Dot and dab - any tips

[sifu]

I want to put up two new sheets of 8 x 4 plasterboard using dot and dab technique. Is there anything I should watch out for, or does anyone have any useful tips? I'm a heating engineer (for 16 yrs) so I'm pretty handy, but not sure how easy this is going to be for my first attempt. Is it tricky? Cheers.

 

[rockingrodders]

From what I've seen of "dot and dab" this terminology is slang for cheap bodge. Stick to real plaster.

 

[legs-akimbo]

And your a man that would know are ya

 

[sifu]

From what I've seen of "dot and dab" this terminology is slang for cheap bodge. Stick to real plaster.

I'm trying to do it cheap, i.e. the whole bathroom for about £700 as I'm not likely to be in the house for long. I need to get the shower pipes in and the board up for when my mate comes to skim the room. Just found a link on the screwfix forums to a good flash animation tutorial at the knauf site: www.knaufdiy.co.uk/home/frames_downloads.html. Tells me enough to get going. Cheers!

 

[masona]

From what I've seen of "dot and dab" this terminology is slang for cheap bodge. Stick to real plaster.

Not has any problem and it's no difference to timber stud wall.

 

[Thermo]

stick to real plaster to do what?
dot and dab is used to stick the boards to the wall and is quick and works well, especially if you have an uneven wall.