Update: Tiling Job ( in need of business advice)

[mark1324]

Well i started my first tiling job with a company who does all the council flats. (done a tiling course) Been doing it for a while now. Everything seems to be going ok. Im now tiling 4 bathrooms a day thinking of setting up my own business. Was wondering what i would need to do to set up a business and get work ?

Thanks

[Sir Ramic]

4 Fully tiled bathrooms? wow, I am selling my tools then !

[Mike]

4 bathrooms a day i take it thats just a splashback? it's hard out there at the moment, it's maybe not the best time to go it alone, especially if you have a full time job. to set up a business is relatively easy, to establish it and make it successful is a lot harder. the initial outlay will be expensive too, tools, van, insurances, advertising etc. you may be able to work for your employer on a self-employed basis to start off, 4 bathrooms a day should earn you a lot of money!

[nybor62]

when you say 4 bathrooms, is this fully tiled around bath only , or half tiled around bath

[timeless john]

Just make sure you get paid for the work your doing first - give it a few years and gain the experience you'll need to progress to the real world - increase your 30 posts and get into the Tilers Arms - then all the information you'll need will be at your finger tips.

[Scott]

FOUR!

[whitebeam]

It's got to splashbacks

[paul78]

four.... and to a excellent standard......

[mark1324]

All the jobs i done were perfect my contract with the company has come to a end now and it was full tile there council flats so not exactly huge.

[enduro]

No way can you tile 4 bathrooms a day...How many sqm per room?

[aph257]

4 a day, sorry but you're having a laugh. 1 a day maybe but to what standard? please post some pics for us to look at.

[mark1324]

Roughly 10sqm

[andy allen]

10m2 for 4 or 40m2 a day

[mark1324]

10m2 per one forgot to add there is 2 of us

[Sir Ramic]

Roughly 10sqm

You are tiling 4 bathrooms @ 10m2 =40m2 a day ???

[mark1324]

Yes , following orders from the company i was working for. I wouldnt say the work was 100% perfect as they asked for speed not quality but the bathrooms did look good when i finished.
That is 8am-6pm with a half hour break.

[Sir Ramic]

I would love to see photos

[mark1324]

Im trying to put the photos up now but i do not have a clue how.

[mark1324]

Only have before no afters. Advice dont get an iphone.

[Sir Ramic]

just click on the insert image icon.

[Sir Ramic]

You only have photos of before you tiled ?

[mark1324]

Yes i did take a load of photos but they must of been deleted.

[Sir Ramic]

Hmmmmmmmm

[garythetiler]

4 a day is achievable but it depends on the size of the tile , how good the walls are and how they are set out I dont think I could do it these days but I could tile 3 a day I think

[CJ]

Is it April 1st yet???

[mark1324]

I was doing 2 full tiles and 2 splashbacks/fixing previous work other people have done i obviously didnt make that clear. My work with the company is over now so need to find my own work. Good luck to me

[garythetiler]

good luck finding work Mark

[karlm98]

is that a 20 hr day, tile trim, windows, grouted, silicone corners ???

[Scott]

Sounds pretty much like any social housing site, bash it out as fast as possible. Was it tubbed addy as well?

[garythetiler]

plenty of tilers doing commercial work can do big meterage it why the prices are so low in that part of the business, tilers doing domestic work dont normally get that amount done in a day as they have so much work to do before they get a tile on the wall