Night plastering course?

Supercell

I was wondering if anyone knew of a night plastering course?
I'd like to dryline the inside of my house with warmboards and because I don't have much money would like to do it myself if possible to save on labour.
I have no experience at all in this so was wondering if I could do a course in it at night? I'm hoping the cost of the course would be much less than paying a tradesman to do it for me.
Also I like to learn new things so the skills would be no doubt useful for the future as well.
I'm off Mondays and Tuesdays during the week so could learning during the day on them too.
I've looked online and the only courses seem to be in the UK or as Apprenticeships on Fas.
I could even take a couple of weeks of work if there was a short daytime course available.
I'm based in Dublin, does anyone have any advice?

sawdoubters

you don't need to plaster any more

plastering is becoming a thing of the past

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFEi50yaqRo

650gs

Taping is easy to do but not as easy as in the link but the real way to go is with skim, again its not easy but at the same time and a little guidance not that hard to get a good finish,
why not look for some work experience ????

WilyCoyote

If you're going to tape 'n joint then you can become proficient in a few weeks. Any highs or crown seams that you do at the start can be corrected. By the time you finish the house you can go back and smooth these out. Go on youtube and familiarize yourself.
But plastering is quite a different story. To get a passable finish you would want to spend quite a bit of time trying it out. You can do a course in the UK but these courses are meant for someone that already has the basics - like labouring with a plasterer for a year or so.
Believe me ......... I've been plastering since 1972. God I feel old

hesker

I plastered a couple of rooms a few years ago and just learned from info on the web and youtube videos. I'm happy with how it turned out but it's not a house I live in every day so I won't constantly be looking at the little imperfections. I also did a ceiling in a small room. That was tough.

It's not that hard but it's also not that easy. It depends on what you consider acceptable. If your standard is what a professional plasterer would do then you're not going to get that from looking at a few videos on the web. It's going to take instruction and a lot of practice I imagine.

If you do find a course available somewhere, post on here. I'm sure a fair few people would like to give it a go. Good luck.

Sir Arthur Daley

A professional plasterer told me one time it takes around 2 years to learn the art of skimming, its a skill not everyone can master either.

you don't need to plaster any more

plastering is becoming a thing of the past

I don't think so, skimming is far superior to tape and jointing.

ponddigger

hi .this might be of some use to you. http://www.hctlearning.ie/coursedetails.php?id=49 , jack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/88731082#Comment_88731082

Are you having a laugh? No decent house is going to have some crap tape job , looks like utter crap

JustJoe7240

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118116029#Comment_118116029

To be fair, It is more commonly used than it was when that poster originally made that comment 7 years ago

PilotHole

I skimmed a room in my house early last year.

It came out really good , wasn't easy but wasn't hard.

Spent loads of time on youtube and made sure I had all the right tools and prep work.

Then I did one wall per evening starting with the smallest to build confidence.

getting grit on the trowel or onto the mix was the real killer.

awec

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118116029#Comment_118116029

Fairly normal these days to tape and joint.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118116049#Comment_118116049

Might be but it looks crap.

Sister just bought a house and is paying 5k to have it replastered so it looks decent, I could have drylined the whole house with board and taped it for a fraction but it would have been a cheap job and looked cheap.