Dot Dab Plaster wall - 35mm box? Plasterer at odds with electrician

[Baddegg]

Dot and dab is a quick way to refurb old buildings whose render coat has lost adhesion...used a lot down here on old terrace buildings...never gonna be 35 mm though, cost alone would prevent it, done properly it would finish as per the original inch ish 25 mm render and plaster finish,personally I’d put 35 mm boxes in but sometimes as per the op there’s a tight window.....but don’t forget depending on age of building, you may not even get the 25 mm you need in some areas!

 

[Mike Johnson]

Dot and dab or any type of finish should not be used on top of blown render, it should all be hacked off and then you can hard plaster.

 

[Baddegg]

Dot and dab or any type of finish should not be used on top of blown render, it should all be hacked off and then you can hard plaster.

I assumed that was a given ?

 

[Ian1981]

You don't dot and dap on ceilings, I thought that would be understood and did not need explaining, perhaps you are too young to remember the traditional way of constructing domestic buildings.

Ha I miss read your post , you said plasterboard only.

 

[pirate]

If a kitchen fitter can't trim down a unit to fit the space he's not a "fitter" at all. They are adept at putting in "filler" boards to make up a gap of a few inches, and clearly prefer to do that rather than trim a larger unit to fit.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Well everyone else miss reads the post's so why not you as well, we seem to need the minutiae in all explanations or someone will come back with a question that should be a given.

 

[telectrix]

You don't dot and dap on ceilings, I thought that would be understood and did not need explaining, perhaps you are too young to remember the traditional way of constructing domestic buildings.

you mean lath and plaster with half a horse's hair in the plaster, or straw walls?

 

[Zerax]

You don't dot and dap on ceilings, I thought that would be understood and did not need explaining, perhaps you are too young to remember the traditional way of constructing domestic buildings.

I'm too young too Mike... like this you mean ?

 

[UNG]

Call me old fashioned, but IMO plasterboard should only be used on ceilings, dot and dab was invented to speed up construction no other reason, any muppet can do it, very little skill involved, with hard plaster, cupboards and fittings can be fitted directly to the wall no need for noggins, but it does need skill which seems to be lacking in the building trade these days.

Dot and dab was introduced in an attempt to increase the insulation value of walls.
For a decent plasterer dot and dab is no quicker than bond and skim

If a kitchen fitter can't trim down a unit to fit the space he's not a "fitter" at all. They are adept at putting in "filler" boards to make up a gap of a few inches, and clearly prefer to do that rather than trim a larger unit to fit.

Trimming a cupboard is the easy bit it's trimming the doors that generally causes the problems
Although I do know a couple of companies that will build kitchen cupboards and doors to customer sizes which does solve a lot of space problems

 

[nicebutdim]

Trimming a cupboard is the easy bit it's trimming the doors that generally causes the problems
Although I do know a couple of companies that will build kitchen cupboards and doors to customer sizes which does solve a lot of space problems

In most instances it would be more expensive to resize doors (if at all possible), than to dump them and fit new. Regardless, someone would have to pay for any modifcations and it would be a rather extreme solution to the problem of the spark not wanting to chase 35mm boxes.