skimming over builders boarding

[scottie5]

 

[scottie5]

Im a Midlander living in the east.
Its a hawk.

 

[uni-king]

Southern fairy's..

 

[Jgreenplastering]

Slabbing is what the yanks call it! He's just trying to be cool!

 

[uni-king]

Slabbing is what the yanks call it! He's just trying to be cool!

Sounds rough as fck

 

[Nicm]

Slabbing is what the yanks call it! He's just trying to be cool!

The yanks call it board hanging!.

 

[Nicm]

We've always called the installation of plasterboard "slabbing".Then we set up the board and stand,take out the hawk and trowel and away we go!.

 

[Jgreenplastering]

We've always called the installation of plasterboard "slabbing".Then we set up the board and stand,take out the hawk and trowel and away we go!.

Has a client ever asked you to slab there ceiling or board it?

 

[Nicm]

Has a client ever asked you to slab there ceiling or board it?

Had both to be honest,have to admit calling it "slabbing" seems to be a thing of the past.

 

[Pug]

I'm a southerner. Never heard of slabbing till this thread. And it's a hawk.

 

[BigK]

Stabbing is a very Irish term.
As is 'hardwall'
And it's a handboard.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Vincey]

We call it dat and dob
And it's hawk and trowel

 

[uni-king]

Handboard all the way..even the famous j.b Taylor the plastering legend calls it a handboard..I think

 

[uni-king]

We call it dat and dob
And it's hawk and trowel

Dobby and dabby we call it

 

[Vincey]

Dobby and dabby we call it

No ..datting and dobbing

 

[scottie5]

Its dibbing and dobbing and its still a hawk.

 

[Danny]

Slabbing?

Plasterboard is known as slabs in Ireland

Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk

 

[Nicm]

Plasterboard is known as slabs in Ireland

Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk

Thanks Danny.

 

[GrantyBoy]

What do they call slabbing then? as in patio and driveway slabbing.

 

[uni-king]

What do they call slabbing then? as in patio and driveway slabbing.

Boarding

 

[theclemo]

What do they call slabbing then? as in patio and driveway slabbing.

Slabbing

 

[jamesthefirst]

Got to skim an extension next week and first day will be prepping the boards with extra screws and scraping the excess dab off the boards

 

[Hair oil]

Slabbing

 

[Richo28]

I stop calling it a hawk and now just call it DAVE.
And slabbing errrrr