Plasterers News

25/02/2025

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12/02/2025

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 […]

29/01/2025

Nela Max Plastic Trowel Long Term Review

A lot of the reviews I’ve done in the past have been based on first impressions, especially with tools. However, I figured it is beneficial for a lot of you who follow plasterers news to know what my long-term thoughts are on a number of tools. So with that in mind over the next coming […]

08/01/2025

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 Willmor...

25/12/2024

Young Lady Plasterer Shares Her Terrible Ordeal

I came across a story online from a young lady called Melissa, who is a female plasterer and her story is terrible. However, I felt that it was a story that other ladies in the construction industry should read, and hopefully they will find other ways to protect themselves at work. From here on in [...

20/11/2024

Four-Step Solution For Penetrating Damp

A new CPD seminar created by Safeguard Europe – the UK’s leading specialist in damp-proofing and waterproofing technology –  sets out four steps to help architects, builders and other specifiers to deal with both the causes of penetrating damp and the factors which can exacerbate the problem....

06/11/2024

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 par...

16/10/2024

A Week In The Life Of A Plasterer From The United States...

The Plasterers Forum has been reaching out to plasterers all over the world and one of the plasterers that has really got involved in the plasterers forum is a chap called Loren, and I thought it would be really interesting for all the UK readers of Plasterers News if we did a feature. So from […]

11/09/2024

British Gypsum Provides A Plaster Solution That Attracts

A new innovative magnetic plaster solution by British Gypsum has helped to transform a subterranean former Royal Air Force (RAF) communication bunker into a family home and guest house. The building, in Nottinghamshire, was operational during World War II as the primary unit that controlled informat...

07/08/2024

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..... Click here to read more...

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 […]

19/06/2024

Halftime 4Bonding With HalftimeTM 4Bonding Plaster Accelerator

NEW!!! Halftime 4Bonding reduces gypsum bonding plaster setting time from 2 hours to 20 mins for time critical projects.  Ever found yourself needing to speed up bonding plaster on small projects?  Eazymix have launched a new bonding plaster accelerator aimed at helping the trade plasterer to do m...

22/05/2024

Is Plastering Accurate Enough?

I am very particular when it comes to most things in life; I like everything to be square, level, straight and just perfect. I go to the pub, and I will adjust pictures on the wall if they are not on straight as it annoys me. My friends laugh at me but whatever it is […]

15/05/2024

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...

17/04/2024

10 Days On The Tools With The Speedskim - As many of you will know I am a plasterer by trade, and although I am no longer trading as one I will still go and complete jobs for the old builders I use to carry out work for. One of the main reasons for this is that a couple of the local painters and..... Click here to read more...

As many of you will know I am a plasterer by trade, and although I am no longer trading as one I will still go and complete jobs for the old builders I use to carry out work for. One of the main reasons for this is that a couple of the local painters and […]