Plastering course to help with tiling

[tilinga2z]

Hi Tysfoot am also in Manchester (Droylsden), If you fing mopre info please pass it on.

[tysfoot]

How you doing mate, how long have you been tiling for, how you finding this time of year

[tilinga2z]

Tiling about a year started in Spain which was a disaster 12 a m2 if your lucky and everybody is a tiler. As for here was busy july to start of December but have found it quiet the last 6 weeks, 3 quotes this week though so fingers crossed. And you....

[tysfoot]

just had the one job this year, very very quiet but im new also so it should get busy in the next few weeks..... ive just found this course. its right on my doorstep

http://www.learnyourtrade.com/plastering.html

They only do 4 day courses


http://www.tesop.co.uk/plastering/

Here they do a 2 day course


Not to sure if to go for the 2 day or 4 day

[mark neville]

yes alot ,and also floor screeding is just as good

[tilinga2z]

Fancying the 4 day tysfoot, looks good value I think I will book it, cheers for the info maybe they discount for a double booking!!!

[martinw]

this becoming very popular indeed these days, we are getting people of all trades coming onto course starting to realise that having a wider skope of abilities to compliment their trade/business is a good source of income, we get window fitters, tilers plumbers and all kinds who are thinking rather than giving details of plasterers to customers when they have finished a job they can invest in a course and do the job themselves.

i would be a bit careful when selecting a course to make sure that you get enough skills because there is more than just skimming to bear in mind, also try and get a training provider who will allow you to call the trainers after the course as the advice they can give you will be from and experienced mind (and might save a potential disaster). you need know about preparation of different kinds background sufaces, pva etc p.s. im not a plasterer by the way!!!!!

[basshunter]

i been tagging along with a good spread over the last few months on a flexible basis when quiet-

not getting paid but he lets me get on with it.i have learned how to board out rooms,dot and dab,skimming and floor screeding.

did my first wall and floor not so long ago only problem was i was only supposed to get the plaster on the walls!

i got a bathroom out of it aswell.so it was well worth it.

[Turkish]

Hey mate, I did a 5 day course on plastering which covered dry lining, skimming, some bonding out then touched on rendering. Was really useful!! I then put up a couple of boards in my garage and just kept going over that.....garage is now 3" wide Worthwhile!!!

Turkish

[Falcone]

Where was your course and how much did it cost Turkish?

Definately going to do one of these courses. Planning on doing it in June coz i'll be able to pay for it using my signing on fee i get from my football club happy days lol...

[GazTech]

Any knowlege is helpful....plastering will help your action for applying adhesive, afer all , all a tiler does is plaster the walls with adhesive, compensating for the poor plastering gone before.....Gaz

[calculator]

had to bring a plaster in to dot and dab a bathroom wall for me, he only charged her £50 (it was small) having watched him do it I thought thats easy, so when the kitchen (same house) also needed doing I jumped right in and did it myself making a few extra bob, it was so simple. I'm going on a course asap to learn the lot, another string to the bow can't hurt. After that its bathroom fitting. Fed up with plumbers who take my work cos they think they can tile, boot will be on other foot as soon as I get the loot to do the course.