TTA complains to BBC about tiling 'piece of cake' comments from DIY SOS... - Tile Advice

[Dave]

Nick Knowles, a presenter of the programme, said: “Tiling is a piece of cake. I can tile; any old fool can tile”.
The Tile Association (TTA) objected to the derogatory remarks about tiling and the program’s general lack of respect for skilled trades and the amount of time and effort it takes to become a skilled tradesman.


I like the program but i actually watched that show and i took his silly remark as offensive to the tiling trade.


So well done to the TTA for this complaint ..



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[Deleted member 9966]

well any old fool can present a tv show then :lol:

 

[Alan.P]

He should maybe put his money where his mouth is, get him a project and tell him to do the lot, from correcr prep through to finished job, with no=one to help him..............................muppet.

 

[SandyFloor]

Any fool can do your plumbing, joinery, bricklaying, plastering too ....just not very well.

And remember.....Nick Knowles thinks he can sing :lol: think that says it all.

 

[Gazzer]

The muppet cant even cross the road by himself :lol:
[video=youtube;MtSnL0TciPg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtSnL0TciPg[/video]

 

[SandyFloor]

That might have been Dave driving

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

He is right, any old fool can tile. We see their efforts on hall of shame, all the time:mad2:

 

[CJ CERAMICS]

He should maybe put his money where his mouth is, get him a project and tell him to do the lot, from correcr prep through to finished job, with no=one to help him..............................muppet.

actually alan thats sounds like a good challenge, i wonder if he would take it on ?

 

[SandyFloor]

He should maybe put his money where his mouth is, get him a project and tell him to do the lot, from correcr prep through to finished job, with no=one to help him..............................muppet.

I'll second that too ( or is that third it?)

 

[david campbell]

well statements like that keep us in a job,the only thing is- it makes it more dificult when we have to sort out the mess left by the previous
MUPPET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DHTiling]

IMO opinion, this is not the first time that DIY SOS have dissed the Tiling trade as simply DIY..

Be interesting to see if he retracts his comments.

 

[mikethetile]

this is a good opporunity to raise money for charity and to promote tf

contacting knowlsie and challenging him to do some tiling is a great idea

ive sen him stick ceramics on one show and I think he may well surprise you

 

[Alan.P]

this is a good opporunity to raise money for charity and to promote tf

contacting knowlsie and challenging him to do some tiling is a great idea

ive sen him stick ceramics on one show and I think he may well surprise you

I like the idea of that, like you say, promote TF and raise a bit for charity, we could have it as a one on one, maybe a forum member ( or admin ) against him, separate cubicles type thing, a multitude of materials to choose from and maybe 3 or 4 different challenges.

 

[david campbell]

let the battle commence

 

[White Room]

I'd like him to go and work with some of the geometric guys....

There you are Nick now get on with it