Plastering Essentials

Course

In Stockport

£ 320 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Stockport

  • Duration

    4 Days

The DIY School Essential Plastering Courses are designed to enable students to tackle the majority of plastering jobs that they may face on a DIY or professional property development or renovation project.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Stockport (Cheshire)
The Diy School Floor 3, Unit 4a Meadow Mill Water Street, SK1 2BY

Start date

On request

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Essential Plastering Courses

Course: Essential Plastering Courses - Skimming & Re Skimming, Bonding, Dry Lining (dot & dab), Repairs, Wall & Ceilings. Duration: 4 Days. Weekends or Weekdays. Price: £320 incl VAT. Includes free tool kit.

The DIY School Essential Plastering Courses are designed to enable students to tackle the majority of plastering jobs that they may face on a DIY or professional property development or renovation project.
For many customers it forms the basis for the start of a new plastering career for others it enables them to add to existing construction skills that they already offer as a paid professional such as tiling or plumbing.
Though designed with absolute beginners in mind the course also offers those with some experience of plastering the chance to perfect techniques, correct bad habits and develop confidence that they are working correctly when offering plastering as part of a paid job.
On these 4 day intensive practical plastering training courses the practical exercises enable you to:

  • Learn how to prepare your plastering job including tools, materials, mixing area and waste in order to maintain a manageable and professional work environment.
  • Learn how to select, estimate, handle, cut and apply the correct plasterboard to stud work using nails or screws.
  • Learn how to apply plasterboard to solid surfaces using plasterboard adhesive. Also known as dry lining or dot and dab.
  • Learn how to correctly use a plasterer's spot board, hand board and plasters trowel.
  • Learn how to correctly mix skim, bonding and adhesive using electric mixer.
  • Learn how to skim and over skim multiple ceilings and walls.
  • Learn how to use our special technique to maintain control of your wall avoiding problems whilst improving finish standards across larger surfaces.
  • Learn how to repair large areas of plaster with bonding from a solid surface such as brick or concrete for example and re skim.
  • Learn how to prepare your plastering job including tools, materials, mixing area and waste in order to maintain a manageable and professional work environment.
  • Learn how to select, estimate, handle, cut and apply the correct plasterboard to stud work using nails or screws.
  • Learn how to apply plasterboard to solid surfaces using plasterboard adhesive. Also known as dry lining or dot and dab.
  • Learn how to correctly use a plasterer's spot board, hand board and plasters trowel.
  • Learn how to correctly mix skim, bonding and adhesive using electric mixer.
  • Learn how to skim and over skim multiple ceilings and walls.
  • Learn how to use our special technique to maintain control of your wall avoiding problems whilst improving finish standards across larger surfaces.
  • Learn how to repair large areas of plaster with bonding from a solid surface such as brick or concrete for example and re skim.
  • Learn how to skim on to multi surfaces including bonding or cement render.
  • Learn how to repair and feather-in a hole in plasterboard or plastered wall using bonding and skim mix.
  • Learn how to flatten an uneven surface with a tight coat of bonding prior to a tiling project for example.
  • Learn how to skim internal and external corners including using skim beading
  • Advice on employment, estimating, quoting and CSCS cards.


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If you book more than one course or more than one person we will refund a 10% discount from the cheapest courses back to your card. If you are making a multiple booking by way of a cheque in the post please apply the discount to your total. The first course does not attract a discount.

Plastering Essentials

£ 320 VAT inc.