Episodes
Chris Frediani and Bradleigh Hancock continue looking at how the trade is taught and how we bring youngsters into the trade with Leslie Lewis. Leslie is a drylining, fibrous plastering and plastering lecturer at West London College
Chris Frediani and Bradleigh Hancock are joined in the studio by Chippy The Decorator to talk about working with other trades. Chippy is a childhood friend of Bradleigh's and has been working as a professional Decorator for well over two decades. Well known Electrical contractor, Nick Bundy and Heating & Plumbing Show host, Andy Cam also join the discussion to give their perspective on working with Plasterers
Chris Frediani and Bradleigh Hancock are joined by Head of Department for Construction from The College of North West London to discuss how they teach plastering at the college and what the students are learning
Micheal Arney from Artisan Plastercraft joins Chris Frediani and Bradleigh Hancock to discuss the challenge faced by many historic building owners across the UK with regards to maintaining the incredible decorative ceilings in those properties
Chris Frediani and Bradleigh Hancock check in with Northern Ireland, Scotland and England to find out what demand is like for plasterers currently in the UK.... Sorry Wales!
Chris Frediani and Bradleigh Hancock welcome back onto the show Dr. Claire Gapper, who gives a deep dive into the history of the royal works
Chris Frediani and Bradleigh Hancock talk to plasterers Andy McCauley and Trowel Talk founder, Stuart Roberts as well as Simone Cecchin from CO.ME trowels in Italy
Keith Langton talks through some of the most memorable jobs he's completed and memorable and notable people he's met and experiences he's had
Keith Langton, Who has had an amazing career completing heritage projects, from Beirut to Buckingham Palace, talks about why getting into heritage work is so important and rewarding
Chris Frediani invites his mentor, Tommy Walsh onto the show to talk about what mixing up was like and how Tommy approached it 60 years ago. Tommy talks about the journey he went on through the 70s and 80s as mixing evolved and developed thanks to technology and new products
Chris Frediani is joined by a Oliver Chapman, a young plasterer in his 20s who is having some great success with sprayed cork to discuss how he approaches creating his mixes. Philip Gaches, a master plasterer, that completes heritage projects around the world, joins us to discuss his mixes as well
Chris Frediani and Bradleigh ask plasterers that cover different aspects of the trade to join them and discuss 'what's in their mix'. On this episode they talk to Ben Kerslake from Carrington Lime about creating lime and clay mixes. Paul Robbins discusses creating mixes for mono and micro-cement as well as applying venetian plaster
Chris Frediani and Bradleigh Hancock talk about what they feel you can and can't do in the trade and debate their differences of opinion
A few episodes ago Chris Frediani and Bradleigh talked to homeowner Molly, a member of the public who had her whole house very badly plastered by someone chancing it. On this episode, the boys are joined by Paul Matthews, the Plasterer that has put the job right. Paul talks about the extent of what had been done wrong and what it was like putting it right
On International Men's Day, Chris Frediani and Bradleigh Hancock invite fellow plasterers Robert Garrity and Rob Tweedle to join them to discuss their menotrs in the trade that helped them become the spreads they are today
Molly Pugh got her whole house plastered with disasterous results, Chris Frediani and Bradleigh Hancock have invited her onto the show to discuss where it all went wrong...
Chris Frediani and Bradleigh are joined by The Pink Plasterer, Steph Leese to discuss rules she stands by and those she thinks we could do away with in the trade. Chris shares his own and Chris and Bradleigh discuss their recent DIY SOS build in Bradleigh's home town
Chris Frediani and Bradders are joined by Andy Willoughby who talks about rules of the trade he thinks could be gotten rid of with regards to site work. Chris Powell from Power Plastering, shares his rules that he stands by and the aspects of the trade he could do without
Chris Frediani is a big fan of thin coat render but Bradleigh has never done it. So on this episode, Chris explains how it all works and Blaine Grey, from the popular YouTube channel, Plastering For Beginners also joins us so that he can share his experiences with thin coat render systems
How much sugar do you consume on site? If you’re anything like plaster Bradleigh Handcock it’s loads - ‘pop’ drinks, sugary coffee and fast food are all on the menu. Show host Chris Frediani stages an intervention to sort out Bradders terrible diet.
Chris and Bradleigh talk about some sins to avoid in the trade, from when it comes to getting materials on the wall to how you communicate with others and run your business
Chris and Bradleigh talk to Interior Designer, Gabby Blackburn about how she approaches working on a DIY SOS build and what it's like working with the team and tradespeople. Tony, a decorator who is on his 11th DIY SOS build talks about why he keeps coming back and Nick Knowles discusses working on the show and working with the volunteers and tradespeople on each build
Chris and Bradleigh are on-site for the second week of the DIY SOS build in Derby. On this week's show they talk to who Chris describes as the most important people on the entire site, Bradders interviews Nick Knowles and we talk to volunteers and tradespeople who are kindly giving up their time for a great cause
Chris and Bradleigh bring you week one for their three week series recorded at a DIY SOS build in Derby. On this episode, Nick Knowles talks to Chris and Bradleigh, Two electricians talk about the relationship between sparks and spreads on-site, Chris talks to the people kindly donating their free time to serve food and drinks and Kaitlyn, a female teenage plastering apprentice talks about her experiences in the trade so far
Chris talks about his experiences managing other spreads working for him on jobs as subbies and Bradleigh talks about working with others on their jobs and how to work well as a team
Chris talks about what it's been like bringing sprayed cork coatings into his business and we're joined by a young plasterer that's set up a business after getting trained up in sprayed cork
Over the next two episodes, Chris and Bradleigh will look at different materials and also the history of decorative plasterwork and the plasterers completing the work. On this week's show they're joined by Cain Hudson to discuss specialising in polished plaster. Historian Claire Gapper shares some facinating facts about materials used 500 years ago and how they were created and Bradleigh asks Chris some questions about thin coat render
Chris and Bradleigh answer a range of questions about the trade, materials, DIY SOS and more
Chris and Bradleigh are joined by three plasterers to talk about how they approach taking time off and whether a four day week would work for the trade as well as the best time of year to take holiday and why
Chris and Bradleigh talk about image and presentation and how important clean clothes, keeping tidy and how you present your work actually is. Joining them to talk about this is Rich Wellfair and Pete Townsend