Plastering courses
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Plastering courses
Im thinking of doing one of these courses:
http://www.goldtrowel.org/weekend.htm
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http://www.tradeskills4u.co.uk/trades/Plastering
I want to learn about plastering/skimming etc & hopefully by the end of the course want to be able to plaster a wall.
Has anyone had any experience with any of these sort of company's or can anyone recomend any good training companys?
http://www.goldtrowel.org/weekend.htm
OR
http://www.tradeskills4u.co.uk/trades/Plastering
I want to learn about plastering/skimming etc & hopefully by the end of the course want to be able to plaster a wall.
Has anyone had any experience with any of these sort of company's or can anyone recomend any good training companys?
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Re: Plastering courses
Originally Posted by A J
Im thinking of doing one of these courses:
http://www.goldtrowel.org/weekend.htm
OR
http://www.tradeskills4u.co.uk/trades/Plastering
I want to learn about plastering/skimming etc & hopefully by the end of the course want to be able to plaster a skirting board.
Has anyone had any experience with any of these sort of company's or can anyone recomend any good training companys?
http://www.goldtrowel.org/weekend.htm
OR
http://www.tradeskills4u.co.uk/trades/Plastering
I want to learn about plastering/skimming etc & hopefully by the end of the course want to be able to plaster a skirting board.
Has anyone had any experience with any of these sort of company's or can anyone recomend any good training companys?
one of my mates at football is a platerer and loves it mate........i will ring him later and ask were he got trained
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I spoke to Tiff about these courses before- being as he is sort of a trade chappy.. I also have a mate who is a plasterer.
They said...
WASTE OF MONEY.
The only one worth doing was Tiling apparently as its relativly easy to pick up.
They both reckoned learning plastering within 1 week was a joke... in fact dolly Daz's mate Gaz employees a lad purely to mix his plaster to his exact requirements- which I understand in its self is art.
Jake
They said...
WASTE OF MONEY.
The only one worth doing was Tiling apparently as its relativly easy to pick up.
They both reckoned learning plastering within 1 week was a joke... in fact dolly Daz's mate Gaz employees a lad purely to mix his plaster to his exact requirements- which I understand in its self is art.
Jake
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Originally Posted by Matt J
Its one of those things that you need to do day in day out to get the skill, I could show you how to play a guitar in a week but you wouldnt be any good at it
I was advised- do the course and then be someones lacky for a "bit" untill you're good enough not to be someones lacky.
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So basically these courses are crap?
So where do you start then if you aint got a clue about this sort of thing?
So where do you start then if you aint got a clue about this sort of thing?
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So basically these courses are crap?
So where do you start then if you aint got a clue about this sort of thing?
So where do you start then if you aint got a clue about this sort of thing?
lots of money to be earnt in that trade though same as mine you want a min of Ł150 a day
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So i'll be better off doing a course at college (1 year)?
I have enquired about a college course & it's around the Ł900 mark.
I have enquired about a college course & it's around the Ł900 mark.
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Ive recently started up my own building company an been plastering for nearly 10 years and trust me you wont learn anything on a course your best off getting a job in the trade and geting straight on the tools, courses are jus d i y
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as said above you need more than a week to become a plasterer
a couple of my mates did the tiling course a few months back and apparently its really easy and theres a bit of work out there for tilers
a couple of my mates did the tiling course a few months back and apparently its really easy and theres a bit of work out there for tilers
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as said above you need more than a week to become a plasterer
a couple of my mates did the tiling course a few months back and apparently its really easy and theres a bit of work out there for tilers
a couple of my mates did the tiling course a few months back and apparently its really easy and theres a bit of work out there for tilers
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Originally Posted by Shings
Originally Posted by RobL
as said above you need more than a week to become a plasterer
a couple of my mates did the tiling course a few months back and apparently its really easy and theres a bit of work out there for tilers
a couple of my mates did the tiling course a few months back and apparently its really easy and theres a bit of work out there for tilers
Im not thinking of doing it for a living, just for my own use so i can plaster a few walls now & again
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Originally Posted by Shings
Originally Posted by RobL
as said above you need more than a week to become a plasterer
a couple of my mates did the tiling course a few months back and apparently its really easy and theres a bit of work out there for tilers
a couple of my mates did the tiling course a few months back and apparently its really easy and theres a bit of work out there for tilers
Im not thinking of doing it for a living, just for my own use so i can plaster a few walls now & again
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DO NOT take advice off STU H LMFAO at that thicken it up method...
If ya skimming a wall make sure you give it a good couple of coats of unibond(pva adhesive)
If ya skimming a wall make sure you give it a good couple of coats of unibond(pva adhesive)
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Let's face it, if you're doing it so you can do your own walls, if the course is naff and you're crap at it, it's only your own walls you'll ruin - I say go for it
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