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Table of contents (21 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xi

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Tools and Equipment
- Mel Baker
Pages 1-10
Starting Work on a New Contract — Site Preparation
- Mel Baker
Pages 11-13
Plasterboard Ceilings — Erecting a Scaffold
- Mel Baker
Pages 14-16
Plasterboard and Set to Ceilings
- Mel Baker
Pages 17-20
Plastering to Concrete Ceilings
- Mel Baker
Pages 21-23
Beams — Concrete and Plasterboard
- Mel Baker
Pages 24-25
Fixing and Plastering on Expanded Metal Lathing (EML)
- Mel Baker
Pages 26-27
Metal Angle and Stop Beads
- Mel Baker
Pages 28-30
Plastering to Walls — Floating
- Mel Baker
Pages 31-34
Plastering to Walls — Setting
- Mel Baker
Pages 35-36
Floor Screeds
- Mel Baker
Pages 37-41
Roof Screeds
- Mel Baker
Pages 42-44
External Work
- Mel Baker
Pages 45-50
Materials
- Mel Baker
Pages 51-56
Fibrous Workshop
- Mel Baker
Pages 57-69
Tool and Equipment Care
- Mel Baker
Pages 70-71
Off-site Working
- Mel Baker
Pages 72-72
Faults — Likely Causes — Remedies
- Mel Baker
Pages 73-77
Personal Care
- Mel Baker
Pages 78-79

About this book

In The Skills of Plastering Mel Baker describes and illustrates the basic procedures for successful work in this key craft. Where traditional books offer little help, Mel Baker, drawing on his extensive experience, presents plastering, plastering materials and the correct and safe approach to different types of work on site and in the home for the beginner. An easy-to-follow step-by-step approach with comprehensive illustration brings the whole technology of the craft alive for students and trainers, particularly those studying City and Guilds NVQ courses.

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Book Title: The Skills of Plastering
Authors: Mel Baker
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11073-5
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1990
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 92
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Civil Engineering

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