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

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 ...

About to buy a 1907 house with very old wall coverings and the expected shallow cracks. If I have someone carefully fix the cracks and flaking plaster is there any chance that my 22mo son will be in ...

The lath is horizontal 3/8 -inch wood strips with a space between them to allow the plasterer to force plaster through the gaps and form keys. These keys hold the wall in place.

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.

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 ...

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.