- Location
- Cardonald Campus
- Start Date & time
- 16 Apr 2024 @ 18:30 - 21:00
- Qualification Type
- Non-certificated
- Course Type
- Evening
- Duration
- 8 Weeks
£195.00
This hands-on DIY at Home - Level 1 course is ideal for anyone who would like to learn DIY skills and covers two key areas: joinery and tiling.
What will I learn?
This DIY course will show you how to perform small maintenance tasks within your home. You will learn traditional methods of joinery including measuring, cutting and applying the fundamentals or joinery skills to small dedicated projects such as:
Joinery
- Partition/frame construction
- Plasterboard cutting, fitting and repair
- Setting out, cutting and fitting of internal architraves such as skirtings and facings
- Lock and latch repair
- Door maintenance
Tiling
- Measuring out sizes for tiles and making gauge rod
- Starting tiling, using spacers and tiling tools
- Continuing tiling, measuring cuts and using a tile saw
- Finishing off tiling, grout tiles and clean tiles
- Attaching bathroom/kitchen fittings to tiles using a cordless drill
Our fully trained staff are also on hand to offer a bespoke activity upon request.
The price of the course includes the cost of all materials used.
Entry requirements (minimum)
No previous experience of working with wood or using hand tools is required, we recommend that you complete the DIY at Home course first before moving on to one of the Woodcraft courses.