Again, gutting a house of its plaster and lath is a last, last resort. Saving the original material should be your first priority.

Check out this mini guide as to how you can minimize damage by caring for your plaster walls from the start. 1. Know how to recognize damage Plaster is placed on top of wood strips called lath.

Your walls were constructed by nailing wood lath over the wall studs leaving a 1/4-to- 3/8 -inch gap between each piece of lath. Then, three coats of plaster were applied to the lath.

The plaster in your house, because of its age, is probably the older "horsehair" type material. It was applied, usually in two or three coats, over wood lath (strips of wood approximately 1/4 inch ...

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 ...

If Empire Lath and Plaster’s second 50 years in business is anything like its first, the future is paved with plenty of hard work and a fair helping of success.

Take those cracked plaster and lath walls, for example. Rather than resort to the time-honored method of tearing out all the old plaster and putting up smooth new Sheetrock, after researching my ...

I took down some plaster and lath and now have 4 bags of just individual lath wood strips, no plaster on them. Any use for it? Anyone want it? My Dad has been taking it to use as firewood, but he has ...

Is Plaster and Lath a Fire Hazard We are considering buying an old townhouse, which contains contains plaster and lath walls throughout. Is this a fire hazard if it is in good condition? If so, are ...

Horsehair plaster is usually on wood lath, narrow strips of wood applied horizontally on the studs, and when you put in the anchor, you hit an area between the lath.