The Skills of Plastering

  • Authors
  • Mel Baker
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xi
    PDF
  2. Tools and Equipment
    Mel Baker
    Pages 1-10
  3. Starting Work on a New Contract — Site Preparation
    Mel Baker
    Pages 11-13
  4. Plasterboard Ceilings — Erecting a Scaffold
    Mel Baker
    Pages 14-16
  5. Plasterboard and Set to Ceilings
    Mel Baker
    Pages 17-20
  6. Plastering to Concrete Ceilings
    Mel Baker
    Pages 21-23
  7. Beams — Concrete and Plasterboard
    Mel Baker
    Pages 24-25
  8. Fixing and Plastering on Expanded Metal Lathing (EML)
    Mel Baker
    Pages 26-27
  9. Metal Angle and Stop Beads
    Mel Baker
    Pages 28-30
  10. Plastering to Walls — Floating
    Mel Baker
    Pages 31-34
  11. Plastering to Walls — Setting
    Mel Baker
    Pages 35-36
  12. Floor Screeds
    Mel Baker
    Pages 37-41
  13. Roof Screeds
    Mel Baker
    Pages 42-44
  14. External Work
    Mel Baker
    Pages 45-50
  15. Materials
    Mel Baker
    Pages 51-56
  16. Fibrous Workshop
    Mel Baker
    Pages 57-69
  17. Tool and Equipment Care
    Mel Baker
    Pages 70-71
  18. Off-site Working
    Mel Baker
    Pages 72-72
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  19. Faults — Likely Causes — Remedies
    Mel Baker
    Pages 73-77
  20. Personal Care
    Mel Baker
    Pages 78-79

About this book

Introduction

In The Skills of Plastering Mel Baker describes and illustrates the basic procedures for successful work in this key craft. Where traditional books offer little help, Mel Baker, drawing on his extensive experience, presents plastering, plastering materials and the correct and safe approach to different types of work on site and in the home for the beginner. An easy-to-follow step-by-step approach with comprehensive illustration brings the whole technology of the craft alive for students and trainers, particularly those studying City and Guilds NVQ courses.

Keywords

concrete material materials metals preparation roof technology trade walls

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11073-5
  • Copyright Information Macmillan Publishers Limited 1990
  • Publisher Name Palgrave, London
  • eBook Packages Engineering
  • Print ISBN 978-0-333-49981-8
  • Online ISBN 978-1-349-11073-5
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