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.
Llanerchymedd
Llannerch-y-medd, is a little village, neighborhood and also message town on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. The Royal Mail postal code is LL71, and it has a population of 1,360, of whom greater than 60% is Welsh talking. The town is positioned near the centre of Anglesey close to the huge supply of water reservoir, Llyn Alaw, as well as is believed to have an ancient foundation. Llannerch means "a woodland clearing". The word medd in the name is Welsh for mead, which is made from honey, and the name may be associated with the manufacturing of honey for mead. The disused Anglesey Central Train runs through the town. Its station, opened in 1866, was closed in 1964 as part of the Beeching Axe, and its goods backyard is currently a parking area. There is currently a cafe and also tea rooms housed in a modern-day extension of the old structures. Simply to the northeast of the village is the hill called Pen y Foel which is 123m over water level; between 1951 and also 1956 this was the site of a VHF Fixer station, part of the RAF Western Sector, and was one of a number similar set websites taken care of by RAF Longley Lane near Preston in Lancashire. The website had an octagonal wood hut with a hand-steerable radio pole with two radio receivers of kind R1392D, transmitter and telephone line. This hut was shielded by a close bordering octagonal brick wall to give some bomb blast security which still exists. The terminal was utilized to permit each field to find RAF or allied aircraft and to aid pilots find landing strips in reduced cloud weather conditions. Also on capital was a rectangular block hut (now unroofed) also built by the RAF; this was a basic two-room hut with a rainwater collection tank. The website had three RAF cordless employees (two were generally working) that were billeted with a landlady in Llannerch-y-Medd and also connected to close-by RAF Valley. The site closed in around 1956 as the technology was replaced by improved systems. Capital Pen y Foel is likewise the basis for the name of the local Male Voice Choir Cor Meibion Y Foel which belongs to the National Association of Choirs. It has 43 members as well as practices in the village at Capel Ifan. Over the past years the Choir has supported neighborhood Eisteddfodau, competed in the Anglesey Eisteddfod, raised money for various charities and also has delighted audiences together, weddings as well as various other functions throughout North Wales.