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...]
The Plasterers Forum Is Now A Registered Trademark
The Plasterers Forum® has been around since 2006, and as we have grown we have had to overcome lots of obstacles, and as we have gained more and more recognition within the construction industry the better the forum has become. What does this mean for The Plasterers Forum®? With The Plasterers Forum® now being a registered trademark it gives us exclusive rights to using the name, and it helps … [Read more...]
The British Gypsum Mine & Factory Tour
Back in 2011 myself my good lady Jane and five plasterers from the Plasterers Forum headed to Loughborough to see British Gypsum and have a tour of the mine and the factory. Well, that trip was such a success and is still talked about on The Plasterers Forum that myself, and British Gypsum decided that it would be great to get another event penciled in and let a few more people come and enjoy the … [Read more...]
The Plasterers Forum’s New Server…
As you all should know by now The Plasterers Forum is a monster of a site and is the biggest plastering resource to ever exist and it is still growing. We have been growing and improving since 2006 and with nearly 19,000 members and nearly 400,000 posts and over 20,000 topics there is nothing else out there that comes close to providing news and information to plasterers and interested people to … [Read more...]
The Plasterers Forum 2013 Christmas Pool Competition
It is that time of the year that a lot of plasterers all over the country start to twitch off from work and look for other ways to pass the time and one of our members. The success of The fantasy football league has always kept the banter strong on the forum and the idea of the Pool comp was a great idea. The idea of the Pool comp has been so well received by the sponsors of the Plasterers forum … [Read more...]
The Plasterers Forum App News
The Plasterers Forum app has been out a couple of months now and is growing everyday and although the Apple version took a lot longer to get launched as the process was a very complicated system it launched and was fairly bug free. However the Android version was launched and it had a lot of problems that we worked on tirelessly to fix and improve. Well 2 weeks ago we launched an update that was … [Read more...]
Knauf Day Out For The Plasterers Forum – 18th December 2013
The Plasterers Forum is always keen on getting out and about with its members and at the moment I'm actually on the tools plastering with a couple of plasterers from The Plasterers Forum this week. Knauf have been commercial partners of The Plasterers Forum coming up for a year now and when I first had the initial meeting with them in Sittingbourne almost 12 months ago I suggested that having a … [Read more...]
The Plasterers Forum App Is Now Available On Apple
It has been some of the most stressful and frustrating times at TPF towers and finally at long last The Plasterers Forum app is now available for those of you who use an apple device. Whether that be an iPhone or an iPad then The Plasterers Forum is now available in an easy to use app. Here are some screenshots from the mobile application (yes from my android) So what have I had to go … [Read more...]
The Plasterers Forum Launches Android App
The Plasterers Forum has been around since 2007, and although we have grown massively since then there has been something that has been missing, and that was a mobile friendly version of The Plasterers Forum. There have been many members asking for it over the years, and I have to say nearly all the solutions I have come across have been pretty terrible. However, I recently stumbled across a … [Read more...]
The Plasterers Forum Endorses Speedskim
The Plasterers Forum has always played a big part in product launches especially with products like the plastic trowel but nothing has been quite like the Speedskim. You have probably read about the Speedskim on The Plasterers Forum in the past and seen a lot of the debates about how people use it and the success they have had using it. There have been a couple of people who have not got on with … [Read more...]
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