Starting-up shopping list... Opinions please

[Simon.]

lol simon . you can get nice bright yellow ones on e-bay to match your underpants.

Underpants? Knickers.

 

[GazTech]

I think a pervs chat room is on the cards

I'm in!!!

 

[DHTiling]

as long as theres a fridge for gaz lol lol

 

[Varley]

get yourself some gorilla tubs too - for mixing your gear or else you may not be too sucessfull :wink_smile:
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To be honest I got my start up package a lot cheaper only cost me £400 with a wet and large format dry cutter, tubs, long screws (for sockets), tile gauge, tile scribe, 3 x bucket trowels (various applications), grout wisk, grout rake, sealant rake, trim cutters, spare wheels for cutters, grout boy and spare sponges, small trowels, grout float and a few other things too.
Got mine from my training centre so the gear is good quality too.
Looks like I got a bargain.
Speak to Darren @ NETT if you need anything, I believe he does delivery.
Hope that helps.

Same here Dev, and it is good quality gear! :icon6:

 

[BrhTiling]

Well, I have spent £400 so far...

I went with a RUBI TS50 and a D-CUT table top wet saw... @169.99.... ouch... Bloody topps tiles sales staff sold me that one... I was going to go with a plasplugs for £100 but they showed me the D-cut thing working and I was impressed.

I'm sure it is going to be far too big for me needs... sigh

I have some trowels now...

I still need tapes / rulers / spirit levels / cordless drill and fittings? / washboy... etc etc etc.

Oh, and I am half way through my 4-week course now... so I decided to start stripping the splash-backs in my bathroom because I want to tile floor to ceiling in there as a practice job...... half of the wall plaster has come away in two areas... 3x3ft patches I'm guessing, right back to the bloody brick work!

The centre I'm training at offers a 1-week intensive plastering course for £350, although I may get a discount because I have already used them for the tiling course... Might be a good investment??

 

[Varley]

Being able to plaster is a good skill to have in this game. You don't have to be great, just good enough to flatten a wall out :wink_smile:

 

[GazLC81]

Dustpan and brush, dustsheets, workbench......

Don't realy think you NEED two dry cutters tbh, a TS60 will cut small tiles just as well as a ts30, i know it's bigger and more clumsy but you can always get one once you start earning.

Gaz

 

[lendini]

hi heres my list

tr600s rubi dry cutter
plasplugs master tiler with extra blades
marcrist diamond blades x 2 for wet cutter
4-12mm trowels all rubi
bolster chisel,hammer,white rubber mallet for non marking
mixing paddle,mixing drill (silver line)
3 levels 600 ,800, 1200
2 x flexi tubs
bosch corless 24 v drill
washboy+ sponges
tile trim cutters
mitre box ,hacksaw
sealant gun
oh and a fein multimaster kit
youngman work platform
marcrist pg850 diamond hole cutter kit
rubi nippers
rubi mosaic nippers
rubi parrot cutters
rubi hard material cutters
set of margin trowels
marshaltown float
prise bar
variour size rubi spacers and wedges
all i need now is a van

 

[charlie1]

Knee pads too. you wont get any floor tiling done without them.

 

[GazTech]

pencil