Female Tilers

[Leanne]

Hiya I was just wondering if there was any more Female tilers on this site? If there is please get intouch id love to know how yous are doing!! Thank you

Theres gotta b sum lasses out there? ? ?

 

[kapitan]

you know leanne ive been tiling nearly 20 yrs and i dont think ive seen a female tiler ur the first congrats!! i hope you do well, stick in!!

 

[Leanne]

there only 1 around the north east that i know of shes doing really well for her self! theres been a few times ive thought of giving up all together its just seems so hard for people to take you seriouse and give you a chance! Hopfully ill find some one to take me on for my apprenticeship and ill get the experience i need! ***

 

[Dan]

There's a couple registered on here too 😉 They just don't post that much. There's also a couple who are going on a training course that are registered and post under one name.

I've seen a few about.

There was one lass who came on a course once and went away and got a nice pink van, or pink text all over her van (can't remember
fully) and then aimed her tiling services at other females. She had an edge on blokes competing with her when the work was for a female as she connected design-wise, most of us blokes are not too good with colour matching as you'll probably all agree. 🙂

 

[howard]

Hi Leanne i am just trying to start a tiling company with a mate i may have got a good contract coming up in Manchester we are both new tilers are you experienced in any way :shades_smile:

 

[Leanne]

Hi Leanne i am just trying to start a tiling company with a mate i may have got a good contract coming up in Manchester we are both new tilers are you experienced in any way :shades_smile:

Hiya ive attended a course at north east tiling! but i would prefer getting some more hands on experience so im doing an apprenticeship with CITB I jus have 2 find an employer!!

any way good look with your company i hope it gos really well for you!!! ***

I'll make this topic a 'sticky thread' so that other females can find it easy to reply to 🙂

Thank you!!!! and as for that Pink Van thats what I want when I get going proply a Pink citroen berlingo! I can see it now hehe ***

 

[K2<:o)]

Hi Leanne,

I'm not a tiler .... yet, but hoping to become one soon. I did a three week tiling course as part of a construction course last year and got hooked. My classmates were all male and the average age was about 16 ( I was older than most of their mothers!!!). It was a pretty basic course and pretty slow-moving, but gave me enough confidence to fully tile a family-members cloakroom. I'm now looking for a more advanced course (currently looking at UK Tiling as it's closer to home) as I've offered my services to a friend who is currently renovating a house. Like yourself, I'll also be looking for help and advice from this forum.

All the best in your search for an employer.

K2

 

[Leanne]

Hi Leanne,

I'm not a tiler .... yet, but hoping to become one soon. I did a three week tiling course as part of a construction course last year and got hooked. My classmates were all male and the average age was about 16 ( I was older than most of their mothers!!!). It was a pretty basic course and pretty slow-moving, but gave me enough confidence to fully tile a family-members cloakroom. I'm now looking for a more advanced course (currently looking at UK Tiling as it's closer to home) as I've offered my services to a friend who is currently renovating a house. Like yourself, I'll also be looking for help and advice from this forum.

All the best in your search for an employer.

K2

Thankz I hope everything goes well for you! xxxx keep intuch and let me no how things work out!!!! ***

 

[Dan]

Hi Leanne,

I'm not a tiler .... yet, but hoping to become one soon. I did a three week tiling course as part of a construction course last year and got hooked. My classmates were all male and the average age was about 16 ( I was older than most of their mothers!!!). It was a pretty basic course and pretty slow-moving, but gave me enough confidence to fully tile a family-members cloakroom. I'm now looking for a more advanced course (currently looking at UK Tiling as it's closer to home) as I've offered my services to a friend who is currently renovating a house. Like yourself, I'll also be looking for help and advice from this forum.

All the best in your search for an employer.

K2

K2,

I'm guessing you're female too then. 🙂 Welcome to the forums. UK Tiling Courses is a spot on course, and as they only take a few (literally) per course, you get a good amount of time on a one2one basis. Very good training. There's less feedback on here about their courses as they have their own forums where they all chat, obviously very pro UKtilingCourses though so independent feedback might be easier to find on here 😉 Plus, we're all nice on here. 😛

 

[Dan]

Leanne,

I think i'll send an email to everybody for you to ask any ladies to say hi in here. If there ends up being enough women when the member count improves more, I might even let you lot have a ladies room on here 😛

 

[Leanne]

Leanne,

I think i'll send an email to everybody for you to ask any ladies to say hi in here. If there ends up being enough women when the member count improves more, I might even let you lot have a ladies room on here 😛

Arrr bless ya that would be wicked!!! ur a star babez ***

 

[L & R CERAMICS]

were u based leanne

 

[Leanne]

were u based leanne

Near South Shields!!!

 

[K2<:o)]

Thanks for the welcome and the reply Dan.

Yes I'm female, and it's nice to know that I'm not the only one strangely drawn to a tiling career. Bit worried about L&R tho!!? I've been looking at a few tiling forums and decided to register here just because of your independant feedback. That's one reason, but the main one is because you all seem so nice.

I'll keep you updated with my progress, as I've enjoyed reading about how others are doing.

All the best,
K2

 

[Dan]

Thanks for the kind words 🙂

Keep an eye on L&R 😉

 

[swindon_girl]

i was female last time i checked lol

 

[Leanne]

i was female last time i checked lol

hiya so where do you stand in the tiling business? av you done a course if you have where bouts did you take it? ***

 

[scorpion26]

HI Folks, Yep I am a female tiler, I have been tiling for about 4 years now. I did my course at college and then also did one of these 4 day training courses. Seems more woman are getting into the trade . I enjoy and always get the questions from customer " Are you doing the work, I never heard of a woman tiler". Hope thigns are going well for all the other female tilers out in the trade. :angel_smile:

 

[Leanne]

HI Folks, Yep I am a female tiler, I have been tiling for about 4 years now. I did my course at college and then also did one of these 4 day training courses. Seems more woman are getting into the trade . I enjoy and always get the questions from customer " Are you doing the work, I never heard of a woman tiler". Hope thigns are going well for all the other female tilers out in the trade. :angel_smile:

Hiya where abouts are you based? did you find it hard getting people 2 giv you a chance to prove your self? and do you attract a certain type of customer? like old people and men haters? ***

 

[scorpion26]

Leanne, im in shields as well, I think you have contacted me, Well when i started i just jumped in and went with it. It is odd what you get, I have varied of customers, its hard to say, but i do find being female and in this business hard,

 

[Leanne]

so is your business doing well then? do you advitise as a female tiler? do you still feel like you have to prove some thing just to get your foot in the door? and yea it was proply me that contacted you i contacted about 55 tilers from around here hehe ***

 

[lucyloo]

hi im female and a tiler from what ive read theres a few forward blokes on here, ive got 6years experiance and im down in the west country:wub:

 

[Leanne]

hi im female and a tiler from what ive read theres a few forward blokes on here, ive got 6years experiance and im down in the west country:wub:

hiya so is there many female tilers there? and hows your business goin? a think female tilers r wicked ive been trying 2 get into the trade for a few months now like and its proving harder then i thought!!! ***

 

[scorpion26]

Leanne, get in touch with me and ill tell you what i have done, I can try n help you out before I move back to the States.

 

[clmcg123]

:wub: hi there.one more female here,so that makes,oooh about half a dozen on the site.you rite leanne there isnt enough but makes it in good stead for us getting employment as its also an advantage(well,as long as we r good that is).in the middle of an ensuite and if i can work out how to put my photos up iwil.anymore females out ther would like to add their photos.for me,id like some constructive criticism(if any-joking!!)good luck in finding an apprenticeship.by the way,im from the northeast-redcar,cleveland.:wub:

 

[K2<:o)]

Lucyloo, Scorpion 26 and Clmc123, Were any of you lassies in other careers before moving on to tiling?

K2

 

[Dan]

Woop wooop, tilersforums.com once again connects the nation!

I've messaged you with my email address clmcg123, send me the photo's and i'll upload them to our gallery for you 🙂

K2,

What do you mean 'lassies' before they were tiling? 🙂 I'm confuddled! Doesn't take much though!

 

[elsdevine]

Hiya! Yes i'm a woman tiler - startin out ! Still working full time as a civil servant, doing tiling part time until i'm ready to give up the boring service!
How you getting on?
Elaine!

 

[lucyloo]

im female down in the west country came on here to get advice off more experianced than me, seems to be more off a chat up forum ha ha:happy:

 

[clmcg123]

:wub: done various things-hmf,worked abroad and boring retail work(not for me).what did you do k2 and is that your buisness name?:wub:

 

[Leanne]

Business names i was jst about to get on to that subject!!! yous that have started a business what business names have you used? The training course went through some but I could never think of anything!