Working

[FreeD]

Theres always someone quicker than you mate, just go at your own pace, if you can speed up a bit great, but don't forsake quality.

I've heard this many times before, its usually from contractors pushing to get as much out of you as they can.

I just ignore them and if they don't use me again no worries theres always another around the corner, and I know I have left a good job.

 

[Martino]

Another factor that speeds up any tiling work is size of tile...latley most my bathrooms are 600x300 so they go pretty quick!...most kitchens are 100x200 again alot quicker than the older 100x100 tiles people used years ago...a major factor in tiling i feel is prep work...if your prepping your own work then you have no where to hide....a good saying would be....if you fail to prepare, then prepare to fail

 

[Protilers]

I think that speed is "second" to "accuracy"......I have worked on everything from TFL to Mrs Buckets...........Speed is a great thing for earning power...if its Accurate!............if you are not accurate,
you spend time "repairing" your own in-accuracy.....
I know a good few fixers.......some are on here.......they are fast and accurate.....that only comes with experience...........

plod along.....get it spot on..........speed will come........

Lee.....oh and I think I am slow every single day........but, am I slow or are my expactations too high?

I will leave that to you......

 

[CJ]

Tell contractor to swivel.

The more people try and rush ME......the slower I get. Then again, I only do private.

I Never do site work, because "sometimes" you can see the rush job

 

[charlie1]

I sometimes wonder if a contractor could have a problem with someone's work being too good, rather than tell them to reduce there quality, you simply tell them to speed up!! If you have a load of guys tiling to an acceptably low standard then someone comes in and does some work to a higher standard, it would certainly give a client grounds for questioning the low standard bulk of the job, however if its all pretty low then no problem.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

I sometimes wonder if a contractor could have a problem with someone's work being too good, rather than tell them to reduce there quality, you simply tell them to speed up!! If you have a load of guys tiling to an acceptably low standard then someone comes in and does some work to a higher standard, it would certainly give a client grounds for questioning the low standard bulk of the job, however if its all pretty low then no problem.

Mark you have just hit the nail on the head, I did a show house for a new development many years ago. The company I was working for had a very famous contracts manager, now a legend in the tiling industry. He gave me a right royal blasting for making a really good job of the work, saying " I have got to send average tilers on this site, and you have set the bar to high" talk about being trashed for doing your best.

Bob it was a long time ago, I forgive you, I know now what you were saying, but I was just doing the job the way I had been taught.😳

 

[White Room]

I sometimes wonder if a contractor could have a problem with someone's work being too good, rather than tell them to reduce there quality, you simply tell them to speed up!! If you have a load of guys tiling to an acceptably low standard then someone comes in and does some work to a higher standard, it would certainly give a client grounds for questioning the low standard bulk of the job, however if its all pretty low then no problem.

I was on a job many years ago and this was plastering not tiling, they got rid of a team of guys who's work excellent but a bit slower.
So they got rid of and bought another team in who were fast but there work was nowhere as good, it was the speed thing they were interested in.

 

[Protilers]

I did a job with a tiler mate of mine......he brought me in to do the wet room...........I did my room my way...and he did his, his way.............another client I cant get off the damn phone at the mo!!!! hehehhhehehe...healthy problem!

 

[charlie1]

Mark you have just hit the nail on the head, I did a show house for a new development many years ago. The company I was working for had a very famous contracts manager, now a legend in the tiling industry. He gave me a right royal blasting for making a really good job of the work, saying " I have got to send average tilers on this site, and you have set the bar to high" talk about being trashed for doing your best.

Bob it was a long time ago, I forgive you, I know now what you were saying, but I was just doing the job the way I had been taught.😳

similar thing happened to me not long ago, he never asked me to drop my standards, he just said i need to speed up but i seen it coming a mile away! One good job can make all the rest look average or worse, i can understand why a contractor would be concerned but same as you phill, the quest for perfection wont stop for anyone.... Well not yet anyway

 

[nybor62]

personally i would want to do 2 bathrooms a day , and grout next day ,, and give the kitchens to some body else , lol