So You Tile, What Else Do You Do And Why?

[AD Ceramics]

by the sound of it none of us left school and tiling was our first choice.
were ever thing fixed in sand and cement so been tiling now 34yrs and I still have my disco decks an records

Not many tilers these days can fix in sand and cement, not done it for years, I used to love it a proper work out for a days Graft.
Flat as a pancake and would last a lifetime.

 

[Spare Tool]

Hahaha I think he was in a different army Andy! Hahaha

Yeah the barmy Burnley army...although huck spit he's a Blackburn fan tut tut

 

[Old Mod]

An engineer..........well twist my nipple nuts and send me to Alaska. That explains everything.

@AD Ceramics
C'mon then Paul!
Explain oneself! Hahaha

 

[White Room]

I joined when fireman strike was on and labour was on the way out!
Good job and all! They were trying to decommission our Nuclear Subs at the time! Grrrrrr

...and I think I'm a liar Mark @whitebeam I do vaguely recall u telling me on the Nu-stone stone restoration course oooops! Sorry mate!
But that course seems like 10 years ago now! Hahha

That's how Maggie got in, she said she would give all forces a pay rise....so from 50p a day danger money we got a £1 a day when serving in N/Ireland.

 

[gamma38]

The thing that i really enjoy doing is tiling. What is it they say, find something you love doing and then find a way of getting paid to do it. I've certainly done that. International as well now... But i also fit the bathroom that I tile, or the kitchen. I have been privileged to work on some stunning projects over the years, some of my best was while i lived in New Zealand for ten years. From houses, they were ok, to building super yachts. Now thats something special. Best job working for someone else i have ever had.

 

[Old Mod]

That's how Maggie got in, she said she would give all forces a pay rise....so from 50p a day danger money we got a £1 a day when serving in N/Ireland.

Those were the days eh mate!

 

[Andy Allen]

I left school at 16 had know idea what I wanted to do.....walked into the job centre seen a job for a trainee tiler went for an interview got the job and it's all I've ever done and I'm the big 50 next year.......I prep jobs for tiling .....patching plaster, re boarding ect...that's it, I work with a plumber on full refits calling in a spark or any other trade needed.......me and the plumber have been working together for 20 years now so it works well for us....

 

[Old Mod]

Cheers Andy

and I'm the big 50 next year.......

Oh and this ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Not worth the paper it's printed on!

 

[RDTiling]

If you believe the BBC, a tiler is 82% likely to be replaced by a robot!

Better brush up on my plastering skills (75% likely) or failing that my plumbing skills (49% likely)

 

[gamma38]

I'd like to see a robot tile, even more i'd like to see someone program a robot to set out, then cut, mix, lay, measure etc. It could never happen.

 

[mattle40]

No chance, they'll never create a machine as accurate as a good tilers finger tips! (That's right ladies )
Unless they make a c3po with a lash clip attachment, then we're screwed

 

[RDTiling]

Safe to say I was more than a little sceptical when I saw the results!

 

[Dougs Third Go]

tiling and plastering, tiling jobs get priority although I do like to take a break from it now and again and go plastering for a while, obviously I do it for the money . Between september and end of january I also work my dogs on shoots, only get paid peanuts for that but the craic is good

 

[widler]

Tradesman plasterer , served real plastering (like a few on here) not skimming, internal and external with a bit of tiling thrown in (it seemed to be the way around the ribble valley in the 70s/80s plasterers/tilers)
I hate plastering , bores me to death, funnily i love rendering though
Been tiling fully now more or less for around 10/15 years with 2 employees who do the plastering , i also plane my own doors and cut my own plinths

 

[Simon benn Leeds]

I AM a tiler

Always HAVE been a tiler

And if I'm not careful....

I will ALWAYS be a tiler!.... Ha ha ha.