is the tiling industry becoming saturated? - TilersForums.co.uk | Tile Forums

jay326 · 09-06-2008

seems like there are alot of ppl doing these short tiling courses and going out there working and starting there own companies up.

is the tiling industry becoming saturated and very competitive for work now do you think?

i was thinking of getting into tiling myself but after doing a bit of reseach it seems that alot of ppl are at it.

wondered what other ppls thoughts on this are.

oh yeah,im new by the way,my names jay.

brummie tiler · 09-06-2008

I dont think that anybody can deny that the market is saturated , but then again so are a lot of markets. People still open up and do well,depends how you choose to run your business. Me for example i am pretty quiet right now, doesnt help with new build sites shutting down and lads jumping onto the domestic market to get work. This is only my opinion so lads please dont slate me for this.....but anybody choosing to get into most types of construction at the present time and in the present economy, I think your mad. construction will be hit very hard and it will get worse before it gets better. Whatever you choose though good luck..... and welcome to the forums!

09-06-2008

we had this back in the seventy's after the miners strike
the steel mill all closed the dockers were all made redundant and theres was mass unemployment
every man and his dog were out there advertising as tilers they soon drop by the wayside after a few jobs mainly for friends and family and Joe soap down the pub
as will the majority of these lads who are coming out of theses schools
sad really

**Dave** · 09-06-2008

Hello jay...welcome......let us know how you get on........

**enduro** · 09-06-2008

When i started there was a lot of tilers near me, so i aimed my buisness at a higher market, didn't advertise in the local papers as i found that when i looked at a job around ten others looked at it as well. So i went to local builders that do high quality work, and kitchen shops, i worked my butt off to prove to them i was the best guy in the area. I have been tiling 3 years now and i get one or two jobs every week from these guys. ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND QUALITY WORK just remember that and you will succeed.

bal · 09-06-2008

Welcome Jay ,my opinion is that there will be too many tilers in the near future and not enough work to go around especially at the rate these training centres are spitting them out like a production line, there the ones making plenty cash. When i started there was one page of tilers in the yellow pages ,5yrs on theres 4 pages and they all compete to put as many A`s as they can before there real name.

**whitebeam** · 09-06-2008

Hello and welcome, Make your choice wisely

GazTech · 09-06-2008

Hello Jay....welcome

robbo · 09-06-2008

Make a decision depending on your area, how many tilers are in your area etc...

garythetiler · 09-06-2008

i live in a town of 70,000 people i personally know over 100 tilers who live in my town then there are probably 100 i dont know i have seen many come and go and you can never say who is going to stick it out lets face it we have over 2million eastern europeans working as tradesmen in this country so i guess the answer is we still havent got enough BRITISH tradesmen because if we did there wouldnt be so many foreign tradesmen filling the skills gap

LM Ceramics · 09-06-2008

i totally agree around preston area it is crammed with full of tilers who have been on courses and there is alot of polish and other eastern europeans and im sure gaz and fekin will agree with me as they are living in preston.

i went to quote a job last week 22 m2 conservatory and 2 m2 kitcehn wall tiling £600 which i think is pretty cheap customer rung up sayin sorry but i had a quote of £400 off a tiler who had just finished a course it will never end.

i believe customers now are more interested in gettin a cheap job than a quality one i presonally believe (no offence to the course people) but they should scrap tiling courses, i know some on here have been on a course and doing very well and pricing proparly but alot of tilers around here who have finished a course are charging next to nothing and its giving me a bad impression on these tiling courses

**whitebeam** · 09-06-2008

Be fair if a tiler told you he'd just done a course would you entertain him to do your tiling, I think the answer would probably be NO. Like you say it's the price.