Customers who think tiling is not a skilled trade - they wont mess with electrics, cos that can kill them, they won't mess with gas and water, could get messy. So they will pay sparks and plumbers good money, but apparently anyone can tile, as it's only putting a bit of clay on a wall !!!!

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Customers that stand and watch you all day.

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H & S, the silly stuff, like wash your hands ten times a day, wear hats gloves & goggles & dust mask to tile a floor-in , and the site guys who try to make you comply :mad2:

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bath seal (trim)

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Bumpy Walls/Floors

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plasterers who say that the boards need plastered to tile onto...

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