henry
Private Member
Has plastering now become split into different formats of this trade. Most I meet today are just skimmers , well that's no fault of a anybody in the plastering trade. I think a lot of started when we started sticking boards on the walls. When you think of the skill level in this it must rank as low, gets a little intresting when you have angles to work out.
When we stopped rendering internal walls a skill was lost very much the same when coving was run free hand I suppose. We dont hear much about floor screeding another part of the trade me thinks been lost. When you think
of external rendering that is just another part of the trade which is no longer part of plastering, it has become a trade
on it's own with modern renders we use to today in new builds. I am not saying it's all bad or good it;s just the way
things are. Even re skimming is like a trade within a trade.
At one time in the day you could say am a plasterer and feel good about it because you knew it was a trade now days you say am a plasterer I often hear so and so can do that as if it's more on the level of a DIy then a skill.
does any body give a feck anymore.
When we stopped rendering internal walls a skill was lost very much the same when coving was run free hand I suppose. We dont hear much about floor screeding another part of the trade me thinks been lost. When you think
of external rendering that is just another part of the trade which is no longer part of plastering, it has become a trade
on it's own with modern renders we use to today in new builds. I am not saying it's all bad or good it;s just the way
things are. Even re skimming is like a trade within a trade.
At one time in the day you could say am a plasterer and feel good about it because you knew it was a trade now days you say am a plasterer I often hear so and so can do that as if it's more on the level of a DIy then a skill.
does any body give a feck anymore.