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The courses at Building Skills Academy provide a good stepping stone to a new future and are excellent value for money.

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Weekend DIY Courses

Duration: 2 Days, Saturday-Sunday, 09:00-16:30
Full Cost: £350 includes standard VAT
Deposit: £150 (minimum required payment to secure your course)

Whether you're looking to carry out some routine maintenance or to learn the essentials of dealing with that emergency DIY task, the Building Skills Academy Weekend DIY Course is just for you!

The course covers:

  • Health & Safety.
  • Introduction to tools, and their correct usage.
  • Basic Plumbing: The water system, taps, valves, tanks, cisterns, waste drains. How and where to turn off water, repair that dripping tap, stop a leaking radiator, clear that blocked toilet and more...
  • Introduction to Tiling: Correct use of tiles, types of tiles, adhesives, grouts and trim. The how to of replacing a broken tile, drilling a tile, cleaning tiles, grouting tilies and apply sanitary silicon.
  • How to of Carpentry; Introduction to the safe use of tools, inclusive of saws, chisels, drills, hammers, screwdrivers...with lots of practice.
  • Essential Electrics: Changing a 3 pin plug, 3 pin plug fuse, light bulbs – safety with electrics, with a brief on current legislative practice.
  • Decorating – Preparation, estimating wall paper required, hanging wall paper, painting doors, skirting boards and architraves.  or
  • Plastering for a half day instead of Decorating

If you feel that there is something you'd like to learn and is missing from our course, then give us a call on 01635 522007 or send us an email HERE and let us know - we may be able to add it to our course, just for you!

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Weekend DIY Course

Duration: 5 days
Cost: £320
Deposit: £150

Dates:

20/Mar/2010

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