Designing the perfect ceiling is one of the most powerful ways to define the character of a living room. In this video, ...

Q. We just bought our first house, an American Foursquare, dated 1917. It has been vacant for several years and the interior is not in the best condition. We'd like to gut it to get rid of the ...

The lime will be more water-resistant if it has a slow cure.” Back where he’s from in Colorado, just about every interior plaster used in homes is cement-based stucco.

It is more likely, though, that you’ll encounter a space behind the plaster. If the space is an inch to an inch and a half deep before the bit hits masonry, the walls probably have wooden ...

Plaster also helps regulate interior humidity and temperature, creating a more comfortable environment. This is particularly beneficial in areas of the house with high humidity, such as in ...

Plaster, or some kind of hardened, smoothed surface material, has covered the interior walls and ceilings of our buildings ever since. It has also been used on the exterior to stucco buildings, ...

My plasterer always applied Silpro Weld-O-Bond Bonding Coat prior to plastering. The bonding coat is formulated for bonding interior gypsum mixes to interior plaster surfaces. Q.

We've found that interior plaster is generally 3/8 inch thick and applied over 3/8-inch wooden lath for a total thickness of 3/4 inches. Although using 1/2-inch drywall for the ceiling is ...