Square metres

[kendo1]

This year I've done 28 bathrooms at about 30sqm on average, two kitchens an entrance hall and a utility, so about 900sqm, but I'm a bathroom fitter rather than a tiler. The first bathroom of the year is pretty big, floor area is about 12sqm and the ceiling is at 3.8m

 

[nybor62]

all i know is its loads ,so my back and knees tell me,

 

[wayne]

Must have laid roughly 1200 Sqm since start of nov. knees and back aren't too clever now though

 

[Ajax123]

I just realised how little I get per m2. I am now going to cry gently..........

 

[John Benton]

Get your prices put up Ajax123...NY resolution....Like my old dad used to say - A man who works for nowt will always be busy..

 

[Stef]

JB, im always busy but i defo dont work for nowt,

I should charge more for our workmanship but we just wouldnt get it round here.

Not a gripe mate its just reality where i live n work.

 

[John Benton]

I know its difficult to get the balance right, and justifying a higher price can be difficult. Being able to deliver your promises to a customer is paramount if your prices are higher than your competitors. When we first started this recession we had a lot of trouble pricing because so many tradesmen were coming off sites who only tiled 2 sides of a bath and a splashback. Cheap prices, poor materials, no dust sheets down etc. When we asked customers if the other tilers could give references, a lot of them had never even worked in a private residence! I have a feeling they have been 'found out' now.

 

[Stef]

The majority of my work is "On site" but i know for a fact that i will leave a far better job than any other so called tilers in my area.

I dont advertise, i work through word of mouth & i havent been stuck for work for over 7 years.

I work on the ethos that i leave a job that i am happy to leave in my own house & i am not happy until my client is!!

I understand that there are "Tilers" coming off site to do shoddy work, you get what you pay for.

I have seen them come & go & i keep will too!!

 

[John Benton]

Robson, when I started working for myself my wife said to me 'Just imagine me looking over your shoulder on every job' and believe me she is a perfectionist. It's stood me in good stead.

 

[Ian]

Robson, when I started working for myself my wife said to me 'Just imagine me looking over your shoulder on every job' and believe me she is a perfectionist. It's stood me in good stead.

Very wise words, I like it! If I had my wife looking over my shoulder every day my work area would have to be immaculately clean, the words 'dirt' and 'untidy' are not in her vocabulary!

 

[Ian]

Robson, when I started working for myself my wife said to me 'Just imagine me looking over your shoulder on every job' and believe me she is a perfectionist. It's stood me in good stead.

Very wise words, I like it! If I had my wife looking over my shoulder every day my work area would have to be immaculately clean, the words 'dirt' and 'untidy' are not in her vocabulary!

 

[Stef]

I dont need my mrs to look over my shoulder.

I have OCD, my mrs is not a patch on me, im the best i can be.

 

[Ian]

Ooh I've got a double post! That's never happened to me before! Bad start to the new year!

 

[Stef]

Bri, it was worth the double post mate!!

 

[the diving tile]

About 150000m of that approx 10000m of that laid in sand and cement all in thirty years on every type of job.