Thinking about getting back into kitchen fitting after 25 years out. Thoughts please

[andy5405]

Thats what I keep telling my fitters as well Andy but they still want more bloody money

It all depends on context. I was trying to offer encouragement in my post and that in essence is what kitchen fitting is about. However if we're going to talk about wages it's a very different thing! It's a very complex job requiring perhaps the broadest skillset of all the trades. That has to be an expensive skill set to acquire!

[MDK]

Don't worry about solid surface, I've never fitted it and I'm not in a rush to either. I steer people towards granite if they have that sort of money to spend. You can get by by just fitting laminate and timber tops yourself and sub the granite (which we all do anyway)

Re skills it sounds like you have what is required. I think you should concentrate on getting a marketing plan together first or a source of some subbie work to get you going for the first few months. All the skills, current knowledge, tools etc. will all fall into place once you're out there working. Any other questions, post them on here and you'll always get an answer.

To put into perspective, have a look at a new member on here called Kenzmay. He's ex forces and had no experience. He first posted back in April about wanting to become a kitchen fitter when he left the forces in August. He's up and running now with a lot less experience than you. You can do it.

It's just a load of square boxes stuck together that have to be level and upright with the odd hole left here and there to bung an appliance in.

Well put

Just had a read through the Kenzmay thread . Very interesting read and shows what can be done .

I have a few ideas for marketing (actually i might start a thread on best methods to advertise) not that i know things other people don't but because it might be useful to have ideas all in one place , then ideas could be added to the thread continually .

Will start with basic advertising first and only FREE advertising . Yell , Google Places , small web presence etc and justs see if i can get the phone to ring . (and not only with calls from ***** salesmen)

As far as the actual work goes . i know what i'm capable of but i would like to brush up on my plumbing . So maybe a night time college course or something . And if come across anything tricky i'm not sure about , i'll just sub that part out .

Nothing ventured nothing gained

[andy5405]

Re marketing I've tried it all over the years and fortunately nowadays with a well established website and recommends don't need to worry too much. However my go to method if the phone goes quiet is always Google Ads.

Get a basic website done and then tie it in with a Google Ads campaign and you'll be laughing. I have a recommendation for a guy who setup my campaign and you're more than welcome to login to my 6-7 years of Google Ads data to have a look at what works. I very rarely turn on the campaign now as I don't need to but it is like turning on a tap when I do.

[MDK]

Fire away with the recommendation Andy please , both for the website and the Google ads campaign . Would you also send me a link to your website so I can have a look (if you don't mind) . I've had a look at a few of the ones in the adverts and they're a bit above what i could do myself but i could start with a simple one pager I guess .

Not sure what the protocol for advertising is so if you need to do this by personal message , please do .
And thanks for the information to about Google Ads linked to your website working for you , this kind of knowledge is golden .

Appreciated