What’s the best way to cut some discrete holes in an original plaster and lathe ceiling without damaging the surrounding plaster? A homeowner is installing air conditioning registers and is hoping to ...

Plaster applied to wood lath is pressed between the lath strips, spreading out a little when it goes through those gaps, creating a key; that is how the plaster is held in place.

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 ...

Plaster walls, though cracked, don't suffer from the same set of gravity-borne problems as do ceilings. Walls can be repaired, and the repairs should last a long while.

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.

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 ...

Most old-house owners are probably familiar with wood lath-horizontal boards nailed to the wood framing. When wet plaster is applied, it’s squeezed through these openings and hardened.

There are two kinds of cracks in old lath and plaster walls. Both can be repaired, but one is a much more serious problem. By Ronda Kaysen Q: Our Gramercy co-op was built in 1929. The thick ...

Norfolk County Council said all 60 schools checked for potentially unsafe ceilings were old buildings which were constructed using lath and plaster. The building method, which involved strips of ...