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It's ok .. Phil is passionate about our trade .. and breath..
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Have u ever heard of a tiler cutting metal trim with an angle grinder?
I do have every respect for people who call themselves multi traders, but lets face it some aspects of tiling are beyond the skills of mosts jacks of all trades. To quote Dave there are tilers, and there are tilers. I would love to see some guys on a real tiling job ie. 3,000 m2 floor, or a complex geometric floor.
Tiling is not just about bathroom bashing imo, to be a real tiler you must be able to take on any job, be it industrial, commercial, or domestic. How many "jacks" could tackle a swimming pool? or a big power vibro floor, laying 180m2 per day laying into semi-dry screed? not many, I think.:incazzato:
It's ok .. Phil is passionate about our trade .. and breath..
I do have every respect for people who call themselves multi traders, but lets face it some aspects of tiling are beyond the skills of mosts jacks of all trades. To quote Dave there are tilers, and there are tilers. I would love to see some guys on a real tiling job ie. 3,000 m2 floor, or a complex geometric floor.
Tiling is not just about bathroom bashing imo, to be a real tiler you must be able to take on any job, be it industrial, commercial, or domestic. How many "jacks" could tackle a swimming pool? or a big power vibro floor, laying 180m2 per day laying into semi-dry screed? not many, I think.:incazzato:
But Phil,no offence,I disagree ,some folk won't have the chance to do some things you mention,now hold your breath old timer ,(gulp) me a mere plasterer has laid quarry's into a semi dry screed in a farm house we plastered in the 80s,I've tiled mosaics and stone,I would tile a pool no probs,I would also render the sod before I tiled it as well
You lads are superb at your jobs,but,I stress, just cos you do 2 trades does not make you crap
I value Phil's opinion that a tiler should be able to turn their hand to any type of tiling no matter how difficult or daunting. However it appears to me that the current trend is away from a "jack-of-all-tiling" to specialism with a particular field of tiling. So I see a lot of stone tiling specialists, Victorian geometric tiling specialists, tile restoration specialists, and (as in my locality) swimming pool installation specialists. In view of that, after an apprenticeship in all aspects of tiling, should we not encourage tilers to become specialists with a particular field of tiling? Personally I am a "domestic tiling specialist" because I like customers and thing that commercial tiling contractors (who sub-contract to us lesser mortals) should be sat on a loo seat facing the water below.... :yikes:
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