Who is busy?

[Spud]

We are slower than normal at the moment after finishing a couple of biggish jobs early ,who is quiet at the moment and when does your next job start ?

 

[White Room]

Ticking over at the moment so can't complain but the the phone is quiet

 

[Stewart]

All go for me just now. Booked up into may and having to work this weekend too. The one difference I have noticed is the lack of large jobs. It's all around the 30-50 metre and very little stone. My main competitor for stone have reduced their fixing price by £10 a metre just to keep their fixers in work, so that might explain that one.

 

[Spud]

we have got work on but its like you say Stewart all smallish jobs we have 15 flats to start next week but there is only 10m2 in each, I have a swimming pool in the pipeline but its outside so I dont want to do it until the spring

 

[CJ CERAMICS]

I have work in for the next 5 weeks small and medium jobs all recomendations.....no phone calls from advertisements though.

 

[maniek]

..few wee jobs, nothing major and no phone calls from advertisements..apart for a
women who called me 5 times today and ask to quote over the phone:mad2::mad2:

 

[Scott]

No that im doing anything at the moment anyway but i have only had 4 enquiries in from my suppliers January sale, its normally better than that but it has been prgressivley quieter for the last three years

 

[Mike]

i've been busy since xmas but i've had a 2 week job cancelled (starting next week)as the customers have run out of money on the new build but i've managed to fill the first week, tiling displays in the local tile shop.

 

[doit4u]

absolutely dead for the last few months, but at least I have caught up on some family jobs.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Gary - that's the advantage of being 'old' - Saga do some great holidays at this time of the year when its dark and cold
Off to Tenerife (to an international tiling conference:smilewinkgrin next week so I'll get some sun on the bald patch.
Then a couple of stone floors down in Dave's area:lol: Newton Aycliffe (plenty of money down there) and a Victorian hallway and path to sort when the weather gets better - still having to wear a shirt just now!
That's what I love about this job - variety!

 

[diamondtiling]

Rushed off our feet, these are a few pictures of the site and its very big. We have another 150 apartments to do plus the basalt on the different levels. We had some great tilers turn up and the usual odd people (Hi Joe, Joe is qualified to run the world, trained in all aspects of everything yet offered to be a labourer to a tiling team, he is a very strange little man that wasted a lot of my time......:ban

A few pictures..........

 

[Deleted member 9966]

Got any training activities lined up yet Dom? Or are you waiting for a lull in the normal day job?

 

[diamondtiling]

Got any training activities lined up yet Dom? Or are you waiting for a lull in the normal day job?

Hi Liz, we have 6 ladies that want to start a course in March, we also have had some interest in the plastering side. To be honest I am concentrating on getting some needed funds in and then getting the advertising cranked up a bit. I have adverts on the van and we have some signs going up around Crewe next week so that will help. Its all down to word of mouth to begin with. I expect it will take some time before I can stop tiling.

 

[Deleted member 9966]

Hi Liz, we have 6 ladies that want to start a course in March, we also have had some interest in the plastering side. To be honest I am concentrating on getting some needed funds in and then getting the advertising cranked up a bit. I have adverts on the van and we have some signs going up around Crewe next week so that will help. Its all down to word of mouth to begin with. I expect it will take some time before I can stop tiling.

all positive stuff though and it's heading in the right direction. at some point I shall send Mr GRR to one of your sessions. He needs to learn how to measure and cut tiles properly :lol:

 

[diamondtiling]

all positive stuff though and it's heading in the right direction. at some point I shall send Mr GRR to one of your sessions. He needs to learn how to measure and cut tiles properly :lol:

Hope we can show him better than these pictures, this was the bathroom of the hotel we are at, just had to take some.




Did you do this tiling Joe?

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Dom - and to think people will pay to live in them apartments - looks more like a prison to me - at least the one I had her Majestys pleasure of tiling in.
Nice job to have though and no doubt plenty of metres.

 

[diamondtiling]

It does seem to have a landing system similar to a prison, only difference would be the 'cell' price tag, £140,000plus.

Lakeshore, Bristol - project information | Urban Splash

 

[Scott]

all positive stuff though and it's heading in the right direction. at some point I shall send Mr GRR to one of your sessions. He needs to learn how to measure and cut tiles properly :lol:

You doing therapy sessions Dom?

 

[DHTiling]

It is manic at present.. phone is ringing a lot..

Work booked into May now.. so pleased if it continues.. much busier than i thought it was going to be but like i said the other week.. Media scare mongering,,LOL//

 

[doug boardley]

all positive stuff though and it's heading in the right direction. at some point I shall send Mr GRR to one of your sessions. He needs to learn how to measure and cut tiles properly :lol:

measure twice cut once:lol::lol:

 

[hillhead]

I am quiet since last week, i had a nice start to year for a couple of weeks but then fell away.
I have 8 jobs in book with first for a monday start i hope, i have worked half a day this week and one and a half last week so better than nothing but i don't mind, i can honestly see a rush coming as i am in with another shop with high hopes there.
Tiling seems very quiet in Ireland so fingers crossed my contacts kick in with style.
Dom what Joe are you suggesting there in your post? lol. Tell me i'm curious as you know i know a joe close to you.lol

 

[Andy Allen]

bits and bobs on for me, going out in a minuite to look at a full bathroom refit, so fingers crossed.

 

[merlecollins]

Hope we can show him better than these pictures, this was the bathroom of the hotel we are at, just had to take some.
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Did you do this tiling Joe?

PLEASE tell me that's a wind up:yikes:

 

[Scott]

I had an enquiry via text this evening? WTF cant they pick up the phone?

Anyone else had that happen? I guess i should ring them back but you know im really reluctant to call them if they can be arsed to call me first. They need me more than i need them, although i do need some cash :/

 

[DHTiling]

job is a job.. i have had a few via email lately.. from website..

 

[Scott]

Email i can handle that fine but text is just so faceless

 

[DHTiling]

do you get face pics via email then..:lol:

 

[Andy Allen]

I had an enquiry via text this evening? WTF cant they pick up the phone?

Anyone else had that happen? I guess i should ring them back but you know im really reluctant to call them if they can be arsed to call me first. They need me more than i need them, although i do need some cash :/

they normaly do that to cancle the job!

 

[Stewart]

It's the future..... 30% email, 60% phone and 10% text. I never even met the customer or spoke to them, on the job last week. It was all done by email and text. I was even paid by instant bank transfere over the Internet.

 

[simonb43]

Ticking over nicely at the moment and still getting enquiries. A lot better than i thought it would be