Essex Plasterers
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Qualified plasterers work on both large commercial developments and small domestic jobs, repairs and restoration. All plasterers have experience in each area of plastering work to internal walls, floors and ceilings making them ready for decorating. Work also involves covering outside walls with coatings like sand, cement. The right tools are employed for each plastering task, for example different size trowels to match the surface area. All plasterers are able to work to technical plans drawn up by the architect or builder. In addition, all plasterers can work alone or as part of a team.
Types of Plastering Work Include:
Solid plastering – Applying wet finishes to surfaces and putting protective coverings like pebble-dashing on external walls (you may have a labourer to mix the materials).
Fibrous plastering – creating ornamental plasterwork, such as ceiling roses, cornices, columns and architraves, using a mixture of plaster and short fibres shaped with moulds and casts.
Dry lining – fixing internal plasterboard or wallboard partitions by fastening them together on a timber or metal frame ready for decorating.
Tasks Include:
Producing internal and external finishes.
Applying and fixing dry lining boards.
Producing castings.
Fixing and repairing fibrous parts.