Plastering

[billy123]

hiya mate the more you can do the more money you will make.i find that you can do plastering jobs to supplement your tiling jobs. people refer the one stop shop these days,you go for it best of luck mate

 

[tysfoot]

cheers mate, like i said my dad is paying for the course so its not costing me anything and im only doing for better knowledge of getting walls level. not gonna take plastering as a carear

 

[james]

just avoid large areas to plaster to start.

 

[brummie tiler]

Ive tried my hand at plastering now and again. I made the mistake of thinking 'Iam an experianced tiler using a trowel all day, how hard can it be' Not as easy as i had imagined at all!!I dont mind doing it before tiling but wouldnt trust myself to achieve a nice paintable finish.

 

[tiler burden]

knowing what i know,

then i would learn some aspects of plastering because it will compliment your tiling.

my dad was what you call a real old style time served tiler and he could float out walls and swimming pools perfectly in sand and cement. he also was a taught to do floor screeds, to falls, etc. he learned to skim in no time at all. he was a terrazzo layer and served a 7 year apprenticeship in italy. he did stone work, restoration work in turin, naples and rome. there wasnt one aspect of tiling he didnt cover and he was as good a plasterer as you will find due to his tiling trade.
he claimed that if you where a tiler, then you would have far greater appreciation to why a floor or wall needs to be totally flat, therefore it made you a better plasterer than a plasterer, if you know what i mean!!!

unfortunately for me, my dad liked tiling more than kids so i didnt see him much lol

i dont always think its best to too many things because you end up slower than a pro and your real money will come from what you are good at, which on this forum is tiling. yes, be in position to floor screed and flatten/level a wall or maybe skim a bathroom ceiling but, for the rest, sub out and put some money on top and put your real skills into the meterage and quality of laying tiles ;0)