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I have to be fair i really find your videos enjoyable to watch butt..... always look forward to your next videos to be uploaded. No messing no complicated explanations just straight taking well done butt keep up the brilliant work
Couldn’t you have just plastered over the wall as opposed to boarding it up? Oh yeah it’s crazy I was walking past a neighbours house and you can see straight through into his room with the Tv, and never guess who was on, yourself! He must have a keen eye on your videos.
AWESOME JOB THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR ABILITIES. BTW. PITTSBURGH PAINT EXTERIOR IS UNFUKINBALIVABLE. DONT GET IT ON ANYTHING WHATSOEVER YOU NEED TO KEEP CLEAN. LIKE CRAZY GLUE. OMNIPOTENT LOVE TO EVERYONE GLOBALLY
I’m a painter and decorator and I’ve learnt so much from watching your videos and getting a much greater understanding of some of the processes of what comes before me. You’re such a great communicator mate and a top craftsman. Thank you.
Every day is a school day. So glad I watched this before I tackle a DIY project. I was way over thinking it and this makes it nice and simple to follow.
I’ve done this with nails to plaster a 11 metre wall, a plasterer explained this and I did it in browning won a block wall I had built. I was a brickie so good with a trowel but not a plasterer. I could put my straight edge anywhere on that wall and there was no ‘bonking’. I showed my wife, who just wanted it painted and finished. I was, and am proud of it yes no-one knows or cares. Slightly embarrassing to be so happy at what is routine for skilled men👍
Why didn't ya tell me ya had a RUclips Channel ?? bet ya wondering who it is I'll give ya clue m8 you made me a spray booth totally free of charge when I was in Ozzie as a get well present. Keep making the vids m8 Also everyone He's a top bloke and 100% genuine x
A concise and well explained video outlining how to apply dots (and dabs) to fix plasterboard to a background. Variants to this method apply in setting screeds out to float a wall or ceiling (plumb and dot) when high levels of accuracy are required. Great to see you outlining different techniques for all levels of ability and noting how they can be adapted as one’s skills improve. Thanks so much for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience.
Love this, I did my C&G plastering in 84 and this is exactly the way I was taught how to Dot and Dab, We used to float kitchen walls this way too so we knew they were bob on. I changed jobs in 89 and have just brought a very old house that needs a lot of work. I dont think ill be upto my old speeds being off the trowel for so long but im looking forward to the challenge.
Very nice vid explaining the dots. The reason why people dab all the way around the outside is for fire and safety. You may use more powder but it is the Safeway to do the job. It stops the smoke travelling all the way up the wall.
I personally fix a timber ground along the bottom, which when levelled can support the board and I just plumb the board up! It’s also a good fix for the joiners skirting boards rather than using an adhesive on them. Just different methods, whichever suits I suppose? No need for packers underneath keeping it of the ground.
Been a joiner and builder for 30 years and I have never seen that before haha that makes perfect sense! That would actually be useful for a wall that’s all over the place 👍
Really enjoyed this 👌. 20 years ago when I was a apprentice this is how my boss taught me how to render using string lines and creating markers to run off. This video really took me back.
We've got to keep these old ways alive abit just so the younger lads know how to do it even if it's not what they will do day to day. Just having the knowledge is important
I’m a DIYER who has got to dot and dab a couple of knauf aqua panel boards to some masonry behind a shower, and I’ve never done it before. This way will be really useful, I’m not in a rush. Cheers
Love it! Explaining the terminology takes away the mystery of a very skilled craft! I will share this with my American Cousins who will also learn how their ancestors talked!! They will love it, 'cos most Yanks think we all talk like John Lennon! Enjoyed every minute!
Yes dots where used to form screeds to rule of, it is a fundamental of plastering that everyone should know and understand. Level a dot top and bottom at each end of a wall and line through of them. Then rule of the screeds that are running top and bottom. The same principle works on dry lining , British gypsum called it the gyproc system. And even supplied card dots.
Just watched your dot and dab video amongst others. I had a wall covered with plasterboard by one of the better plasterers in the area. He clearly just dabbed as the pipe boxing in running half way along the wall shows up as they are not equal on either side. Brilliant video.
Thanks for showing how to do it that way, wished I’d seen this before I dabbed half my house! Would have been much easier. But now. Know. Thanks again pal
Great video, you have a load of information in a very relaxed manner. Would be good if you could cover how to set out corners etc, what do you do if the room is not perfectly square? Any advice appreciated.
I'm super impressed. I have a really old house, where the plastering and walls are miles away from being straight. I want to fit wainscoting but figure out how to get it flush and straight and now I know how I can do it. Just subbed too😄
Kirk I just came across your channel and can't stop watching all your vids mate. Great to see your channel grow. You are really good at explaining things. I laboured for a plasterer so I know the work it takes. A very hard job. Respect from Scotland mate.👍
Great video, this is how we got taught to do it at college many many years ago, takes longer but creates a perfectly true wall. Reminds me of setting screeds up for wet plaster. 👍
Basically this is plumb dot and screed but for dry-lining fella! If you want a quicker way, do it with a screw and raw plug 👍. Its easier to adjust and there is no setting times to deal with... Had to board a bathroom last years that was being tiled with massive tiles and plumber said it had to be mm perfect... Keep up the good content buddy 👍
Yeah I understand this vid completely. I laboured for a cracking top class Plasterer and he too never dotted just dabbed using a massive long featheredge about say 3M. After he finished he'd always say to me, go check the walls/board to see if the actually were level. I used to always say when watching him use the feather-edge that no way they were, so it was Him asking/telling me to go look for myself using any of the levels. Every time they were always bang-on level and it always amazed me. That would have been over thierty years ago now and he's gone now sadly. He was a brilliant fella, he plastered all the walls and ceilings in mine and my wife's house, would take ANY payment, just said it was his wedding present to us, he was pals with the wife's dad.
Every plasterer is top-class if you ask them pal,,, 😂😂😂 There not so top class with a bottle of there own piss (they left in the last room) in the next mix of skim...... from a top-class labourer 😂
@@PaulH-w2w Well this Plasterer of whom I am talking about DID what The Famous ' TONY-ROME' plasterers could NOT at Arnold Clark's House. THEY Couldn't get all the very articulate ANGLES on the ceiling of his WELL-SIZED Summer Room which looked out onto his bowling-green. The person whom we warker for was contacted and asked if...... could do it....... and it was did to perfection. I have watched your vids and do not get me wrong but the fella whom I laboured to WAS way better than anything which I have yet seen on youtube.
Which adhesive do you recommend? I'm going to try this method today as we have a very gnarly brick wall (chimney breast removal) and this method seems like the best for a 1st timer, so grateful you've shown this. I've read that some adhesives go off really quickly and I'm not very skilled so would like your advice on which is the best adhesive to use.
British Gypsum taught Dot and dab back in 81, they actualy had you tacking the boards to the fiber dots with nails to support the boards till dabs set. only ever used the method twice from then till now.
Fantastic video, I always assumed the dot was something like this as it’s similar to dot and screed which I remember seeing years ago on site! Interestingly when I dab I take a 5minutes before I do the wall to chalk line the perimeter with a laser, that way you only have to worry about the middle and on long runs it makes the skimming look mustard when it comes to ceiling and skirts. The building game has Always been a fine line between faffing about on the prep work making the application easy.
I will and never have had a plastering trowel in my hands but i find your work fascinating and your attention to detail is incredible. Best of luck mate -😁
@@Onthetrowel you've got an hours worth haven't you really, as in viewers time. What about floating a wall with hardwall maybe 10/15 sqm's and showing the viewers how to use a straight edge or even maybe sand/cement render. You could even show your skills maybe in floor screeds, just maybe a quick video of how you set it out.
@@Onthetrowel I apologise mate, I've watched a few videos and I've thought I've been abit harsh. I'm 46 years young and have been doing it all my life, done all the site work years ago and now it's domestic work, small builds, extentions etc. I think your OK and I'd would love to work with you one day, I think you could take something from me and vise versa. Respect for putting it out there and take care, ❤️
Amazing that he knows what is best. That the people who give out information and who make plaster dont know how to instruct the public on how to do the job..
Glad I watched that, can’t believe I have never thought about marking metal back boxes like that then cutting from the back 😂 every days a school day. From now on a multi tool will be referred to as a vibrator
Ahhhh I remember seeing "dots" in a plastering book I have, but it relates to using dots for screeding sand and cement to walls! I never put 2 and 2 together about the "dot" in dot and dab. Another amazing video Kirk. You really are prolific with bringing out these quality videos! Looking forward to sending you some much deserved beer money next week!
Your video were you did the old lady's window came up and I watched it and now I can't stop watching these videos I'm not even in the construction trade at all 😂
It’s definitely good to know the actual meaning thank you . I’m a little bit confused why people just wouldn’t do a standard wet lineing or render / plaster right over the wall
Thanks for the post. I've learned something new today. I'll give it a go next time , personally I tend to use more adhesive than you especially on the edges and skirting areas.👍
Dabbing trowel I used to use was a cheap tilers trowel with the 2 top corners cut off with a grinder,so when you flick a dab on the wall you can curl the top of your trowel towards yourself without the corner digging in the dab and scraping it off in the process. Good video by the way!
It reminds of how they got their levels in my 1930's house. Taking off all the old plaster I found nails in the wall at different depths just under the top skim, the house is poured clinker block, I realised what theyd done, I put a level on them and they were spot on level ! I wonder could you do the same putting plasterboards up ? As long as you didn't push the screw heads in to the board putting it up ?
Kirk love this channel . . Full of fresh thinking and correct methods . Good luck with that new camera but you've come this far already . The best of all plastering instruction videos I've come across .
@@Onthetrowel although it takes a lot longer like you say for a DIY person like me it's a great way to prep the wall and get a perfect flat surface. I know this might make you throw your trowel in disgust but because I don't know how to screed with plaster , would it be so offensive for me to use easy-fil to go over a small piece of plasterboard approximately 6 foot high by 4 wide as a makeshift plaster as it's easy for me to use?
Wow this is incredible info. I’m doing my house up and got a few walls to do. Have been worried about getting the boards level by just whacking it with the level, but this is a perfect system for a DIYer. Thanks so much.
Very well illustrated, on the dob and dab ,Great to see a proper job, As the board has covered the wire going up from the plug socket but then goes across to the right is there any legal requirement to cover the wire in trunking or not,
A great way to learn that side of your trade without having anyone to teach you. Also brilliant for any areas of where you have to have a perfectly flat area kitchens bathrooms etc…. May be quicker if you used strips of 9mm board with 4 dabs behind each one making a strip the width of the board to push to
Excellent video, you know your stuff . The only thing I would do different would be margin your line off the door frame to ensure the reveals are the same width both sides. Well presented and enjoyable video
Cheers mate. Years ago on site I used to cut all the reveals and heads first, wiz around and stick all them and then just work off flush with them for the walls. We had to stop though because window fitters couldn't put windows in straight. Especially when there was 2 windows on 1 wall 🙈
My plaster ‘dabbed’ my garage wall over pebbledash. Within a year it was becoming loose. I had to drill tons of holes and pump expanding foam in to secure. Then had to redecorate. Not good. Great channel by the way 👍🏼
That's fantastic I recently did similar but I was using foam fix and I didn't want the boards sinking too far back so I drilled holes in the brick fitted rawlplugs and screws the screw screw heads work as dots and can be adjusted in and out. I put a bit of mitre fix glue on the plastic plugs so they would not move👍
I have never seen this in my life. Awesome job! when you set them packers, I guess you set them, presumably the socket is 25 mm and the plaster board is 12.5mm. 12.5mm from the wall? And adjust if plaster board is thicker etc?
Interesting technique. Seems to me you could do the same by driving screws into the wall to act as dots and levelling them to a string line or probably a laser these days. That would be quicker than waiting for dots to dry. Any reason that wouldn't work? Might have to blob a dab of adhesive over the screw so when the board is pushed on it forms a wider support there than just the screw head.
Brilliant video. Wish I did this when putting my boards up. Yes slower but my walls were out, especially chimney breast. I learned dots for floating a wall during night college plastering course, I never thought to do it for plasterboard. New subscriber here.
Fab video. Complete beginner and been putting off the boarding stage for days and watching videos. Finally confident. But if you google what to use instead of packers ypu get some non diy stuff 😮😂
for a plasterer this is the long way i check the level of a wall before i dab so if it is out i can use my dab to level off i don't smash at the boards once there on i tamp them nice n gentle i do mark window frames so my boards are all the same round windows saves time but i do board very similar to you picture framing the wall then doting the full wall your a good tradesman and i use a multi tool for my boxes its just so much easier
Quick tip Put waterproofer in the additive to avoid damp patches appearing where the additive is put, I have had to go over other builders for this reason
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I have to be fair i really find your videos enjoyable to watch butt..... always look forward to your next videos to be uploaded. No messing no complicated explanations just straight taking well done butt keep up the brilliant work
Couldn’t you have just plastered over the wall as opposed to boarding it up?
Oh yeah it’s crazy I was walking past a neighbours house and you can see straight through into his room with the Tv, and never guess who was on, yourself! He must have a keen eye on your videos.
Sorry but I know faster and better way.
AWESOME JOB THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR ABILITIES.
BTW. PITTSBURGH PAINT EXTERIOR IS
UNFUKINBALIVABLE.
DONT GET IT ON ANYTHING WHATSOEVER YOU NEED TO KEEP CLEAN. LIKE CRAZY GLUE.
OMNIPOTENT LOVE TO EVERYONE GLOBALLY
So do I... Read the video description
I’m a painter and decorator and I’ve learnt so much from watching your videos and getting a much greater understanding of some of the processes of what comes before me. You’re such a great communicator mate and a top craftsman. Thank you.
What a channel,I’m no plasterer but boy do I enjoy this guy.
Nice to have you on board mate
Every day is a school day. So glad I watched this before I tackle a DIY project. I was way over thinking it and this makes it nice and simple to follow.
I’ve done this with nails to plaster a 11 metre wall, a plasterer explained this and I did it in browning won a block wall I had built. I was a brickie so good with a trowel but not a plasterer. I could put my straight edge anywhere on that wall and there was no ‘bonking’. I showed my wife, who just wanted it painted and finished. I was, and am proud of it yes no-one knows or cares. Slightly embarrassing to be so happy at what is routine for skilled men👍
Great vlog Brought back memories as I was taught to dot and dab when I started plastering in the 70's.
Why didn't ya tell me ya had a RUclips Channel ?? bet ya wondering who it is I'll give ya clue m8 you made me a spray booth totally free of charge when I was in Ozzie as a get well present. Keep making the vids m8 Also everyone He's a top bloke and 100% genuine x
Hey Ian... haha how have you found me on here? Cheers mate, that's very nice of you to say, cheers.
Haha the secrets out now 🤣🤣 ☺️👍👍
A concise and well explained video outlining how to apply dots (and dabs) to fix plasterboard to a background. Variants to this method apply in setting screeds out to float a wall or ceiling (plumb and dot) when high levels of accuracy are required. Great to see you outlining different techniques for all levels of ability and noting how they can be adapted as one’s skills improve. Thanks so much for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience.
Thanks Jeff. Obviously you're a plasterer yourself so I appreciate when a fellow tradesman gives me a compliment on my work.
Thank you 👍
I've never ever seen that before absolutely brilliant method that you are a plastering professor 👏
Glad you liked it!
Love this, I did my C&G plastering in 84 and this is exactly the way I was taught how to Dot and Dab, We used to float kitchen walls this way too so we knew they were bob on. I changed jobs in 89 and have just brought a very old house that needs a lot of work. I dont think ill be upto my old speeds being off the trowel for so long but im looking forward to the challenge.
This shows your commitment and great understanding of the job!
Cheers Iain, appreciate your comment pal
Very nice vid explaining the dots. The reason why people dab all the way around the outside is for fire and safety. You may use more powder but it is the Safeway to do the job. It stops the smoke travelling all the way up the wall.
I personally fix a timber ground along the bottom, which when levelled can support the board and I just plumb the board up!
It’s also a good fix for the joiners skirting boards rather than using an adhesive on them.
Just different methods, whichever suits I suppose?
No need for packers underneath keeping it of the ground.
Great tip!
You’re overwhelmed because you’re authentic. People are drawn like magnets to that these days. It’s becoming rare.
Been a joiner and builder for 30 years and I have never seen that before haha that makes perfect sense! That would actually be useful for a wall that’s all over the place 👍
Fantastic this is how it shows you to float walls in the j.b Taylor book of plastering I read whilst doing my nvq. Best plastering material on RUclips
Yes got Taylors book myself somewhere. Also one by pegg and stagg.
And the plasterers Bible (PLASTERING PLAIN AND DECORATIVE by William Millar)
@@Onthetrowel I got jb Taylor too mate some very interesting stuff in there
Nvq so you are not a time served plasterer
Really enjoyed this 👌. 20 years ago when I was a apprentice this is how my boss taught me how to render using string lines and creating markers to run off. This video really took me back.
We've got to keep these old ways alive abit just so the younger lads know how to do it even if it's not what they will do day to day. Just having the knowledge is important
The vibrator story along is worth a drink let alone the plastering knowledge 😂
🤣🤣🤣 cheers mate 🍻
I am a 75 year old retired plasterer this is basically a replica of how we used to do plumb and dot work when doing render and set an excellent video
I always wondered what dot and dabbing was and how it was done! Great video.
I’m a DIYER who has got to dot and dab a couple of knauf aqua panel boards to some masonry behind a shower, and I’ve never done it before. This way will be really useful, I’m not in a rush. Cheers
Love it! Explaining the terminology takes away the mystery of a very skilled craft! I will share this with my American Cousins who will also learn how their ancestors talked!! They will love it, 'cos most Yanks think we all talk like John Lennon! Enjoyed every minute!
Awesome! Thank you!
I'm an oldish painter and decorator and I learned something today.. Thanks Geezer!
Right on!
Been in the trade many years, you learn something new every day!!
Although it's not a nats hair out...... It's a natty nats knacker out!!😃
Yes dots where used to form screeds to rule of, it is a fundamental of plastering that everyone should know and understand. Level a dot top and bottom at each end of a wall and line through of them. Then rule of the screeds that are running top and bottom. The same principle works on dry lining , British gypsum called it the gyproc system. And even supplied card dots.
That'd the one, they tried to claim an age old system
I'm a plasterer myself living in Ireland and I like this guy his funny 😁
Every day is a learning day! Good job 👍. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks! 🤠
Thanks 👍
Just watched your dot and dab video amongst others. I had a wall covered with plasterboard by one of the better plasterers in the area. He clearly just dabbed as the pipe boxing in running half way along the wall shows up as they are not equal on either side. Brilliant video.
Thanks for showing how to do it that way, wished I’d seen this before I dabbed half my house! Would have been much easier. But now. Know. Thanks again pal
Great video, you have a load of information in a very relaxed manner.
Would be good if you could cover how to set out corners etc, what do you do if the room is not perfectly square? Any advice appreciated.
I'm super impressed. I have a really old house, where the plastering and walls are miles away from being straight. I want to fit wainscoting but figure out how to get it flush and straight and now I know how I can do it. Just subbed too😄
Hands up I never knew this and was never taught this by the old boy I used to work with. You learn something new everyday, great video mate 💪🏼
Nice one Dan mate 👍👍
Kirk I just came across your channel and can't stop watching all your vids mate. Great to see your channel grow. You are really good at explaining things. I laboured for a plasterer so I know the work it takes. A very hard job. Respect from Scotland mate.👍
Great video, this is how we got taught to do it at college many many years ago, takes longer but creates a perfectly true wall. Reminds me of setting screeds up for wet plaster. 👍
Best on RUclips in my opinion, as you are mate!!!!
Basically this is plumb dot and screed but for dry-lining fella! If you want a quicker way, do it with a screw and raw plug 👍. Its easier to adjust and there is no setting times to deal with... Had to board a bathroom last years that was being tiled with massive tiles and plumber said it had to be mm perfect... Keep up the good content buddy 👍
That's it mate. I just Wanted to show people why its called DOT & DAB.
glad you enjoyed it mate
Awesome job, what a quality tradesman - nice to see in times of cowboys!
I have just done this exact method but with tile backer board for a large format tile, well worth the extra time 👌
Thoroughly enjoy watching a master of his craft , on a scale of 1-10 you get 11 from me
Yeah I understand this vid completely. I laboured for a cracking top class Plasterer and he too never dotted just dabbed using a massive long featheredge about say 3M.
After he finished he'd always say to me, go check the walls/board to see if the actually were level. I used to always say when watching him use the feather-edge that no way they were, so it was Him asking/telling me to go look for myself using any of the levels. Every time they were always bang-on level and it always amazed me. That would have been over thierty years ago now and he's gone now sadly. He was a brilliant fella, he plastered all the walls and ceilings in mine and my wife's house, would take ANY payment, just said it was his wedding present to us, he was pals with the wife's dad.
Every plasterer is top-class if you ask them pal,,, 😂😂😂
There not so top class with a bottle of there own piss (they left in the last room) in the next mix of skim...... from a top-class labourer
😂
@@PaulH-w2w Well this Plasterer of whom I am talking about DID what The Famous ' TONY-ROME' plasterers could NOT at Arnold Clark's House.
THEY Couldn't get all the very articulate ANGLES on the ceiling of his WELL-SIZED Summer Room which looked out onto his bowling-green. The person whom we warker for was contacted and asked if...... could do it....... and it was did to perfection.
I have watched your vids and do not get me wrong but the fella whom I laboured to WAS way better than anything which I have yet seen on youtube.
I'm old school retired now I used to dot staircases before I floated and skimmed, also Floors.very educational video.
This is not "probably the best" dot&dab video, the is the BEST video of dot & DAB for a beginner.
Which adhesive do you recommend? I'm going to try this method today as we have a very gnarly brick wall (chimney breast removal) and this method seems like the best for a 1st timer, so grateful you've shown this. I've read that some adhesives go off really quickly and I'm not very skilled so would like your advice on which is the best adhesive to use.
There was a time in the 70s where we used bitumen pads and double headed nails. And a foot lifter. Nice video
I am building my own house and this was very helpful.... Thank you.
My dad was exactly the same never use finishing trowel for dot N dab, a lot of plasterers use a gauging trowel, keep up the good work.
British Gypsum taught Dot and dab back in 81, they actualy had you tacking the boards to the fiber dots with nails to support the boards till dabs set. only ever used the method twice from then till now.
How did they teach it mate, on the bags or on TV? Sorry for my ignorance, I wasn't born until 86.
"He uses the vibrator to make holes in the board" haha that killed us 🤣 Tremendous video and knowledge as always 👌
Appreciate it James
Hi
Another good video years ago used little black pads and double headed nails. Tip tap edge of trowel on wall saves adhesive
Fantastic video, I always assumed the dot was something like this as it’s similar to dot and screed which I remember seeing years ago on site! Interestingly when I dab I take a 5minutes before I do the wall to chalk line the perimeter with a laser, that way you only have to worry about the middle and on long runs it makes the skimming look mustard when it comes to ceiling and skirts. The building game has Always been a fine line between faffing about on the prep work making the application easy.
Yes your spot on, and glad you enjoyed it. Just wanted to clear up why it's called DOT&dab
Great tips for those who didn't know good on ya 👍
I will and never have had a plastering trowel in my hands but i find your work fascinating and your attention to detail is incredible. Best of luck mate -😁
Wow! What expert knowledge.. I never knew that! Makes total sense.
Glad it was helpful!
This man is a DIY enthusiasts dream.... And that's all he is.
That wasn't very nice was it
@@Onthetrowel you've got an hours worth haven't you really, as in viewers time. What about floating a wall with hardwall maybe 10/15 sqm's and showing the viewers how to use a straight edge or even maybe sand/cement render. You could even show your skills maybe in floor screeds, just maybe a quick video of how you set it out.
@@Onthetrowel I apologise mate, I've watched a few videos and I've thought I've been abit harsh. I'm 46 years young and have been doing it all my life, done all the site work years ago and now it's domestic work, small builds, extentions etc. I think your OK and I'd would love to work with you one day, I think you could take something from me and vise versa. Respect for putting it out there and take care, ❤️
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Amazing that he knows what is best. That the people who give out information and who make plaster dont know how to instruct the public on how to do the job..
Glad I watched that, can’t believe I have never thought about marking metal back boxes like that then cutting from the back 😂 every days a school day. From now on a multi tool will be referred to as a vibrator
Joiner here. Have to confess I have never dot dabbed a wall in my life 😂 dabbed plenty. I’m sure this method will come in handy 1 day 👍👍
Ahhhh I remember seeing "dots" in a plastering book I have, but it relates to using dots for screeding sand and cement to walls! I never put 2 and 2 together about the "dot" in dot and dab.
Another amazing video Kirk. You really are prolific with bringing out these quality videos! Looking forward to sending you some much deserved beer money next week!
Still got a box of them somewhere along with the double headed nails.
I’m loving this what a fantastic resource for those wanting to learn cheers.
Your video were you did the old lady's window came up and I watched it and now I can't stop watching these videos I'm not even in the construction trade at all 😂
It's nice to have your support... thankyou 👍
Old School Great to see the old way's
It’s definitely good to know the actual meaning thank you . I’m a little bit confused why people just wouldn’t do a standard wet lineing or render / plaster right over the wall
Slower and more labour intensive.
Better job though
Thanks for the post. I've learned something new today. I'll give it a go next time , personally I tend to use more adhesive than you especially on the edges and skirting areas.👍
I’m not by any means a plasterer or DIY person OK, but mate that video was just amazing. Thanks once again 👍🏻 I have subscribed 👍🏻 best of luck 👍🏻
Dabbing trowel I used to use was a cheap tilers trowel with the 2 top corners cut off with a grinder,so when you flick a dab on the wall you can curl the top of your trowel towards yourself without the corner digging in the dab and scraping it off in the process.
Good video by the way!
Cheers Ro.
Have you seen any of the other videos mate?
@@Onthetrowel 2 or 3 others,just stumbled on your channel today👍
@Ro 81 oh spot on, welcome aboard mate. Keep in touch in the comments pal. Nice to have you with us
@@Onthetrowel 👍
Perfect, Perfect, Perfect!!!
Been plastering for 15 years and never knew about the dots technique...I'll just call it dabbing from now on. 😆
It's just been one of those things that's bugged me for years 🤣
You are correct about the lack of Dotting mind in today’s workplace! Lol!
Gud Job! 💪🏻👍🏻
Yes! Thank you!
It reminds of how they got their levels in my 1930's house.
Taking off all the old plaster I found nails in the wall at different depths just under the top skim, the house is poured clinker block, I realised what theyd done, I put a level on them and they were spot on level !
I wonder could you do the same putting plasterboards up ? As long as you didn't push the screw heads in to the board putting it up ?
Yes mate
Great video. I need to put some moisture resistant plasterboard up in my bathroom.
great video mate. Younger spreads are lucky to have someone like yourself share all these trade tips and secrets! keep them coming!
Glad you liked it and thankyou very much for saying that mate. Hope your subscribed
You learn something new every day.
Never knew that's what it meant.
Good video 👍
Nice one mate
Kirk love this channel . . Full of fresh thinking and correct methods . Good luck with that new camera but you've come this far already . The best of all plastering instruction videos I've come across .
Cheers Nomis. Appreciate it mate
Wow i just learnt the crash course of old school dotting and dabbing and it sticks in my memory, what a great informative and well explained video 👌🏻
Glad you enjoyed it mate. That's where the term comes from DOT and dab
@@Onthetrowel although it takes a lot longer like you say for a DIY person like me it's a great way to prep the wall and get a perfect flat surface. I know this might make you throw your trowel in disgust but because I don't know how to screed with plaster , would it be so offensive for me to use easy-fil to go over a small piece of plasterboard approximately 6 foot high by 4 wide as a makeshift plaster as it's easy for me to use?
If you gang on I'm going to be doing a video in the next few months for diyers on a new product that makes it super easy to plaster a wall yourself
@@Onthetrowel ok great I really look forward to that thanks.
Wow this is incredible info. I’m doing my house up and got a few walls to do. Have been worried about getting the boards level by just whacking it with the level, but this is a perfect system for a DIYer. Thanks so much.
Go for it! You know where I am if you need any help
Very well illustrated, on the dob and dab ,Great to see a proper job,
As the board has covered the wire going up from the plug socket but then goes across to the right is there any legal requirement to cover the wire in trunking or not,
A great way to learn that side of your trade without having anyone to teach you. Also brilliant for any areas of where you have to have a perfectly flat area kitchens bathrooms etc…. May be quicker if you used strips of 9mm board with 4 dabs behind each one making a strip the width of the board to push to
Excellent video, you know your stuff . The only thing I would do different would be margin your line off the door frame to ensure the reveals are the same width both sides.
Well presented and enjoyable video
Cheers mate. Years ago on site I used to cut all the reveals and heads first, wiz around and stick all them and then just work off flush with them for the walls. We had to stop though because window fitters couldn't put windows in straight. Especially when there was 2 windows on 1 wall 🙈
I actually had to show a "sticker" how to do this once on a wall that was all over the place, nice job👍
thanks!
Tremendous video yet again fella. 🤟🤟
Cheers bro 👊
Got you a couple of beers 👍 the vibrator story had me in stitches 😅 learnt a lot from some of these vids top bloke
Really appreciate that John, thank-you very much mate
My plaster ‘dabbed’ my garage wall over pebbledash. Within a year it was becoming loose. I had to drill tons of holes and pump expanding foam in to secure. Then had to redecorate. Not good.
Great channel by the way 👍🏼
Great video, used to do the old school way, just like that with my old man! Love the way you cut the board. Very clever!
Nice job mate
Great video, so informative and most importantly showing how to do the job properly. Keep up the great work 👏👏
That's fantastic I recently did similar but I was using foam fix and I didn't want the boards sinking too far back so I drilled holes in the brick fitted rawlplugs and screws the screw screw heads work as dots and can be adjusted in and out. I put a bit of mitre fix glue on the plastic plugs so they would not move👍
I have never seen this in my life. Awesome job! when you set them packers, I guess you set them, presumably the socket is 25 mm and the plaster board is 12.5mm. 12.5mm from the wall? And adjust if plaster board is thicker etc?
You are correct
Interesting technique. Seems to me you could do the same by driving screws into the wall to act as dots and levelling them to a string line or probably a laser these days. That would be quicker than waiting for dots to dry. Any reason that wouldn't work? Might have to blob a dab of adhesive over the screw so when the board is pushed on it forms a wider support there than just the screw head.
Risky . Might puncture the boards when tapping back . Many a times I've had a rogue nail or screw come through the board
How about hot glue?
Excellent my fellow Scouser Brilliant for DIYers like me 😂
More super stuff Kirk 👌👍👍👍
Cheers Richard, nice to hear from you again mate
great advice and job your work is top draw keep up the good work
Ok, this is brilliant.
Great video,thanks for the Naladge,am one of 90%
Not any more mate, thanks for the support 🙂😁
Brilliant video. Wish I did this when putting my boards up. Yes slower but my walls were out, especially chimney breast. I learned dots for floating a wall during night college plastering course, I never thought to do it for plasterboard. New subscriber here.
Nice to have you with us mate
Fab video. Complete beginner and been putting off the boarding stage for days and watching videos. Finally confident. But if you google what to use instead of packers ypu get some non diy stuff 😮😂
What comes up Anne?
I'm intrigued now...
LOVE it! Will definitely do it this way. Thanks so much!!
👍top video mate. Your a good story teller!
Glad you enjoyed it
the vibrator story gave me a good chuckle haha
for a plasterer this is the long way i check the level of a wall before i dab so if it is out i can use my dab to level off i don't smash at the boards once there on i tamp them nice n gentle i do mark window frames so my boards are all the same round windows saves time but i do board very similar to you picture framing the wall then doting the full wall your a good tradesman and i use a multi tool for my boxes its just so much easier
Quick tip
Put waterproofer in the additive to avoid damp patches appearing where the additive is put, I have had to go over other builders for this reason
Learnt something today, thank you 😊