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

[Brian the Tile]

Trouble with a day rate is you actually have to work a full day....

Thats another reason i dont do day rate

 

[Spare Tool]

Trouble with a day rate is you actually have to work a full day....

Nope..£'s by the hour Andy

 

[Andy Allen]

Nope..£'s by the hour Andy

I wouldn't earn much then..

 

[One Day]

Last year I turned up to 300sqm of 600x600x12mm Royal Mosa terra maestricht.
My first time with this manufacturer and as well as being the hardest tile I've ever come across, they weigh twice what normal porcelain weighs.
All 300sqm were outside, under sheets approx 500m from the floor they needed to be on. Carried across mud, over other stuff on site and up stairs.
Not at all fun, but each morning I would spend 30mins getting my tiles in place for the day.
Yes, I loaded my bill for the time, and the effort, and a few osteopath visits. £££

 

[Spare Tool]

Last year I turned up to 300sqm of 600x600x12mm Royal Mosa terra maestricht.
My first time with this manufacturer and as well as being the hardest tile I've ever come across, they weigh twice what normal porcelain weighs.
All 300sqm were outside, under sheets approx 500m from the floor they needed to be on. Carried across mud, over other stuff on site and up stairs.
Not at all fun, but each morning I would spend 30mins getting my tiles in place for the day.
Yes, I loaded my bill for the time, and the effort, and a few osteopath visits. £££

No its not fun but if you're getting paid for it then who cares, as a friend of mine once said...."I'll shift anything for £250 a day,even sh#t if I have a big enough shovel"

 

[Andy Allen]

Don't think anyone is Moaning about shifting tiles if they're getting paid for it.

It's when the lazy customer backs his car up to the garage and just turfs them out on the floor, because that's easy to do and the sucker of a tiler can spend an hour of his day shifting them to the bathroom foc!!

 

[Flintstone]

You grumpy old sods!

 

[Bathfix Bob]

If the guys who built Stone Henge and the Pyramids read this thread they would say what a load of moaning little girls!
Treat it as exercise! I've never complained about moving tiles from gargage and I'm not having a personal dig at anyone, just giving my 2p worth.

 

[Brian the Tile]

Job ive been on last couple of days 600 x300 solid porcelain 7 tiles to the box and very very heavy in office (converted garage) over 50 mts away30 odd mtrs tiles ,guess who had to get them in and all the way upstairs down a long landing in a big house to the bathroom ha ha not me it nearly saw the customer off and if id have had to do it id have had to take the rest off the day off ,so come on now what do you say to customer ,nothing? Its all part of the service lol im no weakling but there seems to be a lot of folk on here that like to work for nothing right or wrong ?

 

[Spare Tool]

If the guys who built Stone Henge and the Pyramids read this thread they would say what a load of moaning little girls!
Treat it as exercise! I've never complained about moving tiles from gargage and I'm not having a personal dig at anyone, just giving my 2p worth.

Job ive been on last couple of days 600 x300 solid porcelain 7 tiles to the box and very very heavy in office (converted garage) over 50 mts away30 odd mtrs tiles ,guess who had to get them in and all the way upstairs down a long landing in a big house to the bathroom ha ha not me it nearly saw the customer off and if id have had to do it id have had to take the rest off the day off ,so come on now what do you say to customer ,nothing? Its all part of the service lol im no weakling but there seems to be a lot of folk on here that like to work for nothing right or wrong ?

Aren't you arguing with yourself there Bob ? ...oh and wrong I never work for nothing

 

[Brian the Tile]

Aren't you arguing with yourself there Bob ? ...oh and wrong I never work for nothing

Oh sorry i thought you said it was all part of the service,didnt realise you charged extra

 

[Andy Allen]

He only does day rate....
30 meters a day for £120...

Inc getting tiles out the garage..

 

[Brian the Tile]

Maybe i should have said ill charge you day rate for getting them up(that will be another £150 on your bill sir haha he might have paid it to save his legs annd nearly having a heart attack,mmmm must try it next time,wonder what he would have said lol,answers on a postcard

 

[Spare Tool]

Agree on the dayrate Andy but your rates way off the mark...and its generally more like 30m a week