Dryliners for Reading and the Thames Valley
The Thames Valley drylining workload is weighted toward commercial office fit-out and refurbishment along the M4, plus a substantial volume of plot-based residential drylining. The commercial work is programmed tightly around lease dates, which means the gang has to hit a square-metre-per-day rate reliably rather than in bursts.
Data centre and technical building work in this corridor is worth flagging separately. Partitions in those buildings often serve fire compartmentation and containment functions with strict inspection and photographic records, and the gang has to work to a hold-point regime rather than boarding ahead. We place operatives who are comfortable being inspected.
Housing drylining here tends to be priced per plot and runs to a repeating build-up, so a stable gang moving through a phase is worth more than a larger unstable one. The pool drives, so multi-site phases across Reading, Bracknell and Wokingham are practical.
Every dryliner is checked before they reach your gate
Vetting is done before we put someone forward, not after you have inducted them. The evidence sits in our compliance pack and we will send it for your PQQ.
CSCS card verified
Checked live against the register — Blue Skilled Worker as the baseline for a stud and board hand.
NVQ Level 2 Interior Systems
Qualification behind the card confirmed, with the specific pathway noted — stud and board, ceilings, or dry lining finishing.
Fire-rated build-up experience
Where your specification includes fire or acoustic build-ups we confirm the operative has installed to a tested system, because deviation from the system detail voids it.
Right to work
Originals or share code checked in person, with expiry tracking.
References on setting out and rework
We ask previous sites about accuracy of setting out and how much came back at inspection.
- —CSCS Blue Skilled Worker
- —NVQ Level 2 Interior Systems (Stud & Board / Ceilings)
- —PASMA for mobile towers
- —IPAF where MEWPs are used
- —Abrasive wheels
- £10m Employer's Liability
- £5m Public Liability
- £2m Professional Indemnity
- Full compliance pack available for PQQ and supply chain onboarding
What dryliners cost
Rates depend on trade, tickets, site location, duration and volume. Request our current rate card or call 020 7870 8171 for a quote on your requirement.
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What to tell us when you call
Six answers and we can price it and start searching on the same call.
- 01
Element: metal stud partitions, MF or suspended ceilings, boarding, or taping and jointing.
- 02
Whether build-ups are fire-rated or acoustic, and which tested system is specified.
- 03
Board type and layers — a two-layer fire board wall is a different rate and pace to single-layer.
- 04
Whether the gang is boarding only or also taping to a finished standard.
- 05
Floor area or linear metres, programme dates and access equipment provided.
- 06
Site postcode, hours, induction arrangements and material distribution route.
Working with dryliners in Reading
- Commercial office fit-out to lease-driven programmes
- Data centre compartmentation with hold points and photo records
- Plot-based residential drylining, often price work
Also hiring elsewhere? We cover the whole of London, the M25 and the South East — see our coverage map or the London recruitment hub.
Most sites need more than one trade
We staff the whole package rather than a single line on your requirement, so one call covers the gang.
Hiring dryliners — frequently asked
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