Texturing, Artexing and Plastering Courses

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Training Courses

You may want to take up texturing and Artexing professionally or just learn enough to decorate your own home.
There are training courses that you can attend which will give you the basics involved and then if you want to progress you can take more advanced courses.
There are also courses and training in plastering and dry lining for walls and ceilings which will include taping and jointing. You'll be surprised how much is involved in texturing, to do it properly that is. You can make a good living from texturing and plastering and training courses will give you a good start.
 

Able Building Skills Centre
Based in Dartford, Kent they offer offer 5 day intensive courses in Plastering, Bricklaying and Plumbing. On completion of the course you get a certificate from our centre and a copy of  what  you did on the course.
Contact info:  Unit 8 Victoria Industrial Park, Victoria Road, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5AJ. Tel: 01322 280 202 . Fax: 01322 280 301.
Website: www.ableskills.co.uk
Email: info@ableskills.co.uk

Building Skills Centre
Based in Yeovil, Somerset they offer 4.5 day courses on Introductory Artexing, Advanced Comb Artexing, Hand Plastering, Dry lining and Jointing plus European Machine Plastering.

Gold Trowel
Based in Stapleford Abbotts, Essex. They offer internal and external courses 5 day courses in which they teach you how to plaster ceilings and walls, floor screed pebble-dashing and flat rendering, repairs & making good.

Hawk and Trowel Plastering Centre   
Based in East Sussex. They offer a 5 day, weekend and evening courses in
internal and external plastering. All courses starting October 2004

Instructional Video
Our very own texturing/artexing video is now complete.
Ideal for the beginner it covers mixing and applying the compound and step by step instructions for creating Swirl, Bark, Broken Leather, Medusa, Broken Swirl, Scroll, Old Plaster, Stipple and Knifed Plaster patterns (More)

Plastering & Artexing Training School
Based in Salisbury, Wiltshire they offer courses in Artexing, Plastering, Dry Lining and Partitioning.

Midland School of Plastering
Based in Hucknall, Nottingham. They offer 5 day courses in plastering and dry lining as well as plumbing and bricklaying.

East Sussex Dry Lining and Plastering Academy
Based at Golden Cross, near Hailsham, East Sussex. They offer 2 to 4 day courses in plastering, dry lining, metal stud partition, screeding and external rendering.

 

 
 

It's More Than A Pretty Pattern
If you texture for a living then it should be clear to you that producing a high quality textured finish is just part of the package. With recommendations being the main source of trade every household you enter has the potential to bring you more work. So from the time you give your estimate to clearing up after you have completed the job your professionalism is vital. Being polite, clean and tidy is just as important as the texturing itself (More)

What's New
ARTEX have launched a new members scheme. They used run The Federation of Artex Texturers and then Team Build. Now you can become an ARTEX registered Texturer. Click here for more info.

Forum
 
I have added a forum to the site. If you have a question you can't find the answer to then pop in and ask it there. I'll be pleased to answer it for you. It's pretty quiet in there so far but hopefully people will start to use it.

 

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