what would you do if confronted with this? - Tile Advice

[Time's Ran Out]

I make it closer to 50 packs .

48 for me!

 

[Chris Gibbs]

I make it closer to 50 packs .

its Saturday night... and you're counting packs of laminate? rock n roll

 

[LM]

Personally I wouldn't walk from a good floor and loose out because of that. At worst I'd ask the client if they'd be happy to pay me for clearing it so I could complete the job for them. It wouldn't take 20mins. If you had to a £20 fee would be enough, I know it's not what we want but would you give up say £4-500 quid for the sake of twenty mins?

 

[Flintstone]

Exactly Lee I'm with you, reluctantly just get on with it and let the customer know your not that chuffed with it

 

[Spare Tool]

Yeah just crack on, had to move a full unfitted kitchen and double fridge freezer TWICE this week to get a dining room done....moving stuff just comes with the territory of tiling floors.

 

[Chris Gibbs]

we are all different I suppose... I'm a tiler not a cleaner, it came down to respect and I was of the opinion that they thought they owned me . no please, no thank you. sometimes you have to take a stand and let people know they cant do stuff like this. I went straight onto another job and cracked on.

 

[Spare Tool]

Spoze if your just getting paid just to stick tiles down by the meter then understandable but after getting up Saturday morning think for half an hour I'd just have moved the stuff, will you be going back if they clear it out for you?

 

[Chris Gibbs]

Spoze if your just getting paid just to stick tiles down by the meter then understandable but after getting up Saturday morning think for half an hour I'd just have moved the stuff, will you be going back if they clear it out for you?

yeah id go back when cleared out.
I helped him out big time telling him the sequence of the job and which trades followed what...he didn't have a clue about the whole thing, just had the money and no clue. oh and a girlfriend that knew everything. sometimes enough is enough

 

[Spare Tool]

yeah id go back when cleared out.
I helped him out big time telling him the sequence of the job and which trades followed what...he didn't have a clue about the whole thing, just had the money and no clue. oh and a girlfriend that knew everything. sometimes enough is enough

More to it than just a pile of oak flooring then

 

[Chris Gibbs]

More to it than just a pile of oak flooring then

yeah long storey just text text me saying we have toilet roll holders, mirrors and towel rails to fit. no please or thank you. as I said, don't need it

 

[Sibhs85]

turned up to tile a floor at a customers house and was greeted to this!!

I walked!!

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Please help me. Had my wet room tiled and they've done what's supposedly called an envelope cut but it isn't very aesthetically pleasing and other cuts like that when googled look a lot more symmetrical. Can you give me advice on this? Is it done wrong?

 

[Blunt Tool]

I've got a bit of OCD and would probably tidy that up even if it wasn't the room I was to be working in!

 

[One Day]

Me too. I've had customers say that my most used tool is my dustpan and brush.
I'm still not sure if that's compliment or criticism?!

 

[Blunt Tool]

If it's still like that on Monday give us a shout won't be able to sleep now!!

 

[LM]

I'm sorry but my first reaction to that was an uncontrollable giggle.
Just being honest!