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scottie5 · Nov 28, 2015

scottie5 · Nov 28, 2015

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

uni-king · Nov 28, 2015

Southern fairy's..

Jgreenplastering · Nov 28, 2015

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

uni-king · Nov 28, 2015

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

Sounds rough as fck

Nicm · Nov 28, 2015

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

The yanks call it board hanging!.

Nicm · Nov 28, 2015

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 · Nov 28, 2015

Nicm said:
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 · Nov 28, 2015

Jgreenplastering said:
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 · Nov 28, 2015

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

BigK · Nov 28, 2015

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

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Vincey · Nov 28, 2015

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

uni-king · Nov 28, 2015

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

uni-king · Nov 28, 2015

theplasterman said:
We call it dat and dob
And it's hawk and trowel

Dobby and dabby we call it

Vincey · Nov 28, 2015

Kitchy said:
Dobby and dabby we call it

No ..datting and dobbing

scottie5 · Nov 28, 2015

Its dibbing and dobbing and its still a hawk.

Danny · Nov 29, 2015

GrantyBoy said:
Slabbing?

Plasterboard is known as slabs in Ireland

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Nicm · Nov 29, 2015

Danny said:
Plasterboard is known as slabs in Ireland

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Thanks Danny.

GrantyBoy · Nov 29, 2015

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

uni-king · Nov 29, 2015

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

Boarding

theclemo · Nov 29, 2015

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

Slabbing

jamesthefirst · Nov 29, 2015

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 · Dec 11, 2015

Slabbing

Richo28 · Dec 11, 2015

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

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