When first starting out

[Steve1903]

can somebody run up a list of tools which are essential when starting out and a rough estimate of overall cost? Cheers

also, dont want to start a barney BUT........I've spent hours looking over all the comments and problems and situations that you guys have come across and...well I just cant see how a 4 day course cuts the mustard as a training experience. How much tiling is a new guy doing a course able to fit in in the space of four days?

[GatesheadCol]

Hi Steve, your right ther 4 day course will not cover everything. But as Im sure you can imagine, no course no matter how long can do that.

What it will give you is the foundations to build your tiling business on. It will teach you how to do difficult cuts, teach you what prep may be required, but all houses and all walls/floors are different.

After all, laying tiles is essentially the easier (not easy b4 someone says summat) part of the job, the hard part is identifying when you go for a quote what will be required for the job by means of prep etc and then planning that into the quote.

if your starting out, dont worry too much. you cant know everything.

The things you get on here are hopefully things that other people have done and you can learn from, thats the reason for this forum. To pass on expertise, advice etc.

You will come across many things that werent covered on the course, the course will give you the foundation to tile, but as in life knowledge comes with experience. Hopefully someone will have learned the hard way and passed the informatin on so you can learn from it.

We all learn every day, evened seasoned old timers learn something new.

The key is to be willing to learn, and be open, and above all. If you need help ask for it. Think sensibly when you in the job, if your stuck on something, maybe do another wall or part of the floor, then post a question on here.

you will still find things in 10 yers that you need advice on. dont worry about it, just think logically and ask ask ask, thats what were al here for.

were here to help each other

[Dave]

Originally Posted by GatesheadCol

Hi Steve, your right ther 4 day course will not cover everything. But as Im sure you can imagine, no course no matter how long can do that.

What it will give you is the foundations to build your tiling business on. It will teach you how to do difficult cuts, teach you what prep may be required, but all houses and all walls/floors are different.

After all, laying tiles is essentially the easier (not easy b4 someone says summat) part of the job, the hard part is identifying when you go for a quote what will be required for the job by means of prep etc and then planning that into the quote.

if your starting out, dont worry too much. you cant know everything.

The things you get on here are hopefully things that other people have done and you can learn from, thats the reason for this forum. To pass on expertise, advice etc.

You will come across many things that werent covered on the course, the course will give you the foundation to tile, but as in life knowledge comes with experience. Hopefully someone will have learned the hard way and passed the informatin on so you can learn from it.

We all learn every day, evened seasoned old timers learn something new.

The key is to be willing to learn, and be open, and above all. If you need help ask for it. Think sensibly when you in the job, if your stuck on something, maybe do another wall or part of the floor, then post a question on here.

you will still find things in 10 yers that you need advice on. dont worry about it, just think logically and ask ask ask, thats what were al here for.

were here to help each other

Well said that man............. nice one col........

[Yorkie]

Good luck on your quest my friend.

(is it I before E in freind or friend, I can never remember )

Good luck anyhow.................Kenny

[a1tiler]

agree with gateshead col, everything he is saying is sooooo true, take your time with estimating and imagine yourself going through the job, then take your time to do the job properly.

[whitebeam]

Great post Gateshead well spoken that man.

[Steve1903]

Yeah very good reply gateshead thanks for that.
Does anyone EVER get a straight forward job?

No replies on the tools part of the post yet though.

[Dave]

Check these tiling kits out from buybrandtools.........

http://www.buybrandtools.com/acatalo...ools_Kits.html

[Turkish]

Hi mate, here`s an idea of the things to start with:

Tile cutter (manual)
Tile cutter (wet)
6mm square notch trowel
10mm round notch trowel
grout float
wash boy
sponges
buckets
spacers
tile pencil
square
spirit levels (various)
small mitre block
small hack saw
long tape measure
dust sheets
liability insurance
silicone gun



Probably missed some bits mate but as a rough cost i spent around £1500 setting up with what i consider were the basics. There`s still more i want, including a van, but those things will just have to wait!

Good luck

Turkish

[lendini]

hi ya i done a 3 week tiling course at uktilingcourses and still not long enough.

[Oli]

Originally Posted by DiamondTraining

Good luck on your quest my friend.

(is it I before E in freind or friend, I can never remember )

Good luck anyhow.................Kenny

I before E except after C ....

[andy-p]

Originally Posted by Steve1903

can somebody run up a list of tools which are essential when starting out and a rough estimate of overall cost? Cheers

also, dont want to start a barney BUT........I've spent hours looking over all the comments and problems and situations that you guys have come across and...well I just cant see how a 4 day course cuts the mustard as a training experience. How much tiling is a new guy doing a course able to fit in in the space of four days?

after doing your course if you could work with experienced tilers that would be by far your best bet, not always possible i know...