My first ever job (feb 06)

[Matty A]

Cheers Scott
Unfortunatly i didnt get paid as much as i wanted as with a lot of customers im sure ill meet this guy was on "a budget" so to get the job i did it for him cos i needed to start tiling only got £350 luckily i work through the day anyway so i could afford to lose money aint doing it again though it worked out at about £12-£13 m2 s**t i know.

Cheers for the reply.

[r6robbo]

looks good to me mate.I,m going on the course at PTS on monday and hopefully will become a self employed tiler at the end of it. Just wondering how your getting on with it now, nearly a year later? What should i expect to be paid per sq,m once i,m up to scratch with the tiling? How hard was it to get your business going?

[biffa69]

Hi R6Robbo, I started on my own July 06 and didn't have a week day off upto xmas, found loads of work in my area. As a very rough guide, I charge about £400 to fix ceramic wall tiles in an average sized bathroom (8' x 7') and that takes me 3-5 days depending largely on the state of the walls, and about £150 for the floor which doesn't include plyboarding out and it will generally take me 1-2 days - includes all materials. I find the job can sometimes gets a bit tedious but still the best move I ever made. Job satisfaction is pretty damn high come completion and I love the freedom that comes with self employment.

How you finding it Matty

Superb Job Matty - with the sanitaryware, why dont you whip it out and then tile? Saves a whole lot of heartache cutting around the pedestal and toilet etc.... Better finish too. And its not as difficult to remove/replace as what you may think

[Matty A]

Cheers concept at the time i didnt think about taking out the sanitary ware cos i was nervous about the tiling as it was my first ever tiling job and now i take the sanitry everytime where pos.

Makes sense every time and the price you would normally charge the customer for the difficult cuts covers the cost of the removal/installation and takes no more than an hour to do.

Its amazing what flexi hoses and service valves can do for you......