First commercial tiling job

[afright]

One hand? Definitely couldn't do it in two days

I tile with one hand,lost the use of my left arm in a road accident while coming home from work in 1980 but can still average anything from 10 to 15 m2 a day it took me 2 years to get back into the job but there is very little that I can not manage, you do adapt.

 

[Stef]

I tile with one hand,lost the use of my left arm in a road accident while coming home from work in 1980 but can still average anything from 10 to 15 m2 a day it took me 2 years to get back into the job but there is very little that I can not manage, you do adapt.

You have always amazed me how you manage to tile,
God, the jobs hard enough at the best of times with 2 hands let alone 1.
I take my hat off to you..

 

[afright]

And I was left handed,some customers give me funny looks but once they see my work they are fine.

 

[Stef]

And I was left handed.

Jesus, it would be like starting over again.
Must have taken you a long time to adapt to that.

 

[afright]

Yer it did my brother was a tiler as well, we work together for 27 years so it did not come to hard as he would help at the beginning if I was on my own I think that I would have give in,it gets a bit hard putting up the porcs,but my right arm looks a bit like popeyes,lol.

 

[Mr Tiler]

And I was left handed,some customers give me funny looks but once they see my work they are fine.

I was going to ask if you do get any problems with quotes and stuff I couldn't even measure up with one hand fair play to ya mate

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Yer it did my brother was a tiler as well, we work together for 27 years so it did not come to hard as he would help at the beginning if I was on my own I think that I would have give in,it gets a bit hard putting up the porcs,but my right arm looks a bit like popeyes,lol.

pmsl!

 

[afright]

Its marvelous what you can do using your mouth (if you know what I mean)drawing a level line with a felt tip hanging out of your mouth.

 

[Stef]

Yer it did my brother was a tiler as well, we work together for 27 years so it did not come to hard as he would help at the beginning if I was on my own I think that I would have give in,it gets a bit hard putting up the porcs,but my right arm looks a bit like popeyes,lol.

At least you were still able to work, that's the main thing.

 

[Sean Kelly]

Wow this thread has certainly gone off topic, who could have predicted how comment #1 would end up over three years later as comment #21 – Amazing, but not as amazing as Afright’s journey.

This is certainly a case for keeping threads open and alive for ever.

Afright, any chance of your journey being turned into a film? I salute you.

 

[afright]

Wow this thread has certainly gone off topic, who could have predicted how comment #1 would end up over three years later as comment #21 – Amazing, but not as amazing as Afright’s journey.

This is certainly a case for keeping threads open and alive for ever.

Afright, any chance of your journey being turned into a film? I salute you.

I have worked for a film director she has asked if I would be willing to be filmed working,she is making a film on peoples lives in are area but I have not said yes I said that I will let her know,I tiled her editing room.