Bathroom fitter to big boy plumber!

[MrBaldyHeed]

Hi all,

Quick hello to introduce myself.

My name is TJ and I started out as a tiler after doing one of them courses back in 2008. Not impressed with the course ( in fact it was totally useless) I found myself a couple of alies in the tiling game and cracked on trying to learn the trade properly.

After a few years I found myself doing more and more of the other trades work in order to get my tiling done. This then led on to fitting baths and then toilets and then basins and then full bathroom installations.

I have now been doing bathrooms since about 2015, I have a plumbing and heating engineer pal who comes and does bits for me when the plumbing gets a bit too technical and is out of my knowledge range.

I have just been offered a job full time for a company as a fitter and thought this would now be the perfect time to go back to college and learn plumbing properly (no crash course this time!) I start a level 2 diploma on 10th September, 2 evenings a week for 33 weeks and I can't wait to actually learn this trade properly and become one of the big boys

That was long winded but that's me and my background in a nutshell for you

Cheers all
TJ

 

[Harvest Fields]

Welcome along. Where is the course mate?

 

[MrBaldyHeed]

Welcome along. Where is the course mate?

Cheers mate it's Oakland's college in St Albans.
Ever heard of them?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Hello and welcome

 

[MrBaldyHeed]

Hello and welcome

Thanks pal

 

[Harvest Fields]

Cheers mate it's Oakland's college in St Albans.
Ever heard of them?

No mate. Local to you I presume? How much is that setting you back?

 

[MrBaldyHeed]

No mate. Local to you I presume? How much is that setting you back?

Yeah fairly local, I'm in Stevenage and they are St Albans which is about 40 minutes from my house (Hertfordshire) the cost is £1395 Which I thought was pretty good.

It's 3 hours per evening, 2 evenings per week and is done over the 33 weeks. I'm hoping I can get a lot of the practical stuff done while at work - they also do gas too so maybe in a couple of years I'll push on with that too.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Yeah fairly local, I'm in Stevenage and they are St Albans which is about 40 minutes from my house (Hertfordshire) the cost is £1395 Which I thought was pretty good.

It's 3 hours per evening, 2 evenings per week and is done over the 33 weeks. I'm hoping I can get a lot of the practical stuff done while at work - they also do gas too so maybe in a couple of years I'll push on with that too.

Good luck. Looking for a tiling and sparks course myself.

 

[AMGasServices]

Welcome and wish you all the best

 

[MrBaldyHeed]

Good luck. Looking for a tiling and sparks course myself.

Sod tiling mate, horrible bloody trade and everyone thinks they can do it so they have no value in it. I would stick with sparks and get a tiler in when needed! each to their own though I guess and there are some tilers out there who love it ....... But they are only let out at weekends

 

[MrBaldyHeed]

Welcome and wish you all the best

Cheers mate

 

[Harvest Fields]

It would be nice to be able to do a complete bathroom all by myself without getting anyone else in though mate.

 

[Chalked]

At your age, I wouldn’t bother with the quals.
Most employers want experience and that’s what you have.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Me or the OP?

 

[MrBaldyHeed]

Me or the OP?

Haha that's what I was thinking too ... Must mean you though as I'm only 43

 

[MrBaldyHeed]

It would be nice to be able to do a complete bathroom all by myself without getting anyone else in though mate.

Yeah I know what you mean and it's part of the reason I want to do the plumbing course, the only bits in a bathroom I don't do is things that involves me having to touch their heating or fitting a pump or doing the lights, the rest is all me.

The thing is I don't think you would learn anything more on a tiling course than you would do if you was to do it yourself, do a load of your own studying, make sure your prep work is good and that you're using the right materials for that particular job and tile and then just really take your time with the set out and fixing. If it's nothing to technical ie: herringbone set in a diamond border or something stupid then you should be fine.

Saying that I don't know what the courses are like now but as for mine it was a complete and utter waste of my time

 

[Harvest Fields]

Well I’m only 36.

 

[MrBaldyHeed]

Well I’m only 36.

Bloody Young'ns

 

[townfanjon]

Welcome Mr Baldyheed , the best plumbers , heat engineers and tilers etc etc are all slapheads

 

[Harvest Fields]

Welcome Mr Baldyheed , the best plumbers , heat engineers and tilers etc etc are all slapheads

I have clearly got a way to go then mate

 

[MrBaldyHeed]

Welcome Mr Baldyheed , the best plumbers , heat engineers and tilers etc etc are all slapheads

Yep, I completely agree

 

[townfanjon]

I have clearly got a way to go then mate

I wouldnt have thought you had any hair pal , your a Villa fan arent you lol , Ive ripped all mine out watching Town .

 

[Harvest Fields]

I wouldnt have thought you had any hair pal , your a Villa fan arent you lol , Ive ripped all mine out watching Town .

We all have a full head in my family mate.

 

[rpm]

I wouldnt have thought you had any hair pal , your a Villa fan arent you lol , Ive ripped all mine out watching Town .

Remind us, what was the score last Sunday mate?

 

[townfanjon]

Remind us, what was the score last Sunday mate?

Yer yer yer , a small town in yorkshire got hammered by one of the most expensive teams in the world . If I had been playing it may have ended up 6-7 .