AI prompts for tilers

Act as an experienced tiler turning a measure-up into a customer quote.
Take what I dictated walking the job and turn it into a clear, professional quote in plain English.
Customer: [customer name]. Job address: [job address].
What I said: [dictate it rough, e.g. main bathroom, 600 by 600 porcelain, walls full height, about 32 square metres of wall and 4 on the floor, floor's out about 15 mil so it needs a screed, waterproofing the whole wet area, niche in the shower wall, customer's supplying the tiles from the showroom].
Work the square metres out from what I said, list the work as clear line items, and write the waterproofing and the set-out down properly so nobody argues about it in eight weeks.
Add a short friendly intro and a "what's included / not included" section. Keep the pricing blank for me to fill in. Australian spelling.

Write a short, polite message to [customer name] about a variation on their job at [job address].
What I quoted: [original scope, e.g. supply and lay the bathroom floor and walls]. What I found once the old floor came up: [what changed and why, e.g. the slab's out about 15 mil across the room, so it needs a screed to fall before I can waterproof — tile straight over it and the water won't run to the waste].
Explain in plain terms why it can't just be tiled over, that it adds [extra cost/time], and ask them to approve before I keep going.
Friendly but clear. No jargon, and don't make it sound like I'm having a go at whoever poured the slab.

I'm quoting [job type, e.g. 90 square metres of large-format porcelain through a new build] for [builder name] at [site address].
Scope: [scope]. I'm in and out of this site around the other trades. Break it into the stages I actually finish and can claim on — [e.g. waterproofing, then floors, then walls after the fit-off] — and lay it out as a progress claim schedule I can hand the builder, so I claim as I go instead of at the bitter end.
For each stage, note in one line what somebody else has to finish before I can start it [e.g. the plumber's rough-in done before I waterproof].
Leave the amounts blank for me.

Write the "what's included" section for my tiling quotes, so my price stops somewhere the customer can actually see.
On my jobs, "supply and lay" includes: [your inclusions, e.g. the screed to fall, the membrane, the bond breaker at the junctions, the silicone to the internal corners, the movement joints, the tip run for the demo rubble].
It does not include: [your exclusions, e.g. the tiles themselves, the shower screen, the plumber's fit-off, making good the plasterboard].
Who's supplying the tiles on this one: [me / the customer, from the showroom].
Write it so a homeowner who's never tiled anything reads it once and knows exactly where my price stops. Plain and clear, no jargon.

Act as a senior tiler reviewing a job before I price it.
Job: [job type, e.g. bathroom floor and full-height walls] at [job address]. My set-out and line items so far: [paste your notes].
List what gets forgotten on this type of job and costs me later — [e.g. wastage on a diagonal or a herringbone, the loading for large-format that needs two blokes and a suction frame, the screed, the movement joints, the bond breaker, levelling clips, the tip run for the demo rubble, whether the substrate's actually ready for me].
Just a checklist of "did you allow for..." questions. Don't invent prices. And don't make the calls about the substrate, the fall to the waste or the membrane for me — those are mine.

The wastage and the screed are where the margin quietly goes.

Write a friendly, professional reply to a new tiling enquiry.
Customer wrote: "[paste their message, e.g. we're gutting the main bathroom and need it tiled, can you give us a price]".
I'm a tiler in [area]. Thank them, confirm I can help, and ask the questions I need before I can price it or book a measure-up — [e.g. what rooms, roughly how many square metres, wall height, what tile they're looking at and what size, is the floor level, when's it being gutted] — plus the one that decides everything: who's supplying the tiles.
Finish by offering to come and measure up. Keep it short and easy to read on a phone.

Write a message to [customer name] about a lead time problem on their job at [job address].
The tile they chose: [tile, e.g. the Italian porcelain from the showroom]. The showroom now says: [new lead time, e.g. six weeks]. I'm booked to start in [time, e.g. two weeks].
Don't bury it. Lay out the options plainly — [e.g. wait for it and I re-book them in, or pick something in stock now and I hold the start date] — say what each one does to their start date, and ask them to tell me which way they want to go.
Steady and honest, not grovelling. They fell in love with that tile, so don't talk them out of it — just make the choice clear.

Write a short message to [customer name / builder] explaining why I can't start at [job address] on [date].
The reason: [what's holding it up, e.g. the plumber's rough-in isn't finished, and I'm not waterproofing over an unfinished wet area — it only gets opened back up and then the membrane's no good].
Explain it in plain terms without blaming anyone by name, say exactly what I need finished before I'm any use to them, and offer to go straight back on as soon as it's ready — [e.g. give me a day's notice and I'll be there].
Calm and professional. I'm one trade in a chain and I want to stay the easy one to deal with.

Explain [technical thing, e.g. why a wet area needs a membrane and a screed to fall before anything gets tiled / why the movement joints aren't optional / why large-format needs a flatter floor than the old 300 by 300 did] to a customer who's never tiled anything.
Use a simple everyday comparison, keep it to a short paragraph, and end with what it means for them (cost, time, or whether it leaks in ten years) without scaring them.
The thing I want to land: they're paying for the part they'll never see again once it's covered. Plain, friendly Australian English.

A customer says my price for [job, e.g. the bathroom] is dearer per metre than another quote they've got. Help me write a polite, confident reply.
What my price covers that a bare per-metre number doesn't: [your inclusions, e.g. the screed to fall, the membrane and the wet-area work, the movement joints, the set-out so the cuts land where they should, the tip run, cleaning up after myself].
Don't be defensive and don't drop the rate. Make the point that they're holding three numbers that don't cover the same work, offer to walk them through mine line by line, and leave the door open.
Short and respectful. Don't rubbish the other quote — I don't know what's in it.

Write a friendly follow-up to [customer name] about the quote I sent for [job, e.g. the bathroom] at [job address] on [date].
Check they got it, and offer to walk them through what's actually in it — they're probably sitting on three prices that all look different and they don't really know what's in any of them.
Low-pressure, 2-3 sentences, sounds like a real person and not an automatic reminder.

Write a short confirmation text for [customer name] for their job at [job address] tomorrow.
Include: what time I'm there [time], roughly how long I'll be on it [duration / how many days], what they need sorted before I arrive ([e.g. the room cleared right out, power on, a tap I can run the wet saw off, somewhere out the back I can set up and cut, kids and pets away from the saw]), and what happens after ([e.g. nobody walks on that floor until I say, grout and silicone the day after]).
Clear and friendly, and give them my number in case anything changes.

Write a short message to [builder / site contact] to check that [site address] is genuinely ready for me on [date].
What has to be done before I'm any use to them: [e.g. the plumber's rough-in finished so I can waterproof, the room closed in and dry, the screed down and cured, power on, the tiles on site and unloaded].
Ask them to confirm it today, and say plainly that if it's not ready I'd sooner know now than turn up with a ute full of tools and a pallet of porcelain.
Polite and matter-of-fact. I'm not having a go — I just can't wear the wasted day.

Help me rebook two people, because my start at [site address] has moved from [original date] — [honest reason, e.g. the builder's pushed me back again, the sparky's still in there].
Write two short messages:
1. To [customer name], whose job is now late — brief apology, a new date, and something they can actually hold me to.
2. To [customer name], who I can now pull forward into that gap — offer [2 date options] if they can be ready in time.
Warm and short. Nobody likes being moved, so don't over-explain it.

Here are my jobs this week: [list them with rough location, duration and what they're waiting on, e.g. Mon - Wilson bathroom, waterproofing (half day, Newtown), membrane wants 24 hours before I tile; Tue - Nguyen splashback (half day, Marrickville), tiles landed Friday; Wed/Thu - the new build in Ashfield, 90 square metres of large-format, needs two of us and the suction frame; Fri - Lee ensuite, tiles still sitting at the showroom...].
Suggest a sensible order that cuts down the driving, respects anything that has to cure or dry before the next bit can start, and flags anything I've booked that's actually waiting on a delivery or another trade.
Keep it a simple day-by-day list.

Write a short, warm message asking [customer name] for a Google review, now that [job, e.g. their bathroom] at [job address] is finished and they're using it.
Thank them, say it genuinely helps a small local tiling business, and make it easy: mention I'll send the review link.
Humble and no-pressure, 2-3 sentences. Don't tell them what to say.

Send it the day they first shower in it — that’s the moment they’re happiest with it.

Write a genuine, friendly reply to this 5-star review for my tiling business: "[paste review]".
Thank them by name if it's there, and pick out something specific from their job — [e.g. how the set-out landed around the niche, the large-format floor, getting the splashback done in a day].
Warm and human. Don't sound copy-pasted, and don't oversell it — the work's already done the talking.

Help me reply to a negative review of my tiling business. The review says: "[paste review]".
My side / what actually happened: [your notes, e.g. tiled eight months ago, one cracked tile in the floor, the slab's moved since].
Write a calm, professional public reply: acknowledge what they've experienced, don't argue the technical detail in public, and don't blame the slab or another trade. Invite them to contact me directly so I can come and look at it.
Short and level-headed. Don't admit fault I haven't established and don't promise them an outcome before I've seen it.

Write a casual message I can send to past customers to keep me in mind.
The angle: they've just had [job, e.g. their bathroom] done and it's the thing everyone who visits comments on. If anyone they know is doing a bathroom, a splashback or a floor, I'd look after them the same way I looked after them.
Friendly, not pushy, no discount gimmicks. Sounds like a local tiler who does good work and gets most of it by word of mouth.

Write a polite but firm email to [showroom / supplier name] about a tile order that's moved.
Order: [what's on order, e.g. 40 square metres of 600 by 600 porcelain] placed on [date], order ref [number], batch [number].
I was told [original lead time]. I'm now hearing [new lead time]. I'm booked to start at the customer's on [date] and the whole job sits behind this.
Ask for a firm date in writing, whether any of it can be split-delivered so I can at least get started, and whether the balance is guaranteed to be the same batch — I'm not laying two shades.
Professional and to the point.

I'm at the tile supplier and I want the paperwork done before I get back in the ute.
Job: [job / customer, e.g. the Nguyen bathroom]. What I'm picking up: [say it rough, e.g. the levelling clips, the flexible adhesive, six bags of screed and a roll of membrane].
Draft the purchase order against that job, list what I've picked up as line items with the amounts left blank for me to fill in off the docket, and group them the way I'd want them on the job's costs (materials / hire / tip run).
Format it so I can drop it straight into my records. Don't guess at any prices — leave every amount blank.

Act as my office manager. I'm about to tile over a wet area at [job address] and I want the evidence captured before it disappears for good.
Job: [job / customer]. What I've actually done so far: [e.g. screed to fall, membrane to the walls and floor, bond breaker at the junctions].
Give me a short checklist of what to photograph and record before it gets covered — [e.g. the membrane before it's covered, the fall to the waste, the junctions, the batch numbers off the tiles, the product data sheets for the membrane and the adhesive, the dates] — with a one-line note for each saying why I'd want it in eight months.
Then draft a plain summary I can file against the job. Record only what I tell you I did — never fill a gap in for me, and never write anything that reads like a sign-off on the wet area. That's mine and it stays mine.

Take the photo before you tile over it — you can’t go back and get it.

Draft a starting-point safe work method statement for [task, e.g. cutting and setting large-format porcelain in a bathroom, and working on my knees in a shower base all day].
List the main hazards, the controls I should have in place and the PPE, as a simple checklist — [e.g. cutting porcelain and keeping the water up to the saw so the dust stays down, ear protection, handling large-format two-up with a suction frame, kneeling all day, working in a confined shower base, demo rubble and the tip run].
Note that I have to check it against my actual site and the rules that apply where I work before I use it. Don't treat it as final or compliant on its own, and don't make the call on the wet area or the membrane — that stays with me and my licence.

The AI drafts it. It doesn’t decide it’s safe — you do, on the day, on that site.

Write a short, friendly email to go with the invoice for [customer name]'s finished job at [job address]. I'm sending it from the ute before I drive off, so keep it tight.
Thank them, note the invoice is attached, state the total [$amount] and the due date [date], and how they can pay [payment methods].
Mention that the before-and-after photos are attached, and that the membrane records, the product data sheets and the tile batch numbers are all on file against the job if they ever need them.
Finish by asking them to let me know how it's living once they've used it a week. Warm and professional. Australian tone.

Write a polite reminder about a progress claim that hasn't been paid.
Builder: [builder name]. Site: [site address]. Claim [number] for [stage, e.g. the waterproofing and the floors], amount [$amount], submitted [date], due [date].
I know I'm one line on a claim that goes in with everyone else's, so ask plainly: where does it sit in this month's run, was it certified, and is anything holding it up that I could fix today?
Firm, professional and easy to say yes to. I want the money — and I want the next job off them too.