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.
Kirkby Stephen
Kirkby Stephen is a civil parish and little market community in Cumbria, in North West England. Historically it belonged to Westmorland. The community lies on the A685, surrounded by sparsely inhabited hillside country, as well as about 25 miles (40 kilometres) from the closest larger communities, Kendal and Penrith. The River Eden rises 6 miles (9.7 kilometres) in the peat bogs below Hugh Seat and also goes by the eastern side of the town, almost unnoticed. Kirkby Stephen has a parish council and is a centre for surrounding smaller sized villages as well as churches, consisting of Nateby, Ravenstonedale and Mallerstang. A community and also council centre in the collection supplies details as well as services for all the regional councils (region, area as well as church). An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward extends south to Aisgill with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 2,580.