Mike Wye & Associates Ltd
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PRACTICAL COURSES & SEMINARS
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Mike Wye & Associates Ltd. offers a range of training courses to suit many aspects of dealing with traditional skills and techniques. Our students are provided with a better understanding of how to approach many different tasks. Take a look at the courses listed below and click on the links or the small images immediately below for full details.
Using lime in renovation practical course
Polished plaster practical course
Tadelakt Moroccan style practical plaster course
Natural paint course
Continuous professional development training seminars
Seminars
Practical Lime
Polished plaster
Tadelakt plaster
Natural paint
Free CPDs

Understanding Traditional Buildings

A series of one day seminars essential for anybody responsible for a traditional property

Mike Wye & Associates in collaboration with the Listed Property Owners Club and a team of experts aim to pass on some of their wealth of knowledge via a series of one day seminars. The seminars are essential to anybody who is planning work on or the purchase of a traditional building. Attendance could literally save thousands of pounds in preventing costly mistakes. Something as simple as applying the wrong paint or insulation can cause many problems.

Held from 9am to 4.30pm, there are free information packs provided at the end of the day. The information packs include presentation notes so that all delegates may concentrate on the talks rather than note taking. Download a leaflet.

For each day the seminars cover all the following topics:

  • Researching & owning a listed building
  • Understanding dampness & improving insulation
  • Lime, its history, use, where and why to apply it
  • Case studies of conservation, repair and improvements
  • VAT on listed buildings
  • Natural & breathable paints
  • Insurance
Comments from delegates of previous seminars
“An excellent day of information. Presentation superb”
“An invaluable seminar for those new to older properties. Many of the topics covered could alleviate serious errors being made”
“Very well thought out and very well presented. Thank you”
“Covered more than I expected – good detail”
“Excellent”

Click here for full details of the seminars

Using Lime in Renovation

Since 1996 over 2,300 owners, builders and architects have come on our Practical Course to gain "hands-on" experience in using traditional lime and clay materials and techniques to repair and maintain old buildings. Our approach is to create a relaxed environment where you will enjoy learning, with ample opportunity for discussion in the breaks. Course numbers are limited to ensure individual attention by two course leaders. Click here for more details

Lime plaster practical course
Mixing cob on a Mike Wye practical course

Polished Plaster

Learn some of the ancient techniques in the application of lime putty based Venetian plaster and Marmorino plasters. You will be shown how to achieve fantastic finishes, including polished plaster and textured finishes. Our approach is to create a relaxed environment where you will enjoy learning, with ample opportunity for discussion in the breaks. Click here for more details. There is a 10% discount off the Tadelakt course and the polished plaster course if booked together.

Venetian polished plaster
Venetian polished plaster bathroom

Tadelakt Plaster

Learn some of the ancient techniques in the application of Moroccan style Tadelakt hydraulic lime plasters. You will be shown how to achieve the finishes enjoyed in Morocco for centuries. Our approach is to create a relaxed environment where you will enjoy learning, with ample opportunity for discussion in the breaks. Click here for more details. There is a 10% discount off the Tadelakt course and the polished plaster course if booked together.

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Natural Paint Course

You have been on the 'using lime in renovation' course, now is the the time to apply the decoration. What do you choose and why? How do you achieve just the finish that you are looking for and with what product?

Learn how to achieve all this using traditional and natural paints, oils and varnishes that are healthier for you, your home and the environment. Click here for more details.

Natural paints

CPD Seminars
(Continuous Professional Development)

Mike Wye & Associates Ltd have obtained a huge amount of experience and are keen to pass on our knowledge, we therefore offer free CPD seminars to professionals involved in specifying for traditional or low carbon/eco projects.

Please click on our link for more details about our free CPDs

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