Chris Frediani talks to Plasterers about how business has been for them. Have they been busier or quieter than expected? What's the game plan for the rest of the year? What have been the wins and challenges along the way? Guests include: Dylan White, Jason Hill & Jamie Adam
Chris Frediani invites Plasterers to join him and talk about their good and bad habits. Chris also asks them what habits from others can really annoy them. Guests include: Carl Ruane, Steph Leese & Affan Masood
Chris Frediani talks to Plasterers about the way in which you can ensure you take enough money away from each job. Chris talks to Brad Hanson, from the Bald Builders Breakfast about the way he's figured out the value of his services and the drive and determination required to graft for profit. Bob Hay also talks about the trial and error he's been through to extract the right profit from all of his jobs, especially when having to pay those that have worked for you.
Chris Frediani brings you a show from the final 24 hours of the DIY SOS Children in Need build in Cheshire for The Joshua Tree charity. Chris talks to Nick Knowles about how the build has gone, catches up with the lead Electrician and lead Decorator on the job and catches up with DIY SOS Crew member and Designer, Gabby Blackman.
Chris Frediani brings you a special show from the DIY SOS Children in Need set in Cheshire. Chris talks to those involved with project managing the build, has a look behind the catering curtain and brings you an unhung hero and veteran volunteer (with over 20 builds) who has joined them on yet another build.
Chris Frediani looks into issues that can affect Plasterers on-site from breathing in harmful materials to working from height, working on-site and what goes into site safety on a DIY SOS build. Guests include: Philip Gaches, Ian Hodgkinson & Martin Byrne.
The Construction Skills Mission Board launched recently, with a commitment of providing 100,000 more construction jobs per year… Chris Frediani talks to Sam Blacknell - Head of Skills Partnerships at British Gypsum to hear his thoughts, as well as an apprentice from friend of the show, Bob Hay.
Chris Frediani gets a bit of a roundup on what plasterers are using currently material wise and some of the new aspects and applications they're trying out. Guests are: Scott Morgan, Chris Powell & Brian Rutherford
Chris Frediani talks to Alistair Bell, a vastly experienced and knowledgeable Plasterer, about his experience on the tools.
Chris Frediani is joined by Plasterers to tell him stories of times they've turned around a bad situation and times where a job that looked good on paper has descended into disaster. Guests include: Alastair Bell & Carl Ruane
Chris Frediani is joined by The Gingerspread Man AKA Luke Hipgrove to talk about nightmare jobs and challenging situations where he's managed to get a positive outcome. Racr car driver and Plasterer Duncan Cowper talks about the nightmare of plastering the London Underground and other jobs that he's saved from disaster!
Chris Frediani looks into ways of marketing your business and getting a good consistent stream of leads. Chris looks into Linkedin and why it might be the most valuable marketing tool available to tradespeople in 2025. He also chats to a general builder about how to work well with one another and a fellow plasterer about his success he's had working with builders. Guests include: Construction Marketing Expert Lee Fuller from Level Up Media as well as General Builder, Noel Bardall & Plasterer Bob Hay.
Chris Frediani is joined by three successful and experienced Plasterers to discuss the aspects of the trade that were hardest to master. Chris talks to Alan Arbuthnot, James Jameson from JJ Plastering & good friend of the show, Andy MacCauley.
Chris Frediani has invited three regular guests to join him at the halfway point of 2025 - to see if we can predict how business might be for the rest of the year. Chris talks to John at DCL Interiors Ltd. who gives a really good insight into what's going on at the top of the tree for larger businesses. There's also an interesting insight into possible material price rises. Joel Cooke talks about the goals for the second half of the year for him professionally and Ainsley Smith gives an update on how business has been for him as a sole trader and how he will keep himself in demand for the second half of 2025.
Chris Frediani is joined by Josh Hutchings, who still works for Chris's business to discuss how he's getting on after completed his apprenticeship four years ago. Josh last joined Chris in 2021 right as he was coming to the end of his apprenticeship, so Chris asks how he feels about the experiences learning the trade all these years later as well as how he's progressing.
Join Chris Frediani at his house in Devon for a chat with fellow local Plasterer and longtime friend Barry Warman. Barry talks about his similar start to Chris in the same area and all of his experiences as a plasterer and business owner. He gets Barry's thoughts on money, business, managing people and finally retiring from the trade and whether that will ever happen
Chris Frediani brings you a Q&A session that covers everything from his time on the tools to running a business, DIY SOS experiences and thoughts on the trade and construction as a whole
Chris Frediani checks in with Daahir Mohamed to find out what he's been up to since he was on the show a year ago and catches up with Ruth Waters, who has been giving updates on her re-training journey since joining Chris in 2020
Chris Frediani is joined by Dr. Glaire Gapper to discuss some of the history of lime and royal works in the UK. Claire talks about history of the materials, sourcing and how knowledge of the materials was shared. Philip Gaches, Heritage Plasterer, who has worked with Dr. Glaire Gapper phones in from America to discuss collaborating. Claire also talks about her favourite ceilings in listed buildings and the loss of most historic lime work over the centuries
Chris Frediani is joined by Stuart Roberts, Founder of Trowel Talk and discusses the challenges felt and faced by self employed spreads. Stu talks about how he got into the trade, the trial and error of finding a good work life balance and also why he thinks specialising in a niche is the key to success nowadays