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cornsack
Hi all,
New member to the forum, although I must to confess to being a 'lurker' for quite some time.
A bit about me - I have been a full-time 'tradey' for a number of years now. My primary trade is plastering and this is probably what I spend most of my time doing. Recently I have been carrying out more full-scale renovations, etc. (whole houses) with the help of some friends.
I like plastering and I think I'm good at it but I'm getting a bit tired of doing it every day. I am looking to move to doing bathrooms. I have plumbers, electrician, etc I can use already.
As well as plastering I do have some other skills in other trades like carpentry, etc. but I like to think I know my limits and always try to respect other trades and the time/experience required to truly master something.
I have some knowledge on tiling. I have always taken an interest in it and am always studying other people's work when I'm at customer's houses. I've also spent a lot of time trawling around this forum.
What I don't have is the experience, and I know this is really the important bit. I have done a couple of small splashbacks and tiled some bits of boxing, etc but that is all.
My question is this - given all the info above, is it reasonable to expect that after putting myself through a short tiling course for practice I might expect to be tiling your average bathroom with a decent finish? I would be going over my own beautifully flat plastered walls at least!
I know I wouldn't have anywhere near the speed of a time-spent pro or the experience to deal with complicated patterns or specialist tiles but is this still naive/offensive to all you professionals out there?
I'm very willing for someone to put me in my place!
Thanks for listening
New member to the forum, although I must to confess to being a 'lurker' for quite some time.
A bit about me - I have been a full-time 'tradey' for a number of years now. My primary trade is plastering and this is probably what I spend most of my time doing. Recently I have been carrying out more full-scale renovations, etc. (whole houses) with the help of some friends.
I like plastering and I think I'm good at it but I'm getting a bit tired of doing it every day. I am looking to move to doing bathrooms. I have plumbers, electrician, etc I can use already.
As well as plastering I do have some other skills in other trades like carpentry, etc. but I like to think I know my limits and always try to respect other trades and the time/experience required to truly master something.
I have some knowledge on tiling. I have always taken an interest in it and am always studying other people's work when I'm at customer's houses. I've also spent a lot of time trawling around this forum.
What I don't have is the experience, and I know this is really the important bit. I have done a couple of small splashbacks and tiled some bits of boxing, etc but that is all.
My question is this - given all the info above, is it reasonable to expect that after putting myself through a short tiling course for practice I might expect to be tiling your average bathroom with a decent finish? I would be going over my own beautifully flat plastered walls at least!
I know I wouldn't have anywhere near the speed of a time-spent pro or the experience to deal with complicated patterns or specialist tiles but is this still naive/offensive to all you professionals out there?
I'm very willing for someone to put me in my place!
Thanks for listening
