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 reputation for a ‘job well done’. His … [Read more...]
British Gypsum Graduate Wins Outstanding Achievement Award
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, which recommends a minimum of 12 hours study per week, while working at the East Leake … [Read more...]
Danum Hotel Ballroom Given Facelift With Dulux Trade
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 a wedding and a corporate conferencing venue. Lisa Pilley, Senior Colour Designer at Dulux … [Read more...]
Ultra Tile’s Service Triumphs Again
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 for the arrival of new Ford fixtures, fittings and models. TTA … [Read more...]
British Gypsum Gypframe First To Be Awarded BES 6001 ‘very Good’
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 BES 6001 ‘Very Good’ rating for a core range of its … [Read more...]
Brick Carving with Wallcrete Stone Effect Render
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 the quality of the finished trowelled surface has very little importance, or value, quite the opposite is the case when … [Read more...]
British Gypsum Helps The Restoration Man
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 building, which was built in 1886 over a 350ft deep bore hole, … [Read more...]
Simple Random Rock Effect By Hand Using Wallcrete Stone Effect Render
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 applied to the scratch coat immediately followed by a sandstone coloured Wallcrete top … [Read more...]
Colouring and Sealing Wallcrete Stone Effect Render
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, (to avoid a false painted look), and can be applied by sprayer or brush. In this instance the Wallstain … [Read more...]
The Knauf MP Finish Day Out
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 day out for the interested members to have a go with "MPFinish". I stayed in a local hotel the night before the event to make sure … [Read more...]
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