Explore Plastering Insights in Our Latest Issue

Word from the Editor

We are delighted to launch the third edition of Lath and Plaster Magazine! Our readership continues to grow, and we extend a heartfelt thank you to all our subscribers for your support.

This edition is packed with over twenty pages of articles and insights into the plastering trade. Here’s a glimpse of what’s inside:

Ryan’s report on his trip to Rome to study the art of Scagliola
An exclusive interview with Peter Carter, the inventor of the socket bead
“Let’s Hear It for the Girls” featuring Lilia, a first-year apprentice making her mark
Philip Gaches under the spotlight
If you cant do it teach it
Mary’s behind-the-scenes story on crafting props for Gladiator 2
The launch of “Grass Roots,” a new feature celebrating small, family-run plastering businesses

… and much more!

We hope you enjoy the read.

— The Editorial Team

Grass Roots with Heatons Plasterers

Heatons are a family firm of plasterers who trade across the North West of Lancashire around Burnley and surrounding district.

An interview with Peter Carter the inventor of the Socket Beads

I have often heard it said

Sometimes it’s the very people who no one imagines anything of

who do the things no one can imagine

Ryan and his son Josh recently attended a course in Rome run by a Master of Scagliola

There is a saying which is “if you can’t do it, teach it” ”

Cockups and Banter a light hearted look at the Building Trade

My life in the trade was filled with disasters the occasional cock up and lots of banter

Under the Spotlight We interview Plasterers who have spent a lifetime in the trade

Masters and Freemen The Certificate recognises those who have achieved the highest level of skills

History of Plastering with Mick

A insight on the history of plastering in three parts from the Prehistoric to the Modern day

Lets Hear it for the Girls

Mary works along with her father and brother at the family business Plaster Mouldings Direct

Lilia Campbell If you’d asked me three years ago where id like to be when I’m eighteen, I would never have said being a builder; but here I am!