Quite few Bodged jobs posted lately.

[peteablard]

So... are we helping the bodgers or just the ones that really want to do a good job..

I don't know Dave, probably both!

 

[Andrew Case]

Surely a lack of pride has something to do with it. Pride in your work, in your house. Having pride to say thats my job, I did that, I deserve paying. Or if you did it yourself, pride to say what a good job I did.
Not how quickly I did it or how cheap it was

 

[Aston]

So... are we helping the bodgers or just the ones that really want to do a good job..

i suppose we are doing a few things with our advice
1. helping the bodgers
2. helping the people who want a good job.
3. doing our bit to improve the industry and set a consistant standard to all work to
4. putting ourselves out of work by telling others how to do our job

 

[Andy Allen]

go back 4/5 yrs most plumbers/builders would of subbed the tiling out and got on with there next project, however there is no next project for a lot of them, so they have a bash at it themselfs, normally at a silly price as they have made the bulk of there money doing there work..

 

[simonb43]

I think its mainly due to pricing, especially in my area. Its getting harder to win jobs, even with giving a bit of discount. I also think people are trying to do it themselves more, which i don't blame them for, but at the end of the day, if you want a good job done, you need to get the right trades in, but it seems like tiling isn't a ' trade ', until it all goes wrong

 

[Ajax123]

where are they buying there tiles .a good tile shop always has good tilers to recomend. yes sometimes cost. sometimes cant wait for the recommended person. sometimes did it myself but tell every one had a bad builder .sometimes builders saveing a few quid .sometimes just bad spec

Whilst this is a old sentiment in practice it is not always in the tile shops interests to Recomend a "good" tiler. Dont forget they are probably just as desperate for orders as everyone else so recommending a cheap tiler is sometimes going to be more in their interests as they are more likely to win an order. Short termist approach I know but an entirely human response to very difficult times i am sad to say.

 

[Rizzle from the Portizzle]

Whilst this is a old sentiment in practice it is not always in the tile shops interests to Recomend a "good" tiler. Dont forget they are probably just as desperate for orders as everyone else so recommending a cheap tiler is sometimes going to be more in their interests as they are more likely to win an order. Short termist approach I know but an entirely human response to very difficult times i am sad to say.

a tile shop that recomends a poor tilers is on a one way street to closing for good

 

[Marksmithtiling]

I agree with Andy Allen I do work for a couple of plumbers, last few times I've called them to see if they have any thing for me they tell me they are doing it themselves doesnt stop them calling me for advice though when they have a problem.:mad2:

 

[merit]

on a normal domestic bathroom its normaly a week turn a round for us,if its the plumbers job , he would only be there couple of hours rip out ,day to first fix, day to second fix,hes not loosing work if he can have a go at tiling,if theres loads on he wont be interested in the tiling side ,just sub it out,start another one,things are tight now
so i find ill get a call of some tilers if its something they cant manage or frightened of
porcelain wet rooms ect

 

[afright]

I have been and looked at a few jobs that have been right bodged and the customer wants you to try and make it right,and you tell them its needs to be all removed and to start afresh they get the right hump,so I tell them that they should have come to me in the first place each to there own, me for one will not finish off someone else,s bad work.