Tiled a few houses, going to start charging.

[celt]

I've been working in construction for 14 years but mainly a plastered. I handy at other trades like block laying,concrete work and some roof woek. I have tiled my own self build, 5 bed with 4 bathrooms, large kitchen, dining etc.. Have also tiled a few frienew bathrooms kitchens but now thinking of going out and tiling jobs for income.
Just joined and to know any tips yous might have for me because when tiling them jobs I mention above I found if it bit tricky. Some if the ra weren't that great and had to use more adheisve in o some parts of the and cutting exact to the mm around the edges was time consuming.
when laying the tiles,I used hand trowel with the sq notched of it. I have a great tile cutter that's used. By proper tradesmen rulers. also have electric one for difficult cuts.
Only after doing a job my sister and done it in. 26 hours and was a 5.3 x 4 m sq kitchen/dining with some units running along the 5m wall. Layer the tiles then had to cut the outer tiles, done this one by one then layer dry to check to see if they where . Grouped and looks great job. Brought the kitchen table/chairs back in and fitted , not one wobble in any of them.
Just wondering is this a good time for doing this sort of job.

 

[rubi man]

Hi mate if our work is top notch and your covered insurance then why not maybe post some pics so we can see your work.
Non of us are here to judge you but help guide you in the right path

 

[Andy Allen]

sounds like your an expert ....go for it...:smilewinkgrin:

 

[celt]

sounds like your an expert ....go for it...:smilewinkgrin:

Sure why not, god loves an aul trier as the aul saying goes lol. All jokes aside thou, i do understand you being sarcastic because yous are prob fully qualified tilers and seeing a thread like this warrents it but im handy enough with doing other jobs and wouldnt really make a mess of the work im doing like a newbie would. Im well clued up on knowing what needs done and do leave a good enough job. I have seen some bad jobs in my time TBH with people not knowing how to grout properly or even set out tiles so you dont have a wee daft cuts around the edges. All i would need is experience and hopefully leave jobs like a proper tradesman tiler.



Will try and upload some pics when i get a chance.

 

[Martyn Leeds]

I hope your Tiling is better than your grammar.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

The forum is open to all levels of skill!
We are here to help when a question is asked but to charge someone for a DIY job is not a moral stance I'd want to encourage!
Call it sarcasm or whatever but we all have the right to reply.

 

[beanz]

I must admit, I found the 1st post quite hard to follow, but have no issue with you charging for your work.. Why not, if you're doing things properly, and your customers are happy. Have a good read in here, and just make sure you're doing it right, or it could turn round and bite you in the wallet.

welcome to the forum

 

[celt]

I hope your Tiling is better than your grammar.

The forum is open to all levels of skill!
We are here to help when a question is asked but to charge someone for a DIY job is not a moral stance I'd want to encourage!
Call it sarcasm or whatever but we all have the right to reply.

I must admit, I found the 1st post quite hard to follow, but have no issue with you charging for your work.. Why not, if you're doing things properly, and your customers are happy. Have a good read in here, and just make sure you're doing it right, or it could turn round and bite you in the wallet.

welcome to the forum

Cant help the grammer, left school at the age of 14 to go work in construction and never really had any need for good grammer. Sorry if this is a problem, on here but hope people understand.

 

[widler]

Cant help the grammer, left school at the age of 14 to go work in construction and never really had any need for good grammer. Sorry if this is a problem, on here but hope people understand.

Don't worry about the grammar,I'm rubbish at it.
As for the tiling as long as you are doing a good job and it right,you should charge,everyone has got to start somewhere even a plasterer

 

[celt]

Don't worry about the grammar,I'm rubbish at it.
As for the tiling as long as you are doing a good job and it right,you should charge,everyone has got to start somewhere even a plasterer

I agree. I would say i do a good enough job for what i know already. Just need experience and ill be like a pro in no time lol

 

[steve187]

celt why not type your posts in something that has spell check and then cut and paste onto here.
it was hard to follow and on reading it i assumed english was not your first language.
best of luck with your chosen path, but i would suggest a tiling course to at least get you on the right foot, and as a previous poster said some photo's of your work would help, your last post reminds me of someone else

 

[Mr Tiler]

5.3 x 4m2 what sort of measurement is that? do you mean 21m2? and your way of seing if the floor is level is by bringing the furnature in to see if theres any wobble lol...

 

[Mr Tiler]

I love the first comment that was made on this thread because I even had to meet one of the guys from here to certify that I was a real human being lol.

 

[Gazzer]

I love the first comment that was made on this thread because I even had to meet one of the guys from here to certify that I was a real human being lol.

And we still aint sure

 

[Mr Tiler]

maybe I am that joker plumber who ali accused me of so long ago lol

 

[High Peak Tiling]

I've been working in construction for 14 years but mainly a plastered. I handy at other trades like block laying,concrete work and some roof woek. I have tiled my own self build, 5 bed with 4 bathrooms, large kitchen, dining etc.. Have also tiled a few frienew bathrooms kitchens but now thinking of going out and tiling jobs for income.
Just joined and to know any tips yous might have for me because when tiling them jobs I mention above I found if it bit tricky. Some if the ra weren't that great and had to use more adheisve in o some parts of the and cutting exact to the mm around the edges was time consuming.
when laying the tiles,I used hand trowel with the sq notched of it. I have a great tile cutter that's used. By proper tradesmen rulers. also have electric one for difficult cuts.
Only after doing a job my sister and done it in. 26 hours and was a 5.3 x 4 m sq kitchen/dining with some units running along the 5m wall. Layer the tiles then had to cut the outer tiles, done this one by one then layer dry to check to see if they where . Grouped and looks great job. Brought the kitchen table/chairs back in and fitted , not one wobble in any of them.
Just wondering is this a good time for doing this sort of job.

Self built 5 bed 4 bathroom... Can't be bad

 

[the diving tile]

I think he's gone

 

[Andy Allen]

another multi trader bites the dust....:sofahide:

 

[Qwerty]

another multi trader bites the dust....:sofahide:

You had to throw that grenade in didn't you Andy!!

 

[Martyn Leeds]

He's trimming the table & chair legs to stop them wobbling

 

[Rossymcg]

Do you think he was having a nobble or being serious?
His use of words wouldn't indicate he's spent much time in the building game,
Being a plasterer would help out in several situations you'd come across, I've encountered plenty of "pro tilers"(ie all the tools, sign written van, business cards and all that jazz) making a decent living and throwing it in, they easily get shown up by some multi traders I'd rather employ, it's all about the person doing the job not the title attached to the person,