

 

[The D]

Dont be a male member dean. Ive worked on sites, new build and council.
What i meant by easy on sites(new build) is the work, it may be hard graft but the work is easy ie loverly straight walls ect,
work on a council site, crap walls = hard work to get right.
Now dry yours eye mate, you aint the only one who has grafted to make a living in this world

:lol::lol:I never said I was m8 there are lots around and lots on this forum that would hit the targets no problem my point was simply that 20m2 per day in a bathroom is easily achievable even though some think it is impossible.

 

[widler]

I don't think Dean meant to be harsh Widler... posts can be read and taken differently .... so i don't think he meant to diss you in any way ..

i know, sat night im stuck in babysitting with 3 under tens running riot upstairs.
Not meant to sound grumpy, i need another drink

 

[Andy Allen]

i know, sat night im stuck in babysitting with 3 under tens running riot upstairs.
Not meant to sound grumpy, i need another drink

more work doing that, than tiling a 20m2 bathroom in a day.....:lol: