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you can’t unless you join a union. all this stuff is a secret, you know, so people can charge up the wazoo for it. you also have to know somebody to get into a union!

I am a self employed window cleaner and after 8 years working out doors in all weathers im thinking about taking a tiling and a plastering course. Can any tradesmen in the north manchester area (rochdale) tell me if their is a demand for these services as iv’e heard they are in short supply. Thanks for any feed back. U.K. north west only please.
I heard from a plumber who can never get hold of either.

It’ll take a long time to get good (&quick) at plastering, although they are always in demand. Tilers I don’t know. The bathroom fitters I know usually do their own tiling

Plastering will knacker your back, tiling will knacker your knees. Take your pick…

I chose electrics. That knackers just about everything…

I have had the boiler removed from my kitchen and the ventilation bricked up which needs to now be plastered (patched up), this is breeze block and a few bricks. Probably a really small job just wondered if i will need to apply PVA glue and then browning before the the plaster, or can I apply the plaster direct on to the brick without any browning? the gap fill is 3mm to 5mm deep, thanks to you all in advace

no ..you will need a basecoat …by all means pva it …then either use browning or bonding coat ..finish of with multi -finish….if you try to do it without the base coat it will just become a thousand cracks and fall out

i was thinking of doing this course and will have to pay alot of money for it. has any one done it? does it provide enough experience to start a self emoplyed business? it is a 4 week course.

It is impossible to learn a trade in 4 weeks these courses are a scam and should be made illegal. It will take at least 4 years to be competent in any trade

I have old plaster ceilings and walls and I want to hide imperfections. I fill and sand, etc.. and when house settles, more cracks appear.

it does work.

Thanks to all answers.

Just out of curiosity I tried a Google search with
"plasterers required+uk" and got 266000 hits.
Maybe not exactly market research but the work seems to be there. Common sense also tells me that when the building and home improvement business is healthy then the work is there if you want it. However, having seen a plasterer at work it seems a very hard job given the time limits invoved. I don’t just mean skimming Gyprock but real plastering.
It is one of those skills that provokes admiration from the common man, especially those who’ve tried it themselves!!!
I’d say go for it.
Try the same search + hourly rates and see what you get.

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whats the going rate 4 supply and fit board & skim per m2
& the rate 4 fit only board and skim per m2. have been sent a questioner to do some subbie work but they aske me what i would charge . but i always charge per job the work they have is from small patching 2 large rooms 2 full houses but be4 they give the go ahead they always ask how much do u charge per m2 . THANKS MUCO MUCO

I assume you’ve always charged a day rate for labour plus material cost + a percentage. Probably the easiest way to get round this would be to ask to price a full house for the client. That way you can price the job the way you have been doing, ie say two men 3 days, plus Xm2 of 9mm plasterboard, plus X bags of board finish. Then work out the total, divide it by the total m2 of board used, and that will give you a composite rate for labour & materials.

They should be aware that you will need to charge a day rate for small jobs, as it simply won’t be worth you while to do say a 3m2 wall once you take into consideration travel to site etc. Also, your rates for dot & dab will be different to fixing with drywall screws, and your rates for boarding a ceiling likewise. You need to know if they want 9mm boards or 12mm, if they want insulation board etc….there are too many variables to just say you charge X pounds per m2. You need more info from them or they might be in a position to sting you.