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jocky102 · 03-05-2008

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Originally Posted by xc7075

can any one give me any work to get started did the course at north east tiling 05/nov/07 thank you

the only thing i can say it advertise advertise advertise, thats how you get yourself up and running and believe me it costs ALOT BUT in a few months you won t have to do it because referals come in, then you can save more and make more, stick at it and dont worry about advertising costs, it is ALL tax deductable afterall lol, what you spend legit they cant tax u for... GO FOR IT lol

simon price · 05-05-2008

hi , i am doing an intensive and advanced tiling course in a few weeks. If there are any tilers looking for any part time help in the essex area so i can learn with out giving my other job up, i would be most gratfull. would not want paying. thx

Steve1903 · 05-05-2008

Hey guys,
New here and have have few questions if you dont mind.

Am not even started tiling yet but wanted to do a course but no idea which are good and which are not. Am from Scotland and there appears to be a dearth of any decent courses here. Not averse to travelling to the right one but which one IS the right one. Any one like to relate their course experiences good and bad?

I see there are courses from four days to six weeks. Surely one cannot start off after just 4 days if other folk are training for six weeks?

Also for those who went immediately into self employed status, did business take off right away or a long time before anything much happened or.....well what happened to you?

And basically just any experiences traps pitfalls etc you'd like to share.

cheers guys (and gals?)

**Dave** · 05-05-2008

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Originally Posted by Steve1903

Hey guys,
New here and have have few questions if you dont mind.

Am not even started tiling yet but wanted to do a course but no idea which are good and which are not. Am from Scotland and there appears to be a dearth of any decent courses here. Not averse to travelling to the right one but which one IS the right one. Any one like to relate their course experiences good and bad?

I see there are courses from four days to six weeks. Surely one cannot start off after just 4 days if other folk are training for six weeks?

Also for those who went immediately into self employed status, did business take off right away or a long time before anything much happened or.....well what happened to you?

And basically just any experiences traps pitfalls etc you'd like to share.

cheers guys (and gals?)

You will find some courses here steve...... http://www.tilingcoursescompanies.co.uk/

and there is loads of feedback on courses here...
http://www.tilersforums.co.uk/tiling-courses-feedback/

good luck......

**Dave** · 05-05-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by simon price

hi , i am doing an intensive and advanced tiling course in a few weeks. If there are any tilers looking for any part time help in the essex area so i can learn with out giving my other job up, i would be most gratfull. would not want paying. thx

Hello simon.

Which course are you going on mate....?

good luck on the work side....

Brindle · 05-05-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve1903

Hey guys,
New here and have have few questions if you dont mind.

Am not even started tiling yet but wanted to do a course but no idea which are good and which are not. Am from Scotland and there appears to be a dearth of any decent courses here. Not averse to travelling to the right one but which one IS the right one. Any one like to relate their course experiences good and bad?

I see there are courses from four days to six weeks. Surely one cannot start off after just 4 days if other folk are training for six weeks?

Also for those who went immediately into self employed status, did business take off right away or a long time before anything much happened or.....well what happened to you?

And basically just any experiences traps pitfalls etc you'd like to share.

cheers guys (and gals?)

I've been tiling since November for 50/60% of the time. Had I jumped straight in I think I might have been disappointed at work not piling in. My business is growing steadily and am now booking jobs in between 3 and 6 weeks ahead. Relationships with tile shops and your reputation takes time to grow too. I'm going to increase to 80% tiling from next week.
Another way to look at it is IF I'd have jumped in full time from the off, I'd have pushed the business more.
There are established tilers in most areas. This forum and the availability of massive amounts of knowledge is one of the best ways to keep one step ahead.
Good luck with it mate
Bob

simon price · 06-05-2008

going to do an advanced tiling course at able skills in dartford

simon price · 06-05-2008

i am going to do an advanced tiling courses at able skills in dartford

**Dave** · 06-05-2008

Nice one simon.will you leave us some feedback when you have completed your course please mate.........

http://www.tilersforums.co.uk/tiling...-feedback.html (Able Skills - Tiling Course Feedback)

simon price · 06-05-2008

ok m8 no problem

marbleman · 07-05-2008

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Originally Posted by mikephillips

Hi all
just finished a job floor tiling over 15mm ply.
Trouble is the theres a small bit of movement in the floor and the grout is starting to crack.

I'm not sure that the grout was flexible.

What can i do to solve this problem.

TIA

Mike

Hi how long has the the floor been down, what materials where used to tile to the timber floor, did you seal floor, was the floor screwed down properly, if so then the grout has to be cut out and replaced as it will just keep cracking sorry mate,
regards
marbleman

Jules · 08-05-2008

New here, and was just having a bit of trouble... when I'm cutting tiles with an angle grinder, I'm getting a lot of cracked tiles (particularly tiles that have a lot of fiddly cuts in them). Any suggestions what I might be doing wrong?