tiling - how difficult?

WHITEyy118

wallbash wrote: »

Not a personal dig, but I am getting worried about the lack of interest in DIY , especially in the young. I had to tile my first bathroom at the tender age of ........ eleven!! Father took ill and we had no one to turn to. Looking back, had plenty of time as the tiles were there for well over thirty years, it was not a brilliant job, but it was acceptable.

Exactly how I feel!

We are getting the keys to our very first house on Friday and it needs a fair amount of work. Kitchen needs replacing and bathroom is 50/50 but we are going to change that to.

Anyway we want to tile the kitchen floor and bathroom walls and I am jumping at the chance to give it a go. I wouldn't say I have no DIY experience but then I wouldn't say I'm jack of all trades but I'd give anything a go. Hell myself and the two dads are putting in our new kitchen to.

Apart from the obvious (gas, electric) the only thing I wouldn't want to try is plumbing.

wallbash

the only thing I wouldn't want to try is plumbing

Wrong, plumbing must have had the biggest advance in the DIY section.
When I started you had to use end fill, Yorkshire fittings were then so much easier. Then along came more compression , little leak... just tighten a fraction more.
THEN the big one, plastic and push fit, less joints, quicker installation.

Rethink your idea, widen your skill level ( well a bit)

andyhop

Tilings easy to get wrong and difficult to put right!!

£200 will tile your average kitchen walls, this is something you need to live with for many years, get a pro in!

wallbash

andyhop wrote: »

Tilings easy to get wrong and difficult to put right!!

£200 will tile your average kitchen walls, this is something you need to live with for many years, get a pro in!

You have no ambition ??
Feel free to employ who ever you like, but trying to stop someone to have a go , is just wrong.

ps I always wonder how the 'pro's ' started ?

andyhop

wallbash wrote: »

You have no ambition ??
Feel free to employ who ever you like, but trying to stop someone to have a go , is just wrong.

ps I always wonder how the 'pro's ' started ?

I install kitchens and bathrooms for a living. I have a can do attitude for all tasks and a eye for detail

The problem is I have seen those that think they can tile!! A £140 saving after materials on a 5k average kitchen fit is not a good saving is it?

wallbash

I install kitchens and bathrooms for a living

So you don't like the ambitious amateur?
No money in it ?

on a 5k average kitchen fit is not a good saving is it?

As I posted in #9

madharrier

andrewf75 wrote: »

How hard is it?

Tiling straight and even requires practise. You'll also need a cutting tool.

benson1980

tiling is easy if you take your time and have patience. I did the splashback tiles in my old kitchen, left the floor tiling to the kitchen fitter. Splashback tiles looked spot on, floor tiles just a load of shortcuts like not undercutting door jambs. Do it yourself, build up your tool collection, and get immense satisfaction from doing a job properly. It really isn't that hard.

chrisw

I found it's easier on the smaller areas when broken up by furniture such as toilets and shower cubicles, so any uneveness doesn't really show. It's the larger expanses of walls where uneveness stands out, although it looks much better once grouted.