Bathroom fitting

[felix]

Hi guys,

I have been giving some thought recently to doing a plumbing course in order to offer a bathroom fitting service as well as tiling. Does anybody else do this? If so is it worth doing? Where is the best place to do a course?

Any help much appreciated

Andy.

 

[DHTiling]

You could try chase......

Plumbing Courses from Chase Plumbing Academy

 

[brian c]

spot on with that link Dave,im thinking of doing this course aswell,but need to wait a few months until i pay for the holiday...

 

[macten]

Definitely worth doing.
I much prefer the plumbing side of things to the tiling.
I find the tiling an awful lot of hard work in comparison and not as well paid.

 

[uug197h]

there are lots of people that have done plumbing courses C & G 6129 (£5000) and can not get any work due to not having the nvq2 why not see if there is any one in your area that you could team up with and split the work load that way you can learn plumbing by helping and he/she can learn tiling

 

[brian c]

there are lots of people that have done plumbing courses C & G 6129 (£5000) and can not get any work due to not having the nvq2 why not see if there is any one in your area that you could team up with and split the work load that way you can learn plumbing by helping and he/she can learn tiling

makes sense doing it this way if you can find the correct person to do this work with.

 

[pjtiler]

makes sense doing it this way if you can find the correct person to do this work with.

i use to do full bathroom refurbs with a plumber mate of mine sadly cancer took him from us this time last year he was only 39 god i miss him
ive done a few on my own over the last 12 months there hard work when theres only one pair of hands but very enjoyable to do
its worth getting a plumber as your partner if your not up to speed plumbing wise

 

[Spud]

i use to do full bathroom refurbs with a plumber mate of mine sadly cancer took him from us this time last year he was only 39 god i miss him
ive done a few on my own over the last 12 months there hard work when theres only one pair of hands but very enjoyable to do
its worth getting a plumber as your partner if your not up to speed plumbing wise

sorry to hear about your friend

 

[charlie1]

Yip, I would also like to do a plumbing & plastering course. I would love to create a whole new bathroom from start to finish.

 

[White Room]

i use to do full bathroom refurbs with a plumber mate of mine sadly cancer took him from us this time last year he was only 39 god i miss him
ive done a few on my own over the last 12 months there hard work when theres only one pair of hands but very enjoyable to do
its worth getting a plumber as your partner if your not up to speed plumbing wise

39 thats no age mate you have my sympathy

 

[CLAYS TILES]

i've done a basic plumbing course so i too can do bathroom refits!
but remember you need to do a water regs course otherwise you can only do plumbing work in your own home,otherwise you need to pay a plumber to sign the work off! if your planning on doing site work you'll need a cscs card!

 

[CLAYS TILES]

i use to do full bathroom refurbs with a plumber mate of mine sadly cancer took him from us this time last year he was only 39 god i miss him

sorry to hear that m8,i know exactly how you feel,cancer has taken half my family away from me! :35: somethings just aint fair in life and cancer is top of the lot! if they give out awards for disease that would win hands down! oh i'm ranting again,i'm sorry!

 

[necro777]

Taking a plumbing course is a start but wont help if you get a really awkward bathroom to do. Only the experience of working with a time served veteran plumber can get you round some of the little nasties that can catch you out same as any trade. But to get started buy the Plumbing NVQ and Technical Certificate: Level 2 book by JTL. Amason link. Amazon.co.uk: Plumbing NVQ and Technical Certificate: Level 2: JTL: Books

As this is the book used on most college courses.

 

[DHTiling]

Good book....... check my amazon store link to see that book and the cd-roms as well.....

 

[robbo]

Good book....... check my amazon store link to see that book and the cd-roms as well.....

Never one to miss a sales opportunity eh Dave...:lol:

 

[pjtiler]

thanks for your kind words lads

 

[uug197h]

i've done a basic plumbing course so i too can do bathroom refits!
but remember you need to do a water regs course otherwise you can only do plumbing work in your own home,otherwise you need to pay a plumber to sign the work off! if your planning on doing site work you'll need a cscs card!

Clay you do not need water regs you can get registered by the local water company if you have the water regs but no one bothers, there are no reg for plumbers yet so work dose not need to be signed off and to do site work you must have NVQ2 and cscs card, there are a lot of courses out there that will tell you a two week course is all you need with the water regs but i'm sorry there full of s**t you are best of with C & G for domestic and C & G + NVQ2 for sitework, but at the moment plumbers do not need to be registered but it will not be long before they do just like Part p for electrics, then if you have done a 2 week course you will need retraining and it will cost you again

PS Clay i'm not saying you have done a two week course this is so others think before paying out for somthing thats not worth the paper its on

 

[cam_low]

Its what I do, bathroom start to finish !

my plumber mate helps me out no end til I can learn it all myself !

 

[CLAYS TILES]

too late m8,i did it back in april,course + regs + cscs card scheme =£700:whatchutalkingabout
does this mean i was conned or not???? i was told you need water regs b4 you can go into customers etc!
i only went with what i was told as i didn't want to be another cowboy plumber out for wot he can make! oh by the way i'm not going anywhere near gas! you can kill people if you make a mistake!
atleast the wet side only floods them!!!!:lol:

 

[uug197h]

Clay if you haven't got nvq2 you can not do plumbing on sites, as there are no regulations for plumbers yet you can do plumbing without doing a course the two week courses are for d.i.yers they will only show you the basic things mainly how to change a bathroom suite (like for like) you have to find out how to do the rest in your customers houses, all i can say is work things out before you start if your not sure ask someone

 

[crazysteve123]

ppl plumbing training weekend bathroom fitting course absolutey spot on

 

[JIMBOB187]

If it's a like for like suite swap then your average plumbing course will suffice but what if the house has an old soil stack to replace or has the dreaded micro bore ro what about a sparky for a power shower or a sunken bath with no fall needing a non return valve, all things that can cause problems when quoting and attempting. I tend to engage a few trusted plumbers myself and just make a margin on their work.

 

[LM Ceramics]

ive heard bathroom fitting and plumbing isnt as hard as it seems im going to book a 5 day course at chase in a few months im sure that is all i will need to be able to complete a full bathroom install and basic plumbing and advertise bathroom installs my self

 

[White Room]

I just have plumbers/heating engineers call me for their plastering and tiling

 

[devonmark]

I work with plumber doing bathroom refurbs, we do the rip outs together, when he's plumbing I labour and when I tile or plaster he's the labourer, we learn off each other, great to have someone to talk to as well..

 

[Falcone]

im just tiling on the side at the moment as im going away to Oz for a year in December.

when i come back im going into tiling full time on my own and am going to do a plastering course and also a plumbing course as I also want to do full bathroom refurbs!!

strings and bows and all that lol

 

[DHTiling]

im just tiling on the side at the moment as im going away to Oz for a year in December.

when i come back im going into tiling full time on my own and am going to do a plastering course and also a plumbing course as I also want to do full bathroom refurbs!!

strings and bows and all that lol

You stop in oz mate,,better than this country.......

 

[Falcone]

cheers, yeah I've heard ots better than this dump!! lol...

dont think il be tiling over there so business will be put on hold for 10 months then when i come back, right in at the deep end... actually lookin forward to gettin back hahaha :lol:

 

[LM Ceramics]

i would rather be anywhere than in england

 

[george792]

Hi Newbie tiler I finished a nvq 2 plumbing in 2000 which I did part time teaches you the basics and more but the problem is if your not working with someone who has been there and done it you will struggle. You learn with someone elses experience and your own mistakes . after 8 years im still learning new things. moved on to tiling and have a good number of bathrooms under my belt but have booked on a course with Nett as feel I still have more to learn and plenty of mistakes still to make.