For any Plasterers who need to know
May 6th 2006, 2:33 am
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For any Plasterers who need to know
Sorry took so long for a reply, it's wierd because you use a plastic bag full of water and a stuff they call putty Which in the uk was something you kept glass in with or made pots with, but this is white and sloppy and sealed in a bag which looks a bit like a pillow. Depending on how big a mix you want although the ozys call it a gage (I think thats how you spell it) you cut the bag and pour the contents into a large mixing bowl then with you're mixer which is the same back in the UK, a whisk, you gently mix at first until light and fluffy and put on a slow gentle simmer at gas mark 5, i'm joking, No sorry, mix untill blended then you add your Hardwall. Not the same as UK this again is pure white and like flour. Pour that in to the putty and mix while adding a little bit more water (as required), untill same sort of texture as Thistle or carlight finish back in the Uk, or for those of you who are not plasterers thick moose or slightly thicker Mc donalds milkshake.
You then apply to the wall from the bucket or mixing bowl more or less the same way as the UK but taking a bit more care as to getting most of the lines out and as flat as poss. Only troweling twice as it tends to go off pretty quick esp in the summer months. I find it's just different to back home. Also they don't have any bonding, Browning, any finishes, american hardwall, and they don't tend to plaster ceilings, which lets face it is never a favorite anyway. Everything is on render which they call floating and screeding, I know thats something on the floor back home but here it's the walls. and a straight edge is a T bar and you wait for the muck to just turn before you level your walls which makes a lot of mess and a hell of a lot of wastage. They don't unibond anything because they hav'nt got it here yet. So before adding your Plaster to the walls they wet it with a hose twice.
There's loads of work here. The pay varies but usually around the 4 or 5 dollers a mitre for both setting and Floating and no one asks you for your papers. I'm earning about $1400 to $1800 a week but tax is high. I take off 30% Owch!
Good luck Oh and where a hat if your working outdoors!
You then apply to the wall from the bucket or mixing bowl more or less the same way as the UK but taking a bit more care as to getting most of the lines out and as flat as poss. Only troweling twice as it tends to go off pretty quick esp in the summer months. I find it's just different to back home. Also they don't have any bonding, Browning, any finishes, american hardwall, and they don't tend to plaster ceilings, which lets face it is never a favorite anyway. Everything is on render which they call floating and screeding, I know thats something on the floor back home but here it's the walls. and a straight edge is a T bar and you wait for the muck to just turn before you level your walls which makes a lot of mess and a hell of a lot of wastage. They don't unibond anything because they hav'nt got it here yet. So before adding your Plaster to the walls they wet it with a hose twice.
There's loads of work here. The pay varies but usually around the 4 or 5 dollers a mitre for both setting and Floating and no one asks you for your papers. I'm earning about $1400 to $1800 a week but tax is high. I take off 30% Owch!
Good luck Oh and where a hat if your working outdoors!
May 6th 2006, 1:47 pm
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Re: For any Plasterers who need to know
Originally Posted by monkeymark
Sorry took so long for a reply, it's wierd because you use a plastic bag full of water and a stuff they call putty Which in the uk was something you kept glass in with or made pots with, but this is white and sloppy and sealed in a bag which looks a bit like a pillow. Depending on how big a mix you want although the ozys call it a gage (I think thats how you spell it) you cut the bag and pour the contents into a large mixing bowl then with you're mixer which is the same back in the UK, a whisk, you gently mix at first until light and fluffy and put on a slow gentle simmer at gas mark 5, i'm joking, No sorry, mix untill blended then you add your Hardwall. Not the same as UK this again is pure white and like flour. Pour that in to the putty and mix while adding a little bit more water (as required), untill same sort of texture as Thistle or carlight finish back in the Uk, or for those of you who are not plasterers thick moose or slightly thicker Mc donalds milkshake.
You then apply to the wall from the bucket or mixing bowl more or less the same way as the UK but taking a bit more care as to getting most of the lines out and as flat as poss. Only troweling twice as it tends to go off pretty quick esp in the summer months. I find it's just different to back home. Also they don't have any bonding, Browning, any finishes, american hardwall, and they don't tend to plaster ceilings, which lets face it is never a favorite anyway. Everything is on render which they call floating and screeding, I know thats something on the floor back home but here it's the walls. and a straight edge is a T bar and you wait for the muck to just turn before you level your walls which makes a lot of mess and a hell of a lot of wastage. They don't unibond anything because they hav'nt got it here yet. So before adding your Plaster to the walls they wet it with a hose twice.
There's loads of work here. The pay varies but usually around the 4 or 5 dollers a mitre for both setting and Floating and no one asks you for your papers. I'm earning about $1400 to $1800 a week but tax is high. I take off 30% Owch!
Good luck Oh and where a hat if your working outdoors!
You then apply to the wall from the bucket or mixing bowl more or less the same way as the UK but taking a bit more care as to getting most of the lines out and as flat as poss. Only troweling twice as it tends to go off pretty quick esp in the summer months. I find it's just different to back home. Also they don't have any bonding, Browning, any finishes, american hardwall, and they don't tend to plaster ceilings, which lets face it is never a favorite anyway. Everything is on render which they call floating and screeding, I know thats something on the floor back home but here it's the walls. and a straight edge is a T bar and you wait for the muck to just turn before you level your walls which makes a lot of mess and a hell of a lot of wastage. They don't unibond anything because they hav'nt got it here yet. So before adding your Plaster to the walls they wet it with a hose twice.
There's loads of work here. The pay varies but usually around the 4 or 5 dollers a mitre for both setting and Floating and no one asks you for your papers. I'm earning about $1400 to $1800 a week but tax is high. I take off 30% Owch!
Good luck Oh and where a hat if your working outdoors!
where abouts in aus are you working??
my other half is a plasterer (just trawling through the tra at the moment) and has a job contact in brisbane, so its where we are heading.
sue
May 13th 2006, 4:35 pm
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Re: For any Plasterers who need to know
Originally Posted by tiredwithtwins
where abouts in aus are you working??
my other half is a plasterer (just trawling through the tra at the moment) and has a job contact in brisbane, so its where we are heading.
sue
my other half is a plasterer (just trawling through the tra at the moment) and has a job contact in brisbane, so its where we are heading.
sue
May 13th 2006, 7:42 pm
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Re: For any Plasterers who need to know
Originally Posted by monkeymark
Perth no where near Brisbane, sorry
Hi i arrive in Perth July30th ...great post any tips on how to find work as a plasterer asap?
May 13th 2006, 9:39 pm
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Re: For any Plasterers who need to know
Originally Posted by monkeymark
They don't unibond anything because they hav'nt got it here yet.
Contact details:
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Vic, Australia 3083
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May 13th 2006, 9:46 pm
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Re: For any Plasterers who need to know
Originally Posted by clanwylie
Hi i arrive in Perth July30th ...great post any tips on how to find work as a plasterer asap?
Hi
Get in contact with Kris Maynard (from BE), they have only been here about 4 weeks, I gave them some contacts and I know he started this week as a plasterer
Her husband may be able to give you some tips
HTH
K
May 14th 2006, 12:57 am
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Re: For any Plasterers who need to know
Originally Posted by monkeymark
Sorry took so long for a reply, it's wierd because you use a plastic bag full of water and a stuff they call putty Which in the uk was something you kept glass in with or made pots with, but this is white and sloppy and sealed in a bag which looks a bit like a pillow. Depending on how big a mix you want although the ozys call it a gage (I think thats how you spell it) you cut the bag and pour the contents into a large mixing bowl then with you're mixer which is the same back in the UK, a whisk, you gently mix at first until light and fluffy and put on a slow gentle simmer at gas mark 5, i'm joking, No sorry, mix untill blended then you add your Hardwall. Not the same as UK this again is pure white and like flour. Pour that in to the putty and mix while adding a little bit more water (as required), untill same sort of texture as Thistle or carlight finish back in the Uk, or for those of you who are not plasterers thick moose or slightly thicker Mc donalds milkshake.
You then apply to the wall from the bucket or mixing bowl more or less the same way as the UK but taking a bit more care as to getting most of the lines out and as flat as poss. Only troweling twice as it tends to go off pretty quick esp in the summer months. I find it's just different to back home. Also they don't have any bonding, Browning, any finishes, american hardwall, and they don't tend to plaster ceilings, which lets face it is never a favorite anyway. Everything is on render which they call floating and screeding, I know thats something on the floor back home but here it's the walls. and a straight edge is a T bar and you wait for the muck to just turn before you level your walls which makes a lot of mess and a hell of a lot of wastage. They don't unibond anything because they hav'nt got it here yet. So before adding your Plaster to the walls they wet it with a hose twice.
There's loads of work here. The pay varies but usually around the 4 or 5 dollers a mitre for both setting and Floating and no one asks you for your papers. I'm earning about $1400 to $1800 a week but tax is high. I take off 30% Owch!
Good luck Oh and where a hat if your working outdoors!
You then apply to the wall from the bucket or mixing bowl more or less the same way as the UK but taking a bit more care as to getting most of the lines out and as flat as poss. Only troweling twice as it tends to go off pretty quick esp in the summer months. I find it's just different to back home. Also they don't have any bonding, Browning, any finishes, american hardwall, and they don't tend to plaster ceilings, which lets face it is never a favorite anyway. Everything is on render which they call floating and screeding, I know thats something on the floor back home but here it's the walls. and a straight edge is a T bar and you wait for the muck to just turn before you level your walls which makes a lot of mess and a hell of a lot of wastage. They don't unibond anything because they hav'nt got it here yet. So before adding your Plaster to the walls they wet it with a hose twice.
There's loads of work here. The pay varies but usually around the 4 or 5 dollers a mitre for both setting and Floating and no one asks you for your papers. I'm earning about $1400 to $1800 a week but tax is high. I take off 30% Owch!
Good luck Oh and where a hat if your working outdoors!
its a lot brtter than skim. you have to be a lot more careful with the face of the plaster sheets though.
plastereboard comes in 6m x 1200 x 10mm & 6m x 1350 x 10mm :scared:
May 14th 2006, 8:50 am
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Re: For any Plasterers who need to know
Taping and Jointing, that ain't real plastering ! 
You take what you can get though I suppose.
You take what you can get though I suppose.
Originally Posted by robert cowan
this is the type of plastering i am doing:-
its a lot brtter than skim. you have to be a lot more careful with the face of the plaster sheets though.
plastereboard comes in 6m x 1200 x 10mm & 6m x 1350 x 10mm :scared:
its a lot brtter than skim. you have to be a lot more careful with the face of the plaster sheets though.
plastereboard comes in 6m x 1200 x 10mm & 6m x 1350 x 10mm :scared:
Jun 25th 2006, 8:41 pm
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Re: For any Plasterers who need to know
Originally Posted by monkeymark
Sorry took so long for a reply, it's wierd because you use a plastic bag full of water and a stuff they call putty Which in the uk was something you kept glass in with or made pots with, but this is white and sloppy and sealed in a bag which looks a bit like a pillow. Depending on how big a mix you want although the ozys call it a gage (I think thats how you spell it) you cut the bag and pour the contents into a large mixing bowl then with you're mixer which is the same back in the UK, a whisk, you gently mix at first until light and fluffy and put on a slow gentle simmer at gas mark 5, i'm joking, No sorry, mix untill blended then you add your Hardwall. Not the same as UK this again is pure white and like flour. Pour that in to the putty and mix while adding a little bit more water (as required), untill same sort of texture as Thistle or carlight finish back in the Uk, or for those of you who are not plasterers thick moose or slightly thicker Mc donalds milkshake.
You then apply to the wall from the bucket or mixing bowl more or less the same way as the UK but taking a bit more care as to getting most of the lines out and as flat as poss. Only troweling twice as it tends to go off pretty quick esp in the summer months. I find it's just different to back home. Also they don't have any bonding, Browning, any finishes, american hardwall, and they don't tend to plaster ceilings, which lets face it is never a favorite anyway. Everything is on render which they call floating and screeding, I know thats something on the floor back home but here it's the walls. and a straight edge is a T bar and you wait for the muck to just turn before you level your walls which makes a lot of mess and a hell of a lot of wastage. They don't unibond anything because they hav'nt got it here yet. So before adding your Plaster to the walls they wet it with a hose twice.
There's loads of work here. The pay varies but usually around the 4 or 5 dollers a mitre for both setting and Floating and no one asks you for your papers. I'm earning about $1400 to $1800 a week but tax is high. I take off 30% Owch!
Good luck Oh and where a hat if your working outdoors!
You then apply to the wall from the bucket or mixing bowl more or less the same way as the UK but taking a bit more care as to getting most of the lines out and as flat as poss. Only troweling twice as it tends to go off pretty quick esp in the summer months. I find it's just different to back home. Also they don't have any bonding, Browning, any finishes, american hardwall, and they don't tend to plaster ceilings, which lets face it is never a favorite anyway. Everything is on render which they call floating and screeding, I know thats something on the floor back home but here it's the walls. and a straight edge is a T bar and you wait for the muck to just turn before you level your walls which makes a lot of mess and a hell of a lot of wastage. They don't unibond anything because they hav'nt got it here yet. So before adding your Plaster to the walls they wet it with a hose twice.
There's loads of work here. The pay varies but usually around the 4 or 5 dollers a mitre for both setting and Floating and no one asks you for your papers. I'm earning about $1400 to $1800 a week but tax is high. I take off 30% Owch!
Good luck Oh and where a hat if your working outdoors!
hi, hope you can help my husband, he is a very good plasterer, 10 years exp but nothing on paper as he was taught by a friend, will this stop him getting a license in aus. i understand that to be able to get a job plastering you first have to obtain a licence - is this right - can you give us some guidence please x x x x
Jun 26th 2006, 7:18 pm
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Re: For any Plasterers who need to know
Originally Posted by tiredwithtwins
where abouts in aus are you working??
my other half is a plasterer (just trawling through the tra at the moment) and has a job contact in brisbane, so its where we are heading.
sue
my other half is a plasterer (just trawling through the tra at the moment) and has a job contact in brisbane, so its where we are heading.
sue
Jun 26th 2006, 9:16 pm
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Re: For any Plasterers who need to know
Originally Posted by emmalina
hi, hope you can help my husband, he is a very good plasterer, 10 years exp but nothing on paper as he was taught by a friend, will this stop him getting a license in aus. i understand that to be able to get a job plastering you first have to obtain a licence - is this right - can you give us some guidence please x x x x
you asked about the T R A if you have no trade papers but lots of experience i had to get references from all my previous employers going back 17 years. :scared:
with my first two employers i set out the reference with what i had learned in my first year.start with the most basic of things then second year,then third year,then forth.putting in more technical things for as you go at the end your employer can state the he regarded you as fully qualified you have to include as much detail as you can ie all tools used and materials the you worked with.i also got tax & NI contributions records so the dates on these match the one on the references.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=350260
hope this helps
Last edited by robert cowan; Jun 26th 2006 at 9:20 pm.
