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**Dave** · 28-03-2008

Hi lads & lasses...

After the initial slump in work some members suffered after xmas how are you all finding work now.?..has it picked up or are you still quiet..?.....

Thanks in advance for replies......

**brian c** · 28-03-2008

i have not been idle but the work after christmas was flooding in then i had a few weeks of dribs and drabs but things have picked up a bit thanks to my big m8 REAPER72.

**Sir Ramic** · 28-03-2008

It was a slow start but i rang everyone i knew and took all work on to keep me busy. I have been working pretty much solid and done more weekends this year than i did all last year. I guess i am pretty lucky to have lots of contacts which i can help out when is needed.
Its still not great out there, most people i chat too are finding it tough going. Thats not just tilers but plumbers too

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daj5451 · 28-03-2008

I havent stopped since xmas.always been well booked up in advance.

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Same here Ramic,worked more weekends this year than before.Missing my sunday afternoon pint but got to take the work while its going..

**Dave** · 28-03-2008

I,m busy as well..but as SR says i too have heard off other trades they are quiet. It does seem though that it is more the sites that are being affected.. i know that plunketts , a big tiling contractor up this way have laid off quite a few fixers...so sites must be feeling the pinch with house sales dropping..........wot do you lot think..?...

28-03-2008

its still dead in west Yorkshire
ive never known it this quiet at this time of year

giza job

**whitebeam** · 28-03-2008

Heard of a site that is boarding up houses because of sale's.

daj5451 · 28-03-2008

The same cant be said up here in edinburgh.Still to talk to a tradesman that isnt busy.i have even been putting in high quotes to try and put people off because of my work load but still end up getting the job.

**Sir Ramic** · 28-03-2008

Sites down here are slow, i know of a few builders and they say houses arent selling. I am getting contract work tiling offices and factory units but they arent that good money.

Northern Bird · 28-03-2008

Al the tile shops are quiet, builders merchants and big insulation companies are quiet.

i spoke to one housebuilder who said they had to let go of 13 people in the office but this could also of been because of a recent merger. One site in Castleford has fired a load of people as house arent selling!

However things are slowly getting back on track. Plus its a new tax year soon and people should have more money to spend.

**IvegotsTILE** · 28-03-2008

I was alright after Christmas but lately I'm constantly busy and you finish work,go to a quote then go home to work out other quotes,its a long day but I'm not complaining.

I know alot of builders and plasterers that are still quiet,houses aren't selling in the east midlands either.

rossy · 28-03-2008

ive been really busy since xmas, just starting to starting to slow up got 2 more weeks of jobs booked in hopefully get some more work in before finish them,ive spoke to plasterers and plumbers that have just had dribs and drabs since xmas they say its the worst it has been in ten years some having to do site work for first time in years...