Is the slow down affecting you.?. - TilersForums.com

[LM Ceramics]

im not mad busy but im busy i dont usually get work booked in advance i seem to get work at the right time if you know what i mean. im defintley not as busy as mark (graces dad)

 

[charlie1]

Tiling not my main income but ticking over. Not advertised any more just taking what i get. Have noticed a lot of other tilers in my area though saying business is very slow.

 

[bobbin]

Honestly, I am super busy at the moment, I have done 7 day weeks for nearly the last two months, I have another two large contracts starting in Sept which will run into next year, I think I am just lucky. I have a lot of friends who are in various trades and we all help each other out with contacts, by far the fastest way to advertise, and costs nothing!
Another bonus is I do both tiling and decorating and a majority of my work is a mixture of both in commercial and domestic properties. Customers like the fact that I can do both things, saves them having to look for another trades person.

 

[bigneil]

Subby work is dead for me at the mo, the building firms are laying people off because they can't sell their houses.. I'm surviving on my yellow pages ad and some word of mouth.

 

[CLAYS TILES]

as you know i'm on the lorries aswell as tiling,we supply chuckies to asda,just lately we've had drivers in the yard or made to have time off! (sorry asked politely if they want holiday) ..............................ha!
so i guess its hitting the supermarkets!

 

[pro-tile]

im busier than i have ever been. booked up for a couple of months and more quotes to go look at. just got a young lad from college for 3 months to get his nvq so he should come in handy

how and where do you get a lad for 3 month to get his nvq

 

[John Corley]

I clicked busy as ever however that is slightly misleading, I am still going to work everyday, butthe jobs are certainly smaller, and prices have gone down...

 

[CWS]

Was busy up until finished last job 3 weeks ago went on holiday for a week, not even a phone call since.

 

[Spirit]

Just finished one £30k bathroom and picked up 3 more on the back of it from impressed friends. Also have 2 more bathrooms and 2 shower rooms in the pipeline, and a kitchen and 60sm lounge in porcelain. As tiling is only a sideline to me, I anticipate a very busy time for the next few months.

 

[Derry]

thats not bad going considering you just do it as a suplement

 

[armatile7007]

We're pretty much steady at the mo but i can see it getting worse before it gets better

 

[IGTiling]

Busy one minute, then dead in the water the next. Early part of the year was very busy but now phone rings intermittently

 

[Fred]

Working in Central London at the moment, they can't give their money away, its amazing pay.

 

[woodie]

i've just finished 72 flats for housing association, trouble is now i've got nothing except a couple of little jobs worth a days wage.....lets hope it turns out well

 

[bal]

No domestic work at all , plenty of commercial but having to travel and also having to take less per meter due to more competition from tilers coming in from other sectors that have come to a stand still .Lucky i have built my client base up since i started.