what do you call it THEN!!!

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

I work nationwide and one thing that iv'e noticed , in diffrent parts of the country tools and stuff are given diffrent names for the same thing's
straight edge-----darby
lump hammer----------sledge what do you know!!!

[grumpygrouter]

I work nationwide and one thing that iv'e noticed , in diffrent parts of the country tools and stuff are given diffrent names for the same thing's
straight edge-----darby
lump hammer----------sledge what do you know!!!

I always thought they were two different things. Sledge hammer has a long handle and lump hammer (or club hammer??) has a short handle for use with 1 hand?

[peckers]

screwdriver-hammer

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

spanner!!-----------spanner

[Thespanishtiler]

our lass-----------the doris

[diamondtiling]

Loving terms for the ladies around the country/world


Stoke Duck
Scotland Hen
Tyneside Pet
Australia Shelia
Iraq Slave
Cheshire Love
Ireland Darlin
North East Oor Lass


any more??

[CJ]

Thingymebob

[Sean fsy]

Hammer=pursader.

[Dave]

Hammer= knocking stick

[enduro]

Paddy's motorbike- A Kango

[merlecollins]

Hammer - Credit Controller

[doug boardley]

I always call a spade a spade

[Rob Z]

screwdriver-hammer

My mechanic likes the joke I told him once:

To a mechanic all tools are hammers, except for chisels, which are screwdrivers.

[Rob Z]

I work nationwide and one thing that iv'e noticed , in diffrent parts of the country tools and stuff are given diffrent names for the same thing's
straight edge-----darby
lump hammer----------sledge what do you know!!!

Dave, I have always known a darby to be used for plastering and straightedges are used for tile work. The darbys I have seen are made of wood and shaped differently than a straightedge. Is it the same in the UK?

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

no rob most Darby's a aluminum now and straight edges/feather/edged, and we have box rule for screeding and the Darby's over here have two handles ,if this makes sense

[timeless john]

I suppose you could use a Darby as a straight edge.
A plasterer would use a Darby - which is angled alliminium with handles-to take off the excess plaster on large areas.
My straight edges are 50x20mm boxed alliminium from a double glazing firm - had them years - some are getting shorter

North -East wife is usually referred to as - Wor Lass.

Had a joiner friend and his wife who went on holiday abroad.
They met another English couple who they had drinks with for 4/5 days running.
On the 6th day the joiner was in the bar on his own and the new friends asked him where WALLACE was!

[mikethetile]

a wife is called the duchess of fife

duch for short

and no mine aint impressed when she gets called my old duchess

[Bolter]

shotgun - barclaycard (cause it gets you in anywhere)

[whitebeam]

A darby I don't treat as straight edge as such, more off a leveler for bonding or finish.

A straight edge for sand/cement and ruling off undercoat plaster

[A.J.B.E.G.B]

Notts / Derby

Misses - our girt!

Levels - Gary Neville, just because it rhyms!

[Colour Republic]

Thingymebob

Got a few of those myself

[merlecollins]

Tile adhesive has always been 'sticky' - although I know a lot of the lads here use 'addy'

[merlecollins]

Rubber mallet = 'Timmy'

Think I'm the only one daft enough to use this one though

When getting paid a 'Cheque' is referred to as a 'Gregory'

[Ajax123]

Plastering trowel - spread
Mortar - mud
screed - muck
Mud - Mud
got a darby but don't use it nowadays
lorry - wagon
duct tape - gaffa tape
Wife - the Missus
her usual reference to me - you're not having another surely......not sure of that one counts though
Quarry tiles - Setts or occasionally have heared them referred to as Shales

[Colour Republic]

Does anybody else call mortar 'pug' or is it just me?

[Ajax123]

Does anybody else call mortar 'pug' or is it just me?

Heard it called Pug before down in Cornwall but never heard the term anywhere else.....no idea whay Pug

[enduro]

Heard it called Pug before down in Cornwall but never heard the term anywhere else.....no idea whay Pug

We call it pug here in sussex.

[doug boardley]

we call it "Gobbo", don't know why tho?

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

compo
pug
the making's
wattle & daub

[A.J.B.E.G.B]

we call it "Gobbo", don't know why tho?

Gobbo in Derbyshire aswell!