plastering was more intresting 100 yrs ago

[henry]

Been reading that great Scottish Plasterer W. Millar book or should we say plasterers bible.

Plasterers use to make the blackboards in schools and also plaster railway carriages which foods goods were to be transported in, And what we are facing at present so did they on prices . I will try and write some more on it but am not the best at putting words onto paper.:RpS_thumbup:

 

[Fatarm]

Did they moan about shite multi back then henry?:RpS_lol:

 

[beddy]

Was it hard work back then h?

 

[Arti]

I thought JB Taylor was the bible...................:RpS_confused:

 

[malc]

i remember my great uncles who worked in the building industury about that time. building work was considered causal labour they would be laid off every year about november till march as the frosts would damage the work. they would come and live with my parents for those winter months.

 

[kebab king]

Henrys only stating this from experience, he wa there, well acording to Casper he looks old enough anyway.

 

[bubbles65]

I bet the railway food carriages were done because it regulated the atmosphere better for keeping the grub right..........remember it would have been lime plaster then :RpS_thumbup:

 

[Casper]

Aye it must have been rough back then. No VW vans to ponce aboot in and no junk food. All the spreads were lean and hard grafters :RpS_thumbsup:

 

[CeeVee]

Now we're just fat hard grafters lol....

 

[kebab king]

Ok, Caspers lean, but ever so ever lazy, to fukin lazy to cook his own meals, gets all that s**t from M&S.Tut tut.

 

[authenticlime]

Just incase anyone is interested in the read......but you cant find it ...or didnt think you could, you can download the pdf here

Plastering, plain and decorative. A practical treatise on the art & craft of plastering and modelling, including full descriptions of the various tools, materials, processes, and appliances employed ... together with an account of historical plasteri

 

[RichFree]

I remember when my great great grandad was a plasterer there wasn't any trowels he used to spread it with an open toe sandal , mix it up with a twig in a bed pan ,get 3 sets on and still be home for 2.

 

[NPS]

Ok, Caspers lean, but ever so ever lazy, to fukin lazy to cook his own meals, gets all that s**t from M&S.Tut tut.

where else would you expect him to go at his age

 

[henry]

Just incase anyone is interested in the read......but you cant find it ...or didnt think you could, you can download the pdf here

Plastering, plain and decorative. A practical treatise on the art & craft of plastering and modelling, including full descriptions of the various tools, materials, processes, and appliances employed ... together with an account of historical plasteri

that's the book mate well worth reading. Bubbles already has:RpS_thumbsup:.

A term still used today "Jerry Built" Jerry was a house builder in Liverpool, we also used the term rough b-rstard they were just different ways of lime plastering then . I also like the bit about plasterers over
the winter would split timbers to make laths, I can think of a few on here all together in the wood shed taking the p-ss out of each other.

 

[bubbles65]

that's the book mate well worth reading. Bubbles already has:RpS_thumbsup:.
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I bet the railway food carriages were done because it regulated the atmosphere better for keeping the grub right..........remember it would have been lime plaster then :RpS_thumbup:

Was I right then Henry? :RpS_biggrin:

 

[henry]

Your a mind of information Bubbles . I would have to get up early to catch you out mate.:RpS_thumbup:

 

[bubbles65]

Awww Henry...........:RpS_blushing:

 

[Arti]

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[bubbles65]

Tvat :RpS_thumbup:

 

[Render Systems]

Just incase anyone is interested in the read......but you cant find it ...or didnt think you could, you can download the pdf here

Plastering, plain and decorative. A practical treatise on the art & craft of plastering and modelling, including full descriptions of the various tools, materials, processes, and appliances employed ... together with an account of historical plasteri

great link thanks...

 

[johnvaul]

Here's another one - American I think, published later than Millar's and much of it taken from his work but might be worth a look.

Mortars, plasters, stuccos, artificial marble, concretes, Portland cements and compositions; being a thorough and practical treatise on the latest and most improved methods of preparing and using limes, mortars, cements, mastics and compositons in co

 

[johnvaul]

Oh, and this one

The art of the plasterer; an account of the decorative development of the craft, chiefly in England, from the 16th to the 18th century, with chapters on the stucco of the classic period and of the Italian Renaissance, also on sgraffito, pargetting, S