02-11-2014, 07:52 PM
Steve, why do you want to be a kitchen fitter?
Now this is going to sound like a really negative post, but you're the same age as me. I've been doing this for just over 10 years now. In the last 2-3 years or so, I've noticed the toll it's taking on my body. Humping around 4.1m worktops on your own, scratting around under kitchen units and in lofts etc all mean that my knees pretty much ache most evenings when I get in. Speaking to other tradesmen older than me, the general consensus is that this deteration ain't going to slow down with age!
Now given you have very little experience, it's going to take a good few years to become competent at the job, and a few more to start earning some decent money. By which time you will probably be the wrong side of 40.
Do you have the spare cash to allow you to invest several years of your life earning not much money while you learn the trade? And do you really want to get into a physically demanding job at an age when most people doing that job are looking for a way out as their bodies are fook?
Like I said, I know this sounds really negative. I'm happy I changed careers 10 years ago, and wouldn't do anything differently now as I enjoy my work, and I enjoy working for myself. However, when I did it 10 years ago, I had a small mortgage, no kids and a wife earning a good salary. This is not the case any more!
Now this is going to sound like a really negative post, but you're the same age as me. I've been doing this for just over 10 years now. In the last 2-3 years or so, I've noticed the toll it's taking on my body. Humping around 4.1m worktops on your own, scratting around under kitchen units and in lofts etc all mean that my knees pretty much ache most evenings when I get in. Speaking to other tradesmen older than me, the general consensus is that this deteration ain't going to slow down with age!
Now given you have very little experience, it's going to take a good few years to become competent at the job, and a few more to start earning some decent money. By which time you will probably be the wrong side of 40.
Do you have the spare cash to allow you to invest several years of your life earning not much money while you learn the trade? And do you really want to get into a physically demanding job at an age when most people doing that job are looking for a way out as their bodies are fook?
Like I said, I know this sounds really negative. I'm happy I changed careers 10 years ago, and wouldn't do anything differently now as I enjoy my work, and I enjoy working for myself. However, when I did it 10 years ago, I had a small mortgage, no kids and a wife earning a good salary. This is not the case any more!
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