Long standing Wondertex customer, Dale Ovenstone works in the Cardiff area completing domestic decorative texturing contracts. Dale wishes to promote Wondertex Premier 5 and their texturing tools to all. Dale’s many years working within the decorative texturing, drywall and plastering industries have gained him a wealth of experience, and professional
A British Gypsum graduate trainee has been presented with two academic awards for outstanding results during his studies for a Diploma in Quarry Technology. Adam Garbutt, 23, a Minerals Engineer from Derby, has completed the second year of the three year distance learning course run by the University of Derby,
A selection of coatings from leading paint manufacturer, Dulux Trade, have been used in the redecoration of the ballroom within the Danum Hotel, Doncaster. Dulux Trade Diamond Satinwood and Dulux Trade Vinyl Matt were chosen to help bring a modern edge to the Victorian ballroom, which is used as both
Ceramic Tile Merchants Ltd. has completed another stunning installation using Ultra Tile adhesives and grouts after receiving advice from the brand’s technical department. Right Car of Hull and Beverley, one of the top Ford dealerships in East Yorkshire has just completed a major refurbishment of their Beverley showroom, in readiness
British Gypsum has become the first plasterboard partition system manufacturer to achieve a BES 6001 ‘Very Good’ rating for its metal profiles, extending its responsibly sourced product offering. The certification for Gypframe comes 18 months after the company became the first UK plastering and drylining manufacturer to be awarded a
In a very similar way to how the rock carving was achieved in clip 5, old and new brick effects can be created using a similar procedure. In this example we are producing a new brick effect with staggered mortar joints. Unlike all the other Wallcrete patterns and effects where
A range of specialist British Gypsum drylining solutions has been used in the restoration of a Victorian water pumping station in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire. The transformation has been followed by Channel 4’s Restoration Man series, after its owners began to convert the old industrial building for residential use. The locally listed
In this installation sequence, all the work was created ‘free hand’, without using any bespoke tools to produce the desired pattern. Also, as we wanted to produce a contrasting coloured mortar joint, two different colours of Wallcrete were used in the process. First, a grey coloured Wallcrete base coat was
The Mountain Dry Stack wall was left for a few days to dry before starting to colour with the Wallstains. Wallstains are available in 19 different colours and are seldom used neat. Wallstains are normally diluted with distilled water to achieve a natural opaque colour when applied to the wall,
A few months ago on The Plasterers Forum a thread was started about the finish plaster offered by Knauf and there was a lot of interest from plasterers all over the country and so seeing as Knauf are sponsors of The Plasterers Forum I figured it would make a great
Viewers of the Channel 4 series Grand Designs have seen Knauf Aquapanel Exterior Cement Boards used as the render carrier board during the transformation of an Edwardian Art Deco cinema to a strikingly stylish Modernist home. In fact, the audience saw rather more of the panel’s weatherproofing properties than the
British Gypsum has taken on fifteen apprentices from plaster contractors across the country to complete a nationally recognised qualification in drylining. The Drylining Apprenticeship, which has been developed by British Gypsum in partnership with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and industry, is designed to meet employer’s needs and develop
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