Tiling's getting harder

[SandyFloor]

Be fair Doug, how many times have you looked at a botch job and said " that guy should be shot?"

 

[doug boardley]

Be fair Doug, how many times have you looked at a botch job and said " that guy should be shot?"

:lol::lol::lol:

 

[steve187]

I remember the old days when the only choice of floor tile was, Quarry

 

[BoldreChris]

I thought the job I have this week was hard and then today when I picked up the grout from my local tile shop I saw some 1200 x 800 limestone slabs about 30mm thick. I don't think I could even lift them, let alone lay them flat. I could say no to that job !

 

[Andy Allen]

I'm fairly new to the trade and think I do a good job but I seem to be too slow, I also wonder if I'm too fussy over lippage but with tiles like this I think you really have to be,

I'm begining to wonder if I'll ever speed up ,...............did anyone else think this when they first started

speed will come with time......how many m2 of the 500x500 tiles were you fixing per day?

 

[Perry]

I believe that Saddam Hussein slid his gun across a marble floor in one of his palaces, he found one slight lip and then made the tiler relay the whole floor. When it was relaid to his satisfaction and his gun didn't hit any lips he picked it up and shot the tiler for not getting it right first time!!:yikes::yikes:

Doug i might try that lol

 

[SRFredrick]

every trade moans about the one that goes before. Plasterers moan about chippies setting floor joists for the floor boards and not the ceiling, sparkies moan about plasterers filling in back boxes, plasterers moan about brickies not building walls square and so it goes on.

The more I learn about tiling the more I realise that it is important to be able to plaster well to be able to flatten surfaces prior to tiling. At least that is one thing I can do already. Just need to learn the tiling bit now!

 

[4x4]

Hi everyone thanks for all the advice, just got in from the said job, I'm relaying a kitchen floor in exactly the same tiles as before, as customer took the floor up because they had a flood and were never happy with the previous job anyway, she said the last tiler had done the job in 2 days, well I'm still about 2 or 3 days days away from finishing :yikes: , its diamond pattern by the way and its sure throwing up some interesting shape cuts in certain places! anyway the customer said today that they can't believe how much better the tiling looks already :smilewinkgrin: I said thanks very much and apoligised for being a bit slow but they and thanked me for taking my time and producing a good job !!!.........but of course I still need to get quicker

 

[doug boardley]

Hi everyone thanks for all the advice, just got in from the said job, I'm relaying a kitchen floor in exactly the same tiles as before, as customer took the floor up because they had a flood and were never happy with the previous job anyway, she said the last tiler had done the job in 2 days, well I'm still about 2 or 3 days days away from finishing :yikes: , its diamond pattern by the way and its sure throwing up some interesting shape cuts in certain places! anyway the customer said today that they can't believe how much better the tiling looks already :smilewinkgrin: I said thanks very much and apoligised for being a bit slow but they and thanked me for taking my time and producing a good job !!!.........but of course I still need to get quicker

I've been saying that or nearly 30 years now!,don't worry about it. There's far more satisfaction in a job well done than a job done fast

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Don't worry about speed 4x4 just keep up your standards. I have said it before " I used to be fast but rough, but lately, I seem to have lost my speed" only kidding:lol: you concentrate on doing the job right

 

[Stewart]

Don't worry about speed 4x4 just keep up your standards. I have said it before " I used to be fast but rough, but lately, I seem to have lost my speed" only kidding:lol: you concentrate on doing the job right

Phil.... i think the only thing that is rough about you, is your jokes!:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Deri]

When someone see's a good job they never ask how long it took, they ask who did it. Keep that in mind and it will all be good.

 

[Peter]

"You're slow but you're rough" a joiner once told me. :lol:

I think if you can do a good job with rectified edges then you can do most.