Projection Plaster - high speed plastering by Rapide Drylining

Traditional plastering has long been a labour intensive task. The raw materials are measured and mixed in small quantities on site and then the mix is picked up by the tradesman and laid onto the wall prior to floating and trowelling. It is a process often fraught with the possibility of waste and error.

The mixture to be applied, whether it be plaster, render, mortar, grout or floor screed, is very sensitive to variations in water content. The skill of the plasterer is not just in the finishing but in the gauging the wetness of the mixture to be applied.

Here at Rapide we have adopted a different approach. Although popular in European countries since the early seventies it has taken a while for the benefits of projection plaster to be recognised in the U.K.

applying projection plaster The use of projection plaster reduces labour and makes our labour more productive enabling skilled workers to have a controllable supply of accurately mixed material ready to be applied via a spray plastering machine and nozzle.

Speed, efficiency and control are greatly enhanced with a quality product and result for our clients.

Benefits on site include less supervision requirements with a three gang out producing traditionally hand applied plasterers by often two to three times the wall area covered.

For the contractor another key benefit is also that of higher consistent quality, resulting in lesser correction, reducing the likelihood of rectification costs. Peripheral costs are further reduced as construction can proceed more quickly and importantly there is less risk of damage to materials on site.

finished projection plaster Other advantages to the contractor include early removal of scaffolding, less waste on site and low maintenance cost.

With an increasing variety of quality products and choice of finishes projection plaster can often achieve where traditional systems may fail.

The choice is simple. With a system up to three times faster than manual plastering - the finishing trades get in sooner, the building is completed quicker - and the commercial yield starts earlier.