Essential Wood Fitting (Commercial and Domestic installers)

This three-day course is designed for both newcomers and those wishing to increase their skills and knowledge

Syllabus: -

Health and Safety

British Standard BS 820

  • Main points
  • Relationships to manufacturers instructions

Customer relations and expectations

Sub-floor types and how they affect the installation

Moisture tests

  • Equipment
  • Test methods
  • Logging results
  • Evaluating results

Estimating and planning

Sub-floor preparation full practical

  • Plywood 
  • DPMs 
  • Levelling Skims

Suitability of product for location

Storage and handling

Installation of plank / strip 

  • Setting out 
  • Nailing types and method
  • Gluing types and method
  • Skirting boards
  • Quadrants / Scotias

Tools of the trade