tilers realistic earnings

[Acubeofdurp]

Its obveous that we are all striving for perfection for the customer, that is why we are here. We are largely self employed which means- insurance to pay for vehicles,, , tools, pricing up, pensions, risk of messing up/not getting paid, holidays etc etc.... alas plenty of us can bareley scrape £50 a day!?!?!, not even the mininmum wage!!!!!!!! that a retail monkey gets. Not forgeting holiday pay, pensions, tools, risk of messing up...Reading this thread is totally sickening if you ask me.

On the other hand i read a similar thread on a painting and decorating forum (earning potential) and the general consensus was £120 a day. is this just bravado taking over?. Personally i think a good tiler should earn at least what a decorator should if not more. good luck to you all.

 

[jonnyc]

After a 5 day course is completed you should expect to earn approximately £90k net in your first year's trading.

there was no exclamation mark at the end of your post so am i to assume that you really know and believe that one should expect to earn £ 90 k nett after 5 day course.
peter i think to enrol in this 5 day course.
do you run this course yourself.
if so ive been missing something this last 25 years!!
£90k nett after tax is about £ 115,000 a year before tax

 

[Ceramico tiling]

Yeah Exactly.They dont tell you how hard it is to find work on the courses.IMO its an undervalued skill in the trade world with all this competition!

 

[Peter]

I could give you a start Jonny but I'd only be able to pay you 85k. :lol:

Just poking fun at the training centres ridiculous claims.

 

[jonnyc]

I could give you a start Jonny but I'd only be able to pay you 85k. :lol:

Just poking fun at the training centres ridiculous claims.

Ok I'm with you now.
i am sorry but working back from teaching myself in a day 28 years ago and then index linked I think I am worth approx £125332.00 nett.per annum.
i could round down to 120k at a pinch, but I would expect you to contribute to my
retirement party within the next 5 years.

 

[gamma38]

Everyone is only worth what the market is paying in there respective areas, try and get too greedy and no work, price it cheap to get the work and you must be rough and desperate to go that cheap and still no work. Reputation is key. I price each job individually on it's own merits, never done it any other way. And I earn £5000 per day at the moment, so as you can imagine times is tough!!!!!!!!

 

[prceramics]

im looking to clear £250.00 a week...anything above that is a bonus but this is my bottom line figure for survival to pay bills support the family etc. Is this realistic in these times?

see you are from MK mate things have been quiet you will need some contacts to get regular work

 

[dave l and l]

think times are tough all over to be honest, just making a wage most weeks.
£ 250 a week is not enough to rum a van, upgrade tools, put fuel in it and every other bill that you wont realise. working for fifty quid a shift is a joke. if you are willing to tke that kind of cash you could probably find any number of jobs thta will pay you that amount

 

[Peter]

If you're starting off its not so much the pricing but getting the work in the first place. If you're doing kitchens and bathrooms mainly you need to be doing 2-3 jobs a week and pricing 3-4 the same week to keep steady and infront of yourself. Hard to get the calls on cold advertising alone if you don't have regular contacts feeding your number, no matter how good a tiler you are.

 

[prceramics]

its a nightmare to stay in front of yourself people wont wait for you untill you are established

 

[John Benton]

I used to be called the Naomi Campbell of tiling - I wouldn't get out of bed for less than £10k a day :lol:

 

[seph]

I think someone who hasn't been taught by a professional tiler for years should not get into tiling on a self employed basis. I worked two years as an apprentice and learned a lot but there is still a lot more to learn. I didn't really understand how much of a difference there was between someone who can tile and a professional tiler until I started this job. You have to learn from professional tilers to do a professional job.