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Plastering

An Encyclopaedia
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Plastering offers an encyclopaedic guide to the craft, ideal for NVQ plastering students and seasoned professionals seeking detailed advice. Covering modern techniques, fibrous plasterwork, and solid work, it also addresses obsolete practices essential for conservation. The fourth edition updates technical content to reflect new products, machine plastering, and current health and safety regulations. Richly illustrated with isometric working drawings, it serves as a practical reference for plasterers, architects, and surveyors alike.
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This book is suitable for NVQ plastering students, professional plasterers, architects, surveyors, and conservation specialists seeking authoritative and updated craftsmanship guidance.

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This book will serve as an excellent text for NVQ plastering students, whilst its encyclopaedic structure enables the experienced plasterer to select information quickly on finer points when faced with an unfamiliar task.

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Plastering will serve as an excellent text for NVQ plastering students, whilst its encyclopaedic structure enables the experienced plasterer to select information quickly on finer points when faced with an unfamiliar task. Architects and surveyors will welcome it as a guide to the scope of the craft and its materials, and as a reference for conservation work.

It provides a thorough introduction to the techniques of modern plastering and a comprehensive treatment of present-day fibrous plasterwork.

Also included are full technical details of solid work, and thorough coverage of obsolete practices for the purpose of conservation work. It features working drawings in isometric projection to present a three-dimensional picture of specific jobs.

The Fourth Edition has been updated to take account of new products and techniques, in particular machine plastering, and changes in health and safety requirements. The sections on Floorlaying, Plasterboard and Internal Plastering have been totally rewritten and all subjects have been checked against Standards. Legislation and regulations have been brought up to date.

Published in association with the Plasterers’ Craft Guild.

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Homebuilding & Renovating praises it as "a great guide for those looking to take their wet plastering skill set a bit further" with a comprehensive treatment of modern techniques. The Plasterers' Craft Guild Newsletter calls it "an excellent publication which no plasterer should be without" and "one of the best books ever written on the plastering craft."

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781405156042

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 February 2007

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Edition: 4th edition

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 247.0mm

Weight: 608g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Brian F. Pegg has recently retired after a long career which took in many aspects of the plastering craft. After a five-year apprenticeship and winning various awards, including the gold medal for the Final City & Guilds examination 1960, he taught at Hammersmith and West London College, eventually becoming lecturer in charge of plastering. Moving into industry to be Technical Director and Head of Research and Development of an international company, he gained experience in administration and costing, as well as more knowledge of work with plastics. The final episode of his career was in set and props production in the British film industry.


W.D. Stagg was for many years lecturer in charge of plastering, and subsequently Head of the Department of Building Crafts at Hammersmith and West London College. He is a founder member of the Plasterers’ Craft Guild and a past chairman.

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