1st Job Pics - Tile Advice

[Caledonian Tiling]

Hi All,

Here are a couple of pics from my 1st customers job ever, as you will
see from my new member post, the walls around the workboard were
sh*t excuse the language, with about 1 1/2 inch "craters" in certain areas
with plaster board running up to an old runner where a door in the wall used to be, then dipped straight down to the brick back up to the cement level covering the brick then the large gaping holes around the sockets....lucky me...

I worked my *** off and stressed loads to level out trying to use filler at 1st

before finally bonding out with plaster... i learned loads but my god it was a tough experiance...

Cheers.

 

[Dan]

Spot on setout by the cooker mate. Well done.

 

[CON5933]

Hi All,

Here are a couple of pics from my 1st customers job ever, as you will
see from my new member post, the walls around the workboard were
sh*t excuse the language, with about 1 1/2 inch "craters" in certain areas
with plaster board running up to an old runner where a door in the wall used to be, then dipped straight down to the brick back up to the cement level covering the brick then the large gaping holes around the sockets....lucky me...

I worked my *** off and stressed loads to level out trying to use filler at 1st

before finally bonding out with plaster... i learned loads but my god it was a tough experiance...

Cheers.

You'll be glad the 1st ones out ofthe way, well done.
A similar problem with the walls..... I 'dot & dab' when ever possible...
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For this I earned the grand sum of 2 bacon butties and all the tea I could drink...:wink_smile:

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[Dan]

Imagine how fat you would be if you tiled the whole house?!?!?!

 

[Concept PHT]

Surface prep is the key to good quality tiling, along with setting out

 

[Leatherface]

I'm lucky - bad walls - no can do. I will spot & dab plasterboard at a push - can't be arsed though. Tell them to get walls sorted. Always seem to have enough on to knock back the bad ones

 

[Caledonian Tiling]

Guys,

Cheers comments good/bad or indifferent all appreciated, one thing i do and will
continue to try and aim for is to get it done right and the tips/feedback from you
pro"s helps enormously...............

Caledonian.

 

[Leatherface]

Forget the rest - try to be the best.

REPUTATION - this counts for a lot - keep it & the work will come to you.
Loose it & loose the work.

Good luck mate

 

[Chrisfaefrance]

Looks good to me Caledonian. Nice work. You to Con.....nice "before" and "after" pics. What a difference !

 

[vince1]

nice work there that bit about the bacon butties made me have a little laugh and how fat you would be if you done the full house lol lol lol

 

[wivers]

Very nice mate. Sometimes its good to be thrown in at the deep end.

 

[enduro]

Nice job mate, but remember if your not happy with the walls and the customer wont do anything about it, walk away even if you havent got any work, be the best let another muppett do it.

 

[Leatherface]

Nice job mate, but remember if your not happy with the walls and the customer wont do anything about it, walk away even if you havent got any work, be the best let another muppett do it.

I agree 100%

 

[Concept PHT]

I had a classic quote llike this yesterday - developer wants house tiled accordingly. I gets there and the plasterer needed to be shot.

Boards didn't line up on the corners, bonding everywhere and the multi finish bowed on the walls where he had put to much pressure on his stroke. Proper crap job.

So I got the site manager up and pointed this out. He said, 'just quote the job to get it perfect then'. So I did, which basically involved re-skimming the walls and correcting the boards, with some rubbing down of the bonding.

Of course, I din't get the call back as the quote come to nearly £1500 instead of £700 if the walls were true.

But I get the satisfaction of knowing that some other muppet will be spending the rest of his life on that job trying to pack it all out with adhesive and being totally out of his depth.

 

[Caledonian Tiling]

True mate... a learning curve i wont go round again..!

Gaining experience on every job im on, you cant buy it or learn it anywhere,
again i think you pro tilers are the biz and RESPECT for passing the tips on,
its very much appreciated from this newbee Scots tiler in the making...