Starting up costs

[Minty913]

I'm hoping to do my course start of next year
they question is how much should I put away for start off cost before my wife gets hold of my tour bonus

I was thinking getting a medium size van for about £3000
that will leave me with £3000
would you just get the basics and buy as you go? Or just go for it before the wife has a chance to get her hands on it :smilewinkgrin:

Oh yeah just found out I'll be in Cyprus on my 30th birthday they have a 4 can rule but better than nothing

 

[Ian]

£3000 will get you a decent van for sure, a good wet saw and scribe cutter that can handle the hardest porcelain will cost you around 1000 for the pair, another £1000 should get you all the other necessary tools, drills, mixer, spirit levels, floats, trowels etc etc, I'd say £4500-5000 will cover the essentials and get you good quality gear.

Edit, that's for everything, including the van, not 5k on tools!

 

[Minty913]

£3000 will get you a decent van for sure, a good wet saw and scribe cutter that can handle the hardest porcelain will cost you around 1000 for the pair, another £1000 should get you all the other necessary tools, drills, mixer, spirit levels, floats, trowels etc etc, I'd say £4500-5000 will cover the essentials and get you good quality gear.

Edit, that's for everything, including the van, not 5k on tools!

Thanks for the reply now the hard part what wet saw to go for
and do most of you go with 110v just in case you have site work?

 

[charlie1]

Angle grinder....60 quid! Piece of wood as guide...free, there you have saved money already!

 

[Ian]

Dewalt d24000 wet saw for me, it's a big outlay though and there are cheaper options, I didn't buy mine til I'd been self employed for 3 years and had enough work to justify the investment. Before that I had the QEP bridgesaw (Topps sell them) which is about £200 and did a great job. Bear in mind if you buy a big wet saw it won't be getting used daily unless you are going to do a lot of stone work.

 

[White Room]

I'd start off with small Briccolina emc:tiles | Briccolina 230V Electric Diamond Tile Wet Saw

 

[Tony73]

Hello Minty913, i 'd go with 110v. Ipersonaly have all tools for both 110v and 230v., and good luck. As Bri said, you have good budget for good van and proper tools

 

[Minty913]

Can not wait 10 days till I'm back in the uk and can start To get the ball rolling!!
need to call in some big favours from the Army fingers crossed

 

[judge]

Good luck with the shopping mate....Checkout Tradetiler Tradetiler.com Home .Plenty of ideas and toys to buy from there

 

[Minty913]

Good luck with the shopping mate....Checkout Tradetiler Tradetiler.com Home .Plenty of ideas and toys to buy from there

Yeah been looking at that site already have my shopping list saved, do they give Army BUT I want to be a tiler discount :lol:

 

[kilty55]

5k will get you started mate

 

[Aston]

hi minty
i have decided to sell the bulk of my tiling equipment and concentrate soley on plastering/rendering and renovation work. I will still do tiling but purely on the back of the plastering first so i can make do with the very basics.

if you want to buy any of my tools i can guarantee you will save a lot of money and get the best equipment. you are welcome to view and trial anything first ;0)

it would mean travelling to liverpool from swindon but andy carroll, phil hobson and joe hillhead will all vouch that if i say the tools top quality ie brand and condition, then they most definitely are.

i have a dewalt tile saw used once from tradetiler with 2 blades, stand etc 110v
stabila 196/2 levels
brand new marcrist pg850
and lots of other equipment including sigma tile cutters (they are the best but i prefer using rubi so the sigmas are going)

anyway, i have sent you a pm so if you are interested, let me know asap otherwise they will go on here or ebay

cheers


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[cam_low]

Also remember to get some decent business cards made, silky ones generally go down a treat and get a website sorted too. I'm sure you have friends who could build you one. Advertising costs need to be factored in! Small ad in the local rag but in my humblest if opinions word of mouth is the best form and its free if you do a good job!!!