Remove plinths for tiling a floor?

[Brian the Tile]

no no no im not actualy loosing money ,i am making more money fixing tiles,if a customer wants to pay me silly money to do the other things well that would be ok wouldnt it ,but it would take me three or four times longer and i would want paying and then iwould think iwas ripping them off and also that would make me one of them multi traders of witch i am not

 

[ian158]

I'll add something to this, and also address the op yes the plinths should be taken off and usually there is a bit of play which negates the need of cutting them down,however I don't offer that service ,do I lose jobs over it ,well to be honest I quote jobs and usually get them, i am a totally recommendation tiler ,I don't advertise or have cards etc ,I work full time for a company as a tiler and do my own stuff weekends so I really don't have the time to be multi skilling, If I did have time then maybe I would look into buying tools to do said jobs,and I think in my first post on this I did say that if your doin the full refit then doing the extras is par for the course.

Im confused, you quote the job yet you work for a company and do your own work weekends..so ate you employed or self employed...if you quote a job and it involved stripping paint off walls to tile, do you strip it off your self or get a painter in to do it?

 

[ian158]

no no no im not actualy loosing money ,i am making more money fixing tiles,if a customer wants to pay me silly money to do the other things well that would be ok wouldnt it ,but it would take me three or four times longer and i would want paying and then iwould think iwas ripping them off and also that would make me one of them multi traders of witch i am not

So we are clear..you just tile? You don't renew floors...fit noggins, strip paint off walls..box in pipes, lay plywood, skim a wall with fast set to level it off? ...to remove plinths..run a pencil line and cut with a sharp handsaw would Take long then ?

 

[mz30]

Im confused, you quote the job yet you work for a company and do your own work weekends..so ate you employed or self employed...if you quote a job and it involved stripping paint off walls to tile, do you strip it off your self or get a painter in to do it?

What part are you confused by? am employed I get my own work which I do weekends whats hard to understand? and to answer your obviously sarcastic comment if paint needs scraping off I do it if needed,but this thread is not about that and I have answered that so being pedantic doesn't really help.

 

[Brian the Tile]

So we are clear..you just tile? You don't renew floors...fit noggins, strip paint off walls..box in pipes, lay plywood, skim a wall with fast set to level it off? ...to remove plinths..run a pencil line and cut with a sharp handsaw would Take long then ?

correct:hurray:

 

[Peter]

Where does your 'tiler' job description stop Brian? You've been on the forum a lot saying how work is slack, the way I see it you can earn an extra day or twos wages on the same job by doing the prep yourself. Someone has to do it.

 

[ian158]

What part are you confused by? am employed I get my own work which I do weekends whats hard to understand? and to answer your obviously sarcastic comment if paint needs scraping off I do it if needed,but this thread is not about that and I have answered that so being pedantic doesn't really help.

So the jobs you quote..for the private work you get you mean?...now I understand ...i hope your not going in cheap and under cutting other tilers because you have a day job..you'll get ripped to shreds !

 

[ian158]

Where does your 'tiler' job description stop Brian? You've been on the forum a lot saying how work is slack, the way I see it you can earn an extra day or twos wages on the same job by doing the prep yourself. Someone has to do it.

Thats the downside of being a multitrades...I'm stacked out with work !!!!!!

 

[DHTiling]

What the hell is happening to this forum... ? .. used to be a joy to log on and view threads , answer a few questions and try to help.. but JEEZ we have a very cut throat lot chipping at others nowadays on here...

 

[ian158]

What the hell is happening to this forum... ? .. used to be a joy to log on and view threads , answer a few questions and try to help.. but JEEZ we have a very cut throat lot chipping at others nowadays on here...

you started it...thought it was the norm now

 

[mz30]

So the jobs you quote..for the private work you get you mean?...now I understand ...i hope your not going in cheap and under cutting other tilers because you have a day job..you'll get ripped to shreds !

ian you barking up the wrong tree mate,i am a tiler 7 days a week 365 days a year ,my day job is as a tiler and has been for the past 25 yrs ,like I said I am a tiler not a multiskiller and as for getting ripped to shreds I've forgot more about the tiling game than you'll ever now

 

[DHTiling]

LOL @ Ian , i am not getting drawn into this school yard thread , enjoy your evening chaps and don't kill each other.

 

[Mr Tiler]

this wouldn't matter as long as the job was being done correctly would it? or am I way off the mark there haha!

 

[ian158]

ian you barking up the wrong tree mate,i am a tiler 7 days a week 365 days a year ,my day job is as a tiler and has been for the past 25 yrs ,like I said I am a tiler not a multiskiller and as for getting ripped to shreds I've forgot more about the tiling game than you'll ever now

Bit dodgy mate..PAYE mon-fri..cash at weekends...you'll have Dave after you..he will fill you in..

 

[ian158]

this wouldn't matter as long as the job was being done correctly would it? or am I way off the mark there haha!

who's Mark ?

 

[Mr Tiler]

who's Mark ?

sorry ian I was replying to your comment about undercutting the other tillers so he gets the work..... would this even matter? I thought it was only a problem if the job wasn't being done properly? cheers

 

[Brian the Tile]

LOL @ Ian , i am not getting drawn into this school yard thread , enjoy your evening chaps and don't kill each other.

i wouldnt call it schoolyard dave ,it was a good debate at one stage before the mud slinging started,what should we talk about next ,sigma cutters:sofahide:

 

[Mr Tiler]

at least its not aimed at me im happy lol.

 

[ian158]

sorry ian I was replying to your comment about undercutting the other tillers so he gets the work..... would this even matter? I thought it was only a problem if the job wasn't being done properly? cheers

im only on a wind up...I don't give a hoot...just in a wind up mood

 

[Brian the Tile]

Thats the downside of being a multitrades...I'm stacked out with work !!!!!!

ian i do do some prep im not as stupid as you may think youve been at the job twelve bloody months ive been doing the job 43 years how do you think i have gone on for so long been on my own since about 24 years old fixed tiles with sand and cemet when tiling was tiling not like a lot of lid kickers that are about nowadays that can only do slashbacks and small little bathrooms and the like ,doesnt make me any better than the next man ,but ill hold my own next to any tiler still,i am a tiler and am sick of repeating it, i draw the line at certain things,doors, most joinery, plinths plumbing and electrical:mad2::8:

 

[Mr Tiler]

loooool

 

[ian158]

ian i do do some prep im not as stupid as you may think youve been at the job twelve bloody months ive been doing the job 43 years how do you think i have gone on for so long been on my own since about 24 years old fixed tiles with sand and cemet when tiling was tiling not like a lot of lid kickers that are about nowadays that can only do slashbacks and small little bathrooms and the like ,doesnt make me any better than the next man ,but ill hold my own next to any tiler still,i am a tiler and am sick of repeating it, i draw the line at certain things,doors, most joinery, plinths plumbing and electrical:mad2::8:

12 months..where did you get that from..I've been doing home improvements over 20years...been tiling for about 6 years..

 

[Andy Allen]

says on your profile ...12 month's, perhaps its 6 years and 12 month's..:lol:

 

[Ian]

Plinths remove ?

12 months..where did you get that from..I've been doing home improvements over 20years...been tiling for about 6 years..

On your profile

 

[ian158]

Don't even remember filling that in...best have a look