Today was the day that I was going to be using Thistle magnetic plaster again, and it will be the second time in my renovation project that I use it. The first time I used magnetic plaster in a real-life situation it didn't go so well. I mixed it up a little too wet and it just really didn't work quite as well. The walls look fine now it's painted, but it just didn't go quite as well as I'd hoped … [Read more...]
Architects Benefit From British Gypsum Magnetic Plaster
The UK’s leading planning and design consultancy, Barton Willmore has created an interactive presentation space for employees and visitors in their new Head Office in the centre of Reading using British Gypsum’s innovative Thistle Magnetic Plaster. When designing the new space, Barton Willmore recognised the need to create an interior which really furthered and encouraged creativity and … [Read more...]
Cleaneo Akustik Aids Acoustics In Manchester Landmarks
The refurbishment of Manchester city centre landmarks, the Central Library and Town Hall Extension (CL-THX), has been achieved using a range of products from Knauf – the UK’s leading manufacturers of lightweight building materials and systems. The restoration of two nationally significant Grade ll* listed buildings as part of the Manchester Town Hall Complex Transformation Programme (THCTP) was … [Read more...]
Pargeting Tools And Materials
Early pargeting was always worked in lime plaster which had three main ingredients; lime, aggregate and hair. Framed and stamped parget worked in cement In the past when lime was slaked on site from local chalk, limestone, shells or marble, the hydraulicity would depend on what impurities happened to be present. Now we have the choice of buying lime putty or hydraulic lime and I normally use lime … [Read more...]
The History of Pargeting
The word Pargeting is English, but the same skills and materials have been used in various times and places around the world. The first plasterers to do ornamental lime plastering lived during the Roman Empire and in the museums of Rome you can find some lovely pieces of ancient workmanship. Ancient Roman ornamental plasterwork and spatula When the Roman Empire fell, the Dark Ages were very dark … [Read more...]
Stone Effect Training And A Tool Show
The bigger we grow the more and more events we get invited to and the more days of the week I am out of the office and touring around the country. Last week was particularly busy for me as I was invited up to the Professional Builder Tool Show by Plasterers 1 Stop Shop, and also I was invited to come along to a wallcrete stone effect render training day in Newbury. Thankfully I could accommodate … [Read more...]
The Plasterers Forum British Gypsum Mine Tour III
The 27th of May was the last of the Plasterers Forum® mine tour events with British Gypsum for this year, well for now, we may just organise another one later in the year, but we don't have anything planned as yet. I got to my hotel and started watching the Isle of Man TT, and that's the last thing that I remember before my Alarm flew into the most ear piercing siren but still none the less I was … [Read more...]
Pargeting: The Art Of Plasterwork
What is Pargeting? If you have visited Suffolk or Essex then you might have noticed houses which have been plastered on the outside and the render has been ornamented. This is called Pargeting,an old English craft trade and an 'extra' which plasterers offered to their clients. 17thC Freehand pargeting in Clare, Suffolk Pargeting was a word used by hands on tradesmen rather than by scholars so the … [Read more...]
Pre Order Your Nela Plastering Trowels NOW!!!
The response we had from the Nela Trowels article a couple of weeks ago has been huge both on The Plasterers Forum® and Plasterers News and Plasterers 1 Stop Shop has been inundated with enquiries and questions regarding these exciting new trowels. There has been a lot of chatter and talk about how good these new Nela trowels are, and the feedback has mainly been positive. I have spoken to a … [Read more...]
The British Gypsum Mine Tour
It has been over two years since British Gypsum and The Plasterers Forum® have been down the mine and seen the factory, and so we have both been working on getting this trip arranged, and it has been somewhat of a challenge. Two years ago, The Plasterers Forum® was a lot smaller so when we ran the invitation on the Plasterers News recently to see who would be interested in coming on the … [Read more...]
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