Any special materials? — Aaron Weineth, Wakefield, Mass. A: You simply ran into a bit of bad luck. Horsehair plaster is usually on wood lath, narrow strips of wood applied horizontally on the ...

Use patching plaster to fill it. Patching plaster is the same material used as the finish coat on a lath and plaster wall. It's sold in powder form and dries very quickly and hard. It sands easily ...

FOR some time past I have been observing the streaks which occur upon lath-and-plaster walls. I have made a survey of the literature and find no adequate treatment of the phenomenon. For that ...

Norfolk County Council say a further 37 schools have been highlighted as having lath and plaster ceilings, which pose a danger if damaged. The authority said the material alone was "not a cause ...