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[prceramics]

no its not funded and i had to pay myself , hence that van and tools i struggled to get into profit untill now. but expected that, its defenantly not an easy option and its not a trade thats easy to get into as some might think as there is a lot more to it than non tilers can ever imagine

 

[Dan]

It's certainly hard work setting up any business this day and age. And that's the thing I guess with tiling AND being self employed, you're not just looking for a qualification or some other form of training. You need a bit of luck throwing in there with the hard work too I think.

 

[prceramics]

you need loads of luck the right contacts and the right atitude

 

[Dan]

And a pretty smile?

 

[White Room]

Sometimes it's not what you know it's who you know....

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Sometimes it's not what you know it's who you know....

But if you don't know your stuff you will soon get found out or cost the client big time!

 

[White Room]

But if you don't know your stuff you will soon get found out or cost the client big time!

I agree but how much damage can done before there found out.....

 

[One Day]

Oh i might just quickly add that i am not saying course trained tilers are no good but in my time of doing it i do not know of one other course trained tiler who became good off the back of what they learned on a course. They became good after learning from proper tilers and putting in tonnes and tonnes of hard graft and loss of earnings whilst they learnt this trade. The trouble is that their are a lot of people who do these courses as a free bee if they are on jobseekers allowance or benefits etc and they turn into a big waste of space and ruin the industry (not in all cases of course). But those who paid for it themselves have a bit more at stake so are more determined to make it work and to do whatever it takes to make it work.

I must stress that all this is my opinion and i have formed this opinion from my personal experience. Nd i can honestly say that if it weren't for Andrew at Cambridge Tile and Mosaic (he's not on here nut does have a website if your interested) i would never have got to this stage.

So it was Tattman?! Top bloke imo.

 

[prceramics]

Think it all boils down to the person taking on more than they can chew

 

[TJ Smiler]

So it was Tattman?! Top bloke imo.

Yep, top bloke and a top tiler. How do you know him mate?

 

[TJ Smiler]

Half the battle is learning how to be self employed and run your business as a 'business' and not just treat it as though you are a tradesperson who works for themselves. Once i properly learned how to run my business (and still learning) i then became much more profitable :2thumbsup:

 

[One Day]

I've know Andy about 7 years or so but I want him to guess!

 

[Dan]

I'm just bumping some of the tiling course & tiling training related threads. Ignore them if they're not current threads for you. They will drop back off the list in a week or so, and I don't do this much.