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

[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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[GirlRacerRed]

well any old fool can present a tv show then

[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 think that says it all.

[Sir Ramic]

The muppet cant even cross the road by himself

[SandyFloor]

That might have been Dave driving

[Phil Hobson]

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

[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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dave]

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

[whitebeam]

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

There you are Nick now get on with it

[TF Ed]

having been fortunate to work in 2 trades, plastering and tiling, i can say to anybody that tiling is one of the only trades that is expanding rather than being streamlined in the way that other trades are, especially plastering and joinery.

you only have to look at australia to see how difficult it is to meet their criteria of a wall and floor tiler. in the 70's and 80's tiling did imo get a bit of a semi skilled tag due to the fact that alot of colleges didnt recognise it anymore as a 'city and guilds' recognised course and many decorators and plasters used to do kitchen and bathroom tiling but that was only on the domestic scene and it certainly didnt apply on the sites and specialist areas such as terrazzo..

now, a tiler has to be able to fix stone, prepare substrates, have a very very good technical & product knowledge, install wet rooms and ufh etc etc

so, mr knowles, you say any fool can tile?
well in the words of dale carnegie......'Any fool can critisise, and fools often do...

[365drills]

Yeah Nick Knowels Nothing....

Seen some of his work...

[Dave]

[united]

I sent this story to Nick on Twitter a few weeks back but he didn't respond

[Dave]

I sent this story to Nick on Twitter a few weeks back but he didn't respond

LOL... shame he didn't reply yet.. send him a link to this thread mark..

[GirlRacerRed]

send it to Watchdog or Rogue Traders

[united]

LOL... shame he didn't reply yet.. send him a link to this thread mark..

Good Idea

[Phil Hobson]

I will be attending the TTA fixer training committee this week, and will find out the latest news on this. Bloody insult, who is this guy

[Pebbs]

I'd love to put him on a contract..the muppet would be crying after a couple of hours, piece of cake indeed.

[Daz]

What a plank .

I've got a first floor limestone wetroom with lectric UFH to do this week.
So come Knowles what materials do I need and what are the key steps that I need to follow?

For all tradesmen it takes years to build a good reputation and one job to undo everything. I guess for TV presenters it takes a couple of days to become famous and one comment to prove what a (checks which forum this is in ) idiot you really are.

[hillhead]

A piece of cake i right,if he seen the problems we encounter and have to sort

[faithhealer]

I've mentioned this before but I saw Nick Knowles tiling a wall and he commented, I hate doing this job, hence why he has no respect for the trade

[Alan.P]

I've mentioned this before but I saw Nick Knowles tiling a wall and he commented, I hate doing this job, hence why he has no respect for the trade

Now that, along with his latest comment could make for a very interesting back step

[garythetiler]

Bring back Tommy Walsh at least he knew a bit about the buiding trade

[doug boardley]

I'm looking forward to hearing his reply, if indeed he does reply!