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[area tiling]

I've seen people who can do this amount of work in a day, it's madness. The quality is very rarely any good, they don't set out and more often than not don't Silicon either, just grout. It's why I won't even consider commercial work. To do a quality job, requires a certain amount of time and most contractors just want you in and out.

And their trimming work is shocking !

 

[White Room]

Some of us are getting older and slower, I know when I was younger I would fly with the plastering I have'nt got that speed now and my prices have to take that into the equation when pricing for a job...

 

[Andy Allen]

Dean has hit the nail on the head, spend years doing the samething you get quick at it and it does'nt mean your work is allways rough.

Price work is a totally different to working for yourself...

 

[Ian]

I probably put all fast tilers in the same boat with what I said in my earlier post, that was wrong of me. It is possible to be fast and accurate but it depends on so many things. What's the prep like? How many windows/boxings/sockets in the room? Can you cut in the room? Does it need trimming? I have tiled a 15 m2 bathroom in a day before but, I'd spent the previous day reboarding it and there were no windows or boxings, just 4 straight walls, I grouted the next day as well so, yes I tiled it in a day but the reality is it took 2.5 days, good prep is what makes me fast.

 

[Martyn Leeds]

I think 99% of us on here have done the same (if not similar) work that you're doing.
Be it new build/social/commercial etc.

I wouldn't be surprised if the other bloke did do the work he's on about. Plenty of tilers can, and do knock-out 4 kitchens a day, or 20mtrs grouted. But I wouldn't worry about what others can or can't do.

Its getting a balance between the speed and the quality. Don't compromise your quality, but if you try to speed up a little bit, it will come with tilme.

The foreman won't be bothered if the adhesive is dry or not - he just needs it grouted so he can tick the box & then hassle the plumber to 2nd fix or the decorator to get in, and then its another room completed for payment.

I always refuse to grout until its dry, and they'll just have to wait. I usually get the tub & read all the instructions to the foreman about wall prep, application, 24hrs drying etc. They're not ususally bothered, but they get where you're coming from, & they storm off etc. But I wouldn't be bothered about upsetting no-one on site.

As I've said before, this type of work, and the experience, will in the long-run make you a better tiler. Learning all the do's and the don'ts of what goes on..

 

[Mr T]

if you need a free pair of hands come and pick me up mate im only in Wolverhampton lol

 

[G Matharu TFS]

Thanks for the help, first time I've worked for site work, I'm averaging bathroom 15 sq mtrs and one window, fan cut out, holes for sinks with bore cutters water feeds and waste outlet and cut out for toilet, u can cut inside and 4 sq mtrs of floor all l shapes in 2.5/3days fully tiled grouted and siliconed.

1st day prep walls with bal apd, set out and tile window area and start with baton for cut tile and do around 28-36 tiles on walls and lay floor before I go 4 sq mtrs
2nd day finish walls
3rd day grout which takes 2-3 hours including sealing with Silicon.

Is this good, contractor on site is still saying grout in one day which I still think is unbelievable, told him it needs to go off and without the place having any heat I don't think the walls will go off, as a test to myself I put adehsive on the wall to see if it would dy next morning and the ready mix addy hasn't moist so I should have showed him this really!

also they have brought tiles from tiles plus in oldbury a batch of seconds and adhesive is also from there the cheap stuff which I hummed and arred about but just had to get on with it.....


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people

 

[Mr T]

sound mate how are ya advertising to get the work atm?

 

[Gazzer]

also they have brought tiles from tiles plus in oldbury a batch of seconds and adhesive is also from there the cheap stuff which I hummed and arred about but just had to get on with it.....


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people

Tile Plus, part of Euro Cladding ?

 

[Spud]

stay on the job for a month or 2 then come back and let us know if you have picked up your pace