Advanced Building Construction: A Manual for Students (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Master practical plasterwork and interior finishes with expert guidance.

This room‑ready guide covers plastering, rendering, and the finishing touches that create durable walls and ceilings. It explains how coats are built up, how to achieve true planes, and how finishes vary for papered, whitened, or painted surfaces. Clear steps show how to apply first, second, and setting coats, and how to plan internal and external work for lasting results.

From screeds and floats to architraves, skirtings, and linings, you’ll learn the tools, materials, and methods used to shape durable finishings. The text also explains common problems, such as cracking and shrinkage, and how to avoid them through proper timing and technique. Practical details cover cement renders, rough casting, and the use of special cements for internal work.

• How to prepare surfaces for plaster and render with the right key and roughness.


• Step‑by‑step coating sequences: pricking‑up, floating, setting, and finishing.


• Techniques for external rendering, cement mixes, and finishing surfaces ready for paint or wallpaper.


• Joinery finishings such as architraves, skirtings, dado rails, and linings to complete the look.

Ideal for students and professionals seeking a solid, room‑by‑room foundation in building construction finishes.

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