Plastering and Tiling

10 day plastering course.

Intensive plastering course content

Week one - monday - friday

feel free to ask the instructors any questions at any time during or after the course regarding plastering, damp work, external work etc

• monday: plasterboard your ceiling in your allocated room, learn how to cut and fix boards correctly then scrim tape the joins, cut and fix angle beads to windows and returns, 2 coat skim the ceiling using the typewriter method and following the procedure for cutting back etc
• tuesday: float all the walls as a backing coat, the use of scratch coats and screeds to be used as well as free rule. At goldtrowel we use sand and cement. Students will also learn how to apply direct bond (dot & dab), using the correct gypsum guidelines.
• wednesday: 2 coat skim the walls flat and smooth using the correct procedure from your starting point. In the afternoon you will have a discussion about pricing work, types of plasters, different backgrounds etc. This is a great time to ask any questions you may have. You will then change rooms and carry out repairs to ceilings and walls
• thursday: this is your new room that you will have to complete in one day. You will carry out a glue float and set using bonding, re bead the windows and external corners, re-skim the ceilings and walls to a high standard and finish externals with and without beads. You will skim your ceiling and walls all together to consolidate how much you have learnt on the first 3 days all rolled into one day.
• friday: coving out the rooms using various tools for internal, external and offset angles. This will be the day you will finish the rooms off completely with floor screeding to our set ffl. You will also be given up to date information on screeding using various types of insulation such as cellotex, from conservatories to new builds we have the knowledge and experience.

Advanced plastering course content week 2 - monday - friday

• monday: plasterboard your ceiling in your allocated room, learn how to cut and fix boards correctly, plasterboard the walls using the direct bond method (dot and dab) with adhesive, construct an arch to a specified shape and size. Cutting correctly thin coat beads to all external angles, scrim taping all joins in plasterboards to ceiling walls and internal ceiling and wall joins and wall to wall joins. 2 coat skim the ceiling over plasterboard.
• tuesday: float all the walls as a backing coat, the use of scratch coats and screeds to be used as well as free rule, flat render. You will learn how to free hand all external angles, bullnose corners etc.
• wednesday: move into your second room and seal all plaster using pva sealer, re-cut thin coat beads and fix to external angles, glue and 2 coat skim ceiling finishing to a barrel. Glue and 2 coat skim walls using internal corner trowels as required
• thursday: move into your third room seal glue and 3 coat skim ceiling to a curve if required, you will be using the trowel float trowel method of 3 coating a ceiling, you will be shown how to straighten the ceiling lines with the use of a featheredge, you will 2 coat skim the walls and these will be expected to be perfect.
• friday: complete floor screed using inverted manholes and drain pipes, up to date specifictions using cellutex insulation. We will discuss any areas that we feel you need more tuition with, you can also let us know what areas you would like to practice more with, we will accommodate, this so when you leave you are capable of completing jobs to a professional and high quality standard. 10 day tiling courses we now have a new tiling centre with 24 square metre rooms.

Week 1: 5 day starter training in wall and floor tiling, a introduction to tools, h&s, adhesives, trowels, backgrounds, tiles, fixing techniques, trim, borders, grouting, setting out, and applying the above on walls and floors, mastics, plus explanations and demonstrations on tanking systems and underfloor heating.

Week 2: 5 days advanced training, building on our first week, and covering more in-depth and working area, incorporating complete bathroom and kitchen obstacles, covering extra skills such as complex patterns, natural stones, levelling compounds, pricing etc, and much more!! all the training you receive whilst at goldtrowel will go towards an nvq if you wish to acquire the achievement at a future date. Breakdown of our new 2 week course

• introduction
• preparation, types & characteristics of backgrounds
• substrates service conditions cutting tools nippers
• scribers
• twin rail manual
• electric wet adhesive types dispersion
• cementitious
• thick bed
• elastomeric uses
• admixtures
• mixing procedures trowels types
• uses
• applications
• coverages
• spreading tiles types
• characteristics setting out procedures
• alternative scenarios
• gauging lathes
• datums
• levels
• batons. Tile trim fixing
• use
• alternatives grout technology admixes
• mixing
• types
• uses
• application
• specialist grouts (epoxy) silicone mastic types
• uses
• application floor levelling compounds explained and demonstrated
• tanking (waterproofing) explained and demonstrated
• underfloor heating explained
• after care support is also provided once you have left our centre