vynal layer stole my job!

[Andy Allen]

think its hit all ready down here.

hopeing it is just the holiday thing, fingers crossed it should pick up in a few weeks.

 

[CCTiling]

Thats such a good price Andy. I don't know why he didn't go with you as you are a pro tiler and the other guy isn't. Some people are just after rock bottom pricing and they don't seem to care who does it! There's always another phone call tomorrow (hopefully!)

 

[Andy Allen]

I know how you feel mate I lost out on a 20m2 kitchen floor and 6m2 walls job this week, was well undercut by a handyman :yikes:

The worst thing is this job was for one of my good friends :mad2:

handyman dont you just love um.

got one round our way under cutting everyone, found out from one of my suppliers he was selling insurence this time last year, he cant have been very good at it as he considers earning £50/£60 a day good money.

wonder if i can sneak out and change the writing on his van to hangman :smilewinkgrin:

 

[faithhealer]

went to see one this week, done by a decorator. I actually felt a bit sorry for him, he apparently is a very good decorator so must have a good eye. This tiling was so bad he must have known he was out of his depth before the customer asked him to stop.

 

[Andy Allen]

typical!
the vinyl floor guy( i agree, hope he screws it up) isn't pricing it up as a tiler but as a bonus
this is what we are up against and the new guys who unfortunately think there low prices are better than there previous jobs(no offence to them).:mad2:

your spot on there mate.

im allso up against builders and plumbers who would normally pass work on to me so they could move on to there next job, problem is there is no next job for them so they do it them selfs.

lost count of the amount of times i hear them in the tile shops asking the staff how do you do this and how do you do that, what trowel do i use, what adhesive do i need, how do i cut them. :ban:

 

[curlycan]

Isn't it amazing how this profesion is a very skilled profesion but everybody seems to think they can just slap on a bit of addy ,chuck up the tiles and then grout. Just because they may have seen a pro do it before and thought thats easy I could make more money doing that simple job. As we all know it's not just about putting tiles on the wall most of the work is making sure we have the right materials for the job not just going to b&q and buying unibond adyy and grout all in one to stick up porcelain tiles.:mad2:
I've done quotes where i've explained to the customer what needs doing and they can't beleive what info we need and what needs doing before the tiles need going on the walls. Thankfully this info I provide more often than not has got me the job. So my advice would be let your experience and know how out to the customer and things may change especially when the tiles fall off and wreck their bath, unfotunatley not much you can do about the price other people will do it for.