Posts Tagged ‘Plaster’

The most common reasons for having to repair plaster are structure movement and just plain old and tired plaster. When repairing plaster you must remove any adjacent loose material. This means that you cannot firmly secure a patch that is adjacent to loose plaster. If your wall or ceiling has numerous cracks and buckles in it, it might not be salvageable. To test, lightly push on different areas, if you feel numerous gaps between plaster and the lath, this means that the plaster has separated from the lath and your whole wall should be replaced. If replacing a large section, I recommend using sheetrock and not plaster (see “Sheetrock”).  Read the rest of this entry »