There are several different kinds of plastering. ‘Dot and dab’ refers to a base layer of plasterboard which is attached to a wall using ‘dabs’ of adhesive. ‘Floating’ is a technique where a backing or undercoat plaster is applied to walls. ‘Skimming’ or ‘reskimming’ refers to the very thin final decorative layer of plaster.
Brampton
Brampton (population 4,627) is a small market town, civil parish and selecting ward within the City of Carlisle district of Cumbria, England, regarding 9 miles (14 kilometres) east of Carlisle as well as 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Hadrian's Wall. Historically part of Cumberland, it is positioned off the A69 roadway which bypasses it. Brampton railway station, on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, is about a mile outside the town, near the hamlet of Milton. St Martin's Church is famous as the only church developed by the Pre-Raphaelite engineer Philip Webb, and also consists of among the most charming sets of discolored glass windows made by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, as well as carried out in the William Morris studio.