Tiling tips.

[Terry the tiler]

Evening gents, was just looking over on the plasterers forum and a chap had started a new thread on plastering tips.
Thought I would steal the idea and see what happens on here.
Its always good to know other people's tips which can save time and money.
Even the simple things.

 

[One Day]

No.1. Get a professional

 

[Terry the tiler]

Don't **** into the wind

 

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

Eat yellow snow.

 

[Terry the tiler]

On a serious note if you find yourself in a position with no toilet a plastering bucket with empty plaster/adhesive bag knife makes a good makeshift poopa

 

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

On another serious note
Close the door on ya van before going going to the poopa. Not a good look.

 

[Bill]

Thought we did this a few weeks ago.... mine was .....always clean your buckets out as they are gold dust in our industry unless you keep buying them like a der der.

 

[One Day]

Don't work for anyone involved in the legal profession.

 

[Andy Allen]

Or engineers..

 

[One Day]

Or engineers..

Ooh yes. Definitely.

 

[Terry the tiler]

Thought we did this a few weeks ago.... mine was .....always clean your buckets out as they are gold dust in our industry unless you keep buying them like a der der.

I always have a bucket of water which I clean my drill in after each mix or tools at the end of the day.
If I'm using pre mix I.e white star, as soon as I finish the adhesive I transfer the water give a good scrub then keep bucket as its like brand saves a fortune.

 

[LM]

Don't book in more than 4 days a week

 

[Terry the tiler]

Just looked at the previous tiling tips thread sorry I wasn't around back in 2015 so I missed it, I did like the tip on using hardie or mdf as a hole stencil/guide tho.

I brought myself a Bosch GTR30 tile router and it makes mincemeat of cutting holes. The motor is impressive and beats any cordless or sds. It's variable speed too.

 

[WetSaw]

Don't book in more than 4 days a week

Or 3 if your name starts with A...

 

[One Day]

Or 3 if your name starts with A...

And try to charge enough so that you can earn 5 days money in 3 days (that's mine!)