plumbing

to begin this task the teacher showed as a fixed waste pipe fixed to a sink and sent us away, he then began taking parts off and then we would had to fix the problems that he did,
but firstly i began by putting on my PPE boot and goggles didn't need gloves for this task as its plastic and water.
after about 10mins we was sent back to the area to fix the problem from the start we knew what to do but we had a few problems, the rubber seal that was suppose to go onto the waste pipe didn't fit and we just left it and didn't know that later on it would leak.
most of the problems we noticed straight away "the rubber seal have been taken out" and pipes have been changed to be not level
we finished this task within a few minutes but we wasn't given any water to test to see if any leaks would occur like the other gruops that went before us.

shelf and coat hook

I began by putting on my PPE steel toe capped boots gloves to protect my feet if the shelf of hooks fall off the wall or from any other falling objects.
gloves from splinters from the wood for the shelf
goggles from dust when cutting the shelf to size
i then started by getting the wood that is need for the task and cutting down them to the size that is needed.
i then started marking out the size of the shelf and marking them onto the bay were a spit and screw is needed, i then began screwing in the spit with a screwdriver not using a cordless cause it can cause cracking of the plaster
i then started screwing the brackets into the splits "we use spits to give strength on plasterboard to get a better grip"
and screwed in the mdf with the brackets and made sure it was level.
i then began on the coat hook did the same thing screws the mdf into the spits and screwed the hooks onto the mdf.

tiling using grid

first off i started by placing on my ppe
steel boots- protect from falling objects
goggles- from dust going into eyes
gloves - to protect from reactions or sharp corners

secondly i started by fetching all the equipment that i would be using before starting,
i then began by marking out a centre point in the middle of the bay this is a very important part "planning" because if my markings was off my a few mm it would increase by everyrow of tiles.
i then began marking out the bay soo it looks like a chess board "the tilers would fit in the squares and if they was out of place i would see by looking at the markings.
i then fixed a tile batten to the plasterboard soo the tiles had somewhere to rest on, after finsihing this i started placing tile adhesive onto the wall and placing standard glazed tiles. after finishing tiling half of the side bay i cleaned up the tiles to make them shine and give a better finish i cleaned up my area.

painting

firstly to start thye day i started by putting on my ppe boots gloves and boots to protect my skin and feet from falling objects and reactions to the paint that you may have,
i then started by getting the equipment that i would be using through the whole day
paint,brush,paint tray,kettel plus other that i will mention later on in the blog :)
i began by miscoating the wall in white to show any inperfections
i them began decanding the paint into a paint tray "magnolio"  then i started to cutting in with a 1" brush and then used a roller to put on the rest making sure it was a nice even coat this only took a few minutes if i didnt cut in this would have tooken much longer as a roller cannot get into the corners aswell as a brush.

architrave

firsly i started by placing on my ppe boots gloves and goggles, i then began getting all the equipment i would be using mitre saw pencil spirit level and architrave. i then began marking out 10mm from the door so i know where the architrave will be placed after cutting, i then started marking out on the architrave the sizes that would be needed to fit in place before cutting. after checking to see they fitted together i fixed them togetherwith nail to hold it inplace i then made sure it was level before moving on.

ready to be miscoated

after finishing the dado rail and skirting, on monday it will be checked and see if im ready to start on the miscoat which will show anymore inperfections in the plaster which im sure there will be a few. if there is any i will sand them down or using more filler to fill any gaps as you can see in the picture there is some gaps in the skirting but i can use filler to fill in the  gaps at the back. After the miscoat there will be a overcoat and gloss after that with only 14 days left soo not long left.

dado rails

firstly i started by putting on my ppe boots goggles and gloves to protect myself from dust and sharp items, then i started by getting 2 long pieces of dado rails, then using the same method i marked out ther sizes that i would need soo they fit in place i cut a 45degree angle using a mitre saw then scribed in using a coping saw to fit neatly inplace i then mark the plaster at 1000mm/100cm soo i knew where the dado rail was going to be place i then got a spirit level making sure it was all level i nailed them in place