Adding tiling to my arsenal

[jaydebruyne]

so after a few failed attempts at getting in a tiler only to do sh*t jobs I’m gonna learn to do it myself, that way if I do a sh*t job I only have myself to blame.

Anyone here have any suggestions on the best way to learn? Just dive in? Courses? YouTube?

I’ve posted on the tilers forum also.

Cheers
Jay

 

[Harvest Fields]

No idea mate but I need to do the same myself. What ever you find out even from the other forum can you post on here please.

 

[WaterTight]

Floors as well or just walls?

 

[jaydebruyne]

No idea mate but I need to do the same myself. What ever you find out even from the other forum can you post on here please.

Will do mate!

 

[jaydebruyne]

Floors as well or just walls?

Yeah both mate.. so I can do complete bathrooms

 

[ShaunCorbs]

best to go on a c and g course

 

[jaydebruyne]

best to go on a c and g course

Yeah I was looking at a course with Able Skills.. but my plumbing course experience has left me extremely skeptical about courses

 

[Harvest Fields]

Floors as well or just walls?

Both for me.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Will do mate!

Cheers mate. I have tried looking myself but they all look crap

 

[Old Account]

so after a few failed attempts at getting in a tiler only to do sh*t jobs I’m gonna learn to do it myself, that way if I do a sh*t job I only have myself to blame.

Anyone here have any suggestions on the best way to learn? Just dive in? Courses? YouTube?

I’ve posted on the tilers forum also.

Cheers
Jay

No idea mate but I need to do the same myself. What ever you find out even from the other forum can you post on here please.

When I was in need of a tiler I posted on the tiler forum too and few replies. I hired one guy which was fast and good but downside was the price extremely high.he was well overpriced. At least he got the job done and customer was happy. I have been there too and had people doing some tiling for but 99% were Rubbish and that was the reason I did on my own. I would not recommend of doing it yourself, it’s a very hard tough job. It is very physical and needs time to get to a certain speed. I know have some one and I keep him busy.

 

[Harvest Fields]

I have someone that is awesome, but our diaries do not always match up and sometimes I just want to get on with the job.

 

[jaydebruyne]

When I was in need of a tiler I posted on the tiler forum too and few replies. I hired one guy which was fast and good but downside was the price extremely high.he was well overpriced. At least he got the job done and customer was happy. I have been there too and had people doing some tiling for but 99% were **** and that was the reason I did on my own. I would not recommend of doing it yourself, it’s a very hard tough job. It is very physical and needs time to get to a certain speed. I know have some one and I keep him busy.

I don’t mind the physical side of it. Everything takes time to get up to speed, it’s taken me 4 years to get to a decent level of confidence with plumbing!!

 

[jaydebruyne]

I have someone that is awesome, but our diaries do not always match up and sometimes I just want to get on with the job.

Same. Sometimes I have to wait 2 / 3 weeks and I lose the job!

 

[Phil]

I learnt how to tile properly by just basically spending 9 years reading the tiling forum every night.

Don't tell them you are a plumber though they dislike plumbers over there and I cant honestly say I blame them.

 

[jaydebruyne]

I learnt how to tile properly by just basically spending 9 years reading the tiling forum every night.

Don't tell them you are a plumber though they dislike plumbers over there and I cant honestly say I blame them.

Oops, too late! 9 years!!??

 

[Harvest Fields]

Same. Sometimes I have to wait 2 / 3 weeks and I lose the job!

I have just booked a job in with mine for the end of September

 

[Phil]

Doesn't take nine years to learn, just nine years since I joined.
Took me about 3 years of tiling to turn professional.
I used to tile on 12mm plywood back from 2009 -2011, most of those floors have started to fail in some way now with tiles and/or grout cracking.

 

[jaydebruyne]

I have just booked a job in with mine for the end of September

Jeez that’s nuts!

 

[Phil]

First and most important rule, stay away from BCT (British Ceramic Tiles), cant stress this enough, they are weak like chalk and WILL fail on the floor, come in random sizes, badly glazed and chipped.

They don't want to know if you complain to them, they fob you off.

 

[jaydebruyne]

First and most important rule, stay away from BCT (British Ceramic Tiles), cant stress this enough, they are weak like chalk and WILL fail on the floor, come in random sizes, badly glazed and chipped.

They don't want to know if you complain to them, they fob you off.

Thanks for the tip

 

[Phil]

Read the forums, learn from others mistakes, get the setting out right above doors, window cills, baths, if building a niche do it after you've planned the tiles so it sits right, use only cement based adhesives, don't tile on ply, use tanking in showers, know what size spacers to use.

Get yourself a decent cutter straight away, for years I struggled with a high end diy cutter then I got a Sigma and it changed my life, speeded me up no end.

 

[jaydebruyne]

Read the forums, learn from others mistakes, get the setting out right above doors, window cills, baths, if building a niche do it after you've planned the tiles so it sits right, use only cement based adhesives, don't tile on ply, use tanking in showers, know what size spacers to use.

Get yourself a decent cutter straight away, for years I struggled with a high end diy cutter then I got a Sigma and it changed my life, speeded me up no end.

Why not tile on ply? The guy I use tiles on ply for floors? What’s a niche?

 

[Phil]

All those floors will fail I'm afraid, ply expands and contracts throughout the year, leads to hairline cracks over joins, cracked grout and tiles debonding.

There are a few cowboys still tiling on ply but they are still probably priming with pva, you need to tile on cement backer boards or foam cored stuff.
Niche is a recessed shelf in a shower to put shampoo and stuff.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Jeez that’s nuts!

I know

 

[jaydebruyne]

All those floors will fail I'm afraid, ply expands and contracts throughout the year, leads to hairline cracks over joins, cracked grout and tiles debonding.

There are a few cowboys still tiling on ply but they are still probably priming with pva, you need to tile on cement backer boards or foam cored stuff.
Niche is a recessed shelf in a shower to put shampoo and stuff.

Lol I think he does use PVA haha