Tackers, Dabbers and Skimmers?

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Just seen a job advert for these, and wondered what they were . . .
 
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Hmmm, thanks for the replies, but they're not very enlightening.

I'm sure it's one of those "if you need to ask, it's not for you" things, but I was intrigued and would like to know.

Anyone?
 
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People who are so specialised that the only job they (can) do is screwing plasterboard into place, fixing plasterboard using the dot n dab method, and plastering over a freshly installed and perfectly level plasterboard surface.

Basically foreigners :LOL:
 
Thanks Deluks - thought it was someting like that.
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What happened to the old trade of plasterer? Dotted and dabbed away no doubt?
 
"Plasterer's Dot and Dabbed away"!! Don't think so WYL, plasterers get to go and sort out a lot of the bodged up work that a lot of these so called specialists do. You read about it on here often in posts, eg,"Skim falling off", "Rough finish to the ceiling skim", New skim plaster cracking" "Joints showing through my newly skimmed walls" etc etc. There will always be "plasterers" around, maybe not as many as there used to be, but it's still a much sought after trade,,,,, along with all the other aspects connected to the centuries old craft of "real plastering". ;)

Roughcaster.
 
Go on caster you tell um mate.

Bloody drylining :evil: You wont see me dot and dabbing a wall so i can get off the job as quick as possible before the customer tries to hang his lovely new plasma.

I take pride in my work.

There should be 2 job tittles when people sell themselves as a plasterer

No 1 Skimmers
No 2 Float & Set (proper plasterers)


Anyhow, thats my post for September, see you next month.
 
there is a third title and the highest accolade......

......external render coatings. ;)

these boys really know how to push a trowel around.:cool:
 
plastering ... in the uk we do it the hard/right way...

in the US they only skim the joints ..... (no dot dab)

i hate false walls!

always getting calls, i want to hang my 42" plasma on my wall but its a new build....

they then fall over when i tell them how much to hang it.... and say forget it ill have it on a stand ....
 
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