STAGE 01 · L-29 · 5 h 48 min
Ladders, Mobile Towers and Scaffold: Safety Awareness
“I go up a ladder twice a day and nobody ever showed me how to judge whether it is the right one.”
CATALOGUE · 15 ITEMS
Courses, by stage of the job
12 courses and 3 routes
Prices in euros. Final price, tax included.
STAGE 01 / PLAN & PRICE
Before the first wall comes down
Measuring, pricing, sequencing and staying safe on ladders and towers: the part of a job that decides whether the rest goes well.
3 courses
STAGE 01 · L-43 · 10 h 2 min
Measuring, Estimating and Pricing Renovation Work
“I win jobs and lose money on them, or I price carefully and never hear back.”
STAGE 01 · L-40 · 8 h 40 min
Planning and Running a Renovation Job: Sequence, Schedule, Hand-over
“The plasterer arrives before the electrician has finished, and every job ends with a week of snagging.”
STAGE 02 / WALLS
Walls and ceilings
Partitions, plaster and paint: the surfaces everyone looks at, and the ones that show every shortcut.
3 courses
STAGE 02 · L-40 · 8 h 40 min
Plasterboard Partitions and Suspended Ceilings on Metal Studs
“My partitions stand, but the joints crack and the doors never quite close.”
STAGE 02 · L-36 · 7 h 12 min
Plastering and Skim Coats on Walls and Ceilings
“I can get plaster on the wall. Getting it flat without sanding for a day is another thing.”
STAGE 02 · L-31 · 5 h 41 min
Interior Painting: Preparation, Cutting In and Rolling
“The paint is expensive and the walls still look patchy under the window light.”
STAGE 03 / FLOORS & WET
Floors, bathrooms and wet rooms
Screeds, waterproofing, tiles and planks: the work that has to be flat, dry and right first time.
4 courses
STAGE 03 · L-39 · 8 h 27 min
Wall and Floor Tiling, from Setting Out to Grout
“I always end up with a thin sliver of tile in the corner everybody looks at.”
STAGE 03 · L-27 · 5 h 24 min
Waterproofing Showers and Wet Rooms
“The tiles are perfect. Six months later there is a stain on the ceiling below.”
STAGE 03 · L-28 · 5 h 36 min
Screeds and Self-Levelling Floors
“The new floor has a dip in the middle of the room, and I only found it when the planks went down.”
STAGE 03 · L-35 · 6 h 25 min
Laying Laminate, Engineered Wood and Vinyl Planks
“The floor clicks together nicely and then opens up at the joints after the first winter.”
STAGE 04 / OUTSIDE
Outside the building
Insulated facades and pitched roofs, explained layer by layer so you know what a good job looks like.
2 courses
STAGE 04 · L-38 · 8 h 14 min
External Wall Insulation (ETICS): Boards, Mesh and Render
“We insulate facades every summer, and I want to know why some of them crack and some do not.”
STAGE 04 · L-34 · 6 h 48 min
Pitched Roof Coverings Explained: Battens, Membranes and Tiles
“I order the roof work and sign it off without really knowing what I am looking at.”
ROUTES · 03
Routes: several courses in the order a job needs them
A route is a set of the courses above at one price. Compare them side by side on the routes page.
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5 COURSES · L-170 · 33 h 34 min
Route: Walls, Ceilings and Floors
“I want to take a room from bare studs to a finished floor myself.”
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8 COURSES · L-276 · 56 h 5 min
Route: Complete Interior Finishing
“I would like to finish a whole flat, bathroom included, and understand every step before I start.”
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12 COURSES · L-420 · 86 h 57 min
Route: The Whole Renovation, Every Course
“I am setting up as a renovation contractor and want the full picture, from the quote to the roof.”
