what would you do if confronted with this?

[Sibhs85]

turned up to tile a floor at a customers house and was greeted to this!!

I walked!!

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Please help me. Had my wet room tiled and they've done what's supposedly called an envelope cut but it isn't very aesthetically pleasing and other cuts like that when googled look a lot more symmetrical. Can you give me advice on this? Is it done wrong?

 

[Blunt Tool]

I've got a bit of OCD and would probably tidy that up even if it wasn't the room I was to be working in!

 

[One Day]

Me too. I've had customers say that my most used tool is my dustpan and brush.
I'm still not sure if that's compliment or criticism?!

 

[Blunt Tool]

If it's still like that on Monday give us a shout won't be able to sleep now!!

 

[LM]

I'm sorry but my first reaction to that was an uncontrollable giggle.
Just being honest!

 

[LM]

Please help me. Had my wet room tiled and they've done what's supposedly called an envelope cut but it isn't very aesthetically pleasing and other cuts like that when googled look a lot more symmetrical. Can you give me advice on this? Is it done wrong?

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Yeah it's done wrong I'm afraid

 

[Italy]

Please help me. Had my wet room tiled and they've done what's supposedly called an envelope cut but it isn't very aesthetically pleasing and other cuts like that when googled look a lot more symmetrical. Can you give me advice on this? Is it done wrong?

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yeah!!!!
this photo is missing from my collection.
sad, very sad

 

[Andy Allen]

Please help me. Had my wet room tiled and they've done what's supposedly called an envelope cut but it isn't very aesthetically pleasing and other cuts like that when googled look a lot more symmetrical. Can you give me advice on this? Is it done wrong?

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You need to start a new thread..

 

[Andy Allen]

We can have a laugh at it again...

 

[Perry]

Always remember a few years ago turned up to tile a kitchen splash back, the units were full. Cleaned it all of, started tiling. At lunch time popped out to get a sandwich. When I got back they had put it all back. Good jobs but not to bright.

 

[Brian the Tile]

Not if you let your customers know beforehand that everything must be removed before you start work

 

[Brian the Tile]

turned up to tile a floor at a customers house and was greeted to this!!

I walked!!

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Bit like when yo turn up to do a job and they tell you that your tiles are in the garage,but im not tiling th garage am i im tiling the bathroom upstairs

 

[Sean Kelly]

I've had to clear away breakfast items in the past. i.e. the table, chairs, bowls and cups.......then sweep up the cornflakes off the floor before I could start tiling it.

Bathrooms are always full of tooth brushes and shampoo's etc. It's like I've just tured up out of the blue to tile their rooms.

 

[Flintstone]

Tiles in the garage is one thing I really don't like. I've had that many times

 

[Andy Allen]

I Always say I'll unload my tools while you get the tiles upstairs from the garage.

 

[WetSaw]

What's the problem with tiles being in the garage? If you turn up with them in your van do they get in the house by themselves?

 

[Spare Tool]

Long as the tiles are on site I can't see any reason to complain...if I turned up to do a bathroom and there was a great big stack of tiles in the middle of the room I'd spend half an hour moving most of them out the way

 

[Brian the Tile]

What's the problem with tiles being in the garage? If you turn up with them in your van do they get in the house by themselves?

Never seen tiles with legs actually,when i give a price for a job it is to do the tiling not to spend a few hours carrying them from the garage,i dont supply tiles anymore so i dont think ill have a problem getting them in from the van,dont mind helping anybody but believe the tiles should be where im working

 

[WetSaw]

Never seen tiles with legs actually,when i give a price for a job it is to do the tiling not to spend a few hours carrying them from the garage,i dont supply tiles anymore so i dont think ill have a problem getting them in from the van,dont mind helping anybody but believe the tiles should be where im working

Good for you.

 

[Spare Tool]

Never seen tiles with legs actually,when i give a price for a job it is to do the tiling not to spend a few hours carrying them from the garage,i dont supply tiles anymore so i dont think ill have a problem getting them in from the van,dont mind helping anybody but believe the tiles should be where im working

A few hours?? Unloaded 30 odd sqm today from a van and carried them in to room in 15 minutes...what you doing carrying them one at a time??

 

[Andy Allen]

What's the problem with tiles being in the garage? If you turn up with them in your van do they get in the house by themselves?

If the tiles are in my van then I have a mark up on them which allows me the time and cost to off load them.

Humping 18m of 600 x 300 porcelain tiles from a garage to the upstairs bathroom is no joke for a 51 year old with bad knees and back !!
Had to hump this lot from the garage to the bathroom today....

He went to work before I got there so couldn't reprimand him

 

[Andy Allen]

And yes there bloody metros...

 

[Andy Allen]

And from B&POO

 

[Andy Allen]

Could my life get any worse...?

 

[Spare Tool]

Could my life get any worse...?

Could want em 45 herringbone Andy