subbying or run your own jobs how does your business work for you?

[Peter]

Re: subbying or run your own jobs how does your business work for you

Try to keep a nice balance of builders/plumbers/recommendations/new leads to keep things ticking over.

Have about 4 builders I'd do regular work for and don't mind it at all. Worked for a few idiots in the past but the ones I'm in with now are keen on having the job done right and never mind being told how to prep a job differently for a better tiling job. Don't mind working for those fellas at all as I'm not pricing against anyone, just turn up, tile, send my bill and get paid at the end of the week. Pretty stress free.

The last year or so I've been doing as much as I can myself. Some tilers just stick to tiling and don't do prep etc but don't understand why as you're better stripping a bathroom for a day's wages than sitting in the house waiting on someone else stripping it.

Don't like subbing work out but there are one or two tilers I'd bring in when needed.

 

[peteablard]

Re: subbying or run your own jobs how does your business work for you

don't want to trigger a penis measuring contest but 18 m2 on a floor per day would be very achievable if substrate was reasonable.

Absolutely but there is plenty of commercial work available at double that, £8 is a joke!

 

[peteablard]

Re: subbying or run your own jobs how does your business work for you

Just to add, I've never subbed any work out and not been slightly dissatisfied with result. The only way i would let another tiler near my work now is to labour for me, its really not worth the stress

You're right mate, trying to find decent guys is a nightmare. Fortunately I've got a couple of guys I can rely in if needs be, one of them who I'd trust to do a job from start to finish and I know it would be 100%

 

[bugs183]

Re: subbying or run your own jobs how does your business work for you

don't want to trigger a penis measuring contest but 18 m2 on a floor per day would be very achievable if substrate was reasonable.

No penis triggered here!
Of course it's achievable under the right conditions, but this was a shop refurb, so you can guess what the floor would be like and how many trades would be on it.
My dad and i used to do loads of commercial, our best day was 100m2 between us in one day in 300x300's! But the floor was perfect.

 

[charlie1]

Re: subbying or run your own jobs how does your business work for you

No penis triggered here!
Of course it's achievable under the right conditions, but this was a shop refurb, so you can guess what the floor would be like and how many trades would be on it.
My dad and i used to do loads of commercial, our best day was 100m2 between us in one day in 300x300's! But the floor was perfect.

i done 101 on my best day ;-) (wink joke lol) i know what your saying, on your knees day offer say also takes its toll