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What to use as a wall filler?
So I posted a few weeks ago here (Curtain rod ripped off wall). The issue was that the mortar or whatever was behind the plaster, was crumbling,thus making my curtain pole drop.
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Wall Feels Solid-- Can't Hang Art
So, I've been trying to hang some canvas art for a bit, but my border wall (bordering another apartment) feels solid and I can't get more than a little over 1cm deep with a Monkey Hook. Initially I ...
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Sealing opening from removed ductwork
I have a 1956 house near Los Angeles.
We replaced the whole HVAC system 6 years ago, including ductwork. The contractor removed all the old ducts, but we still have all the old wall registers. They ...
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How should I prepare the surface of my walls after removing wallpaper?
I am remodeling the bathroom in my 1961 house. I have gyprock lath walls that were covered with wallpaper that had been painted over.
Upon removing the wallpaper there were patches of smooth paint/...
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Do I need to skim coat old plaster walls?
Potentially very dumb series of questions as I haven’t personally taken on many home improvement projects. We recently moved in to a new place. It’s a rental but a long term one and it was a bit of a ...
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Will dehumidifier damage old painted plaster?
I found a window leak during the rain, which ended up wetting a plaster wall near the window. During the rain, a 2 in by 6 in spot of paint lightly bubbled, the bubbles went away shortly after. Now, a ...
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Repair/restoration of plaster cracking in front of chimney?
I'm repainting the interior of my 1942 brick house (N. Florida). The walls are plaster, and repainting was going fine until I got to the section in front of the chimney. After removing artwork from ...
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What is this dark material behind kitchen plaster exterior wall?
While renovating our kitchen the electricians opened part of the exterior wall. It is a plaster wall with metal wire lath in a 1920s-built home, but I can't identify this darker material behind the ...
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Curtain rod ripped off wall
My curtain rod got ripped off the wall.
I'm not a diy person so not sure what is behind the plaster but I guess thats what needs to be sorted.
It's not a drywall as there is no cavity behind it. The ...
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What is this wall bulge?
I would love to identify what this bulge is on an interior staircase wall (leading to exterior, on ground level)
Is it a cause for concern or just shoddy workmanship?
Thank you!
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Mist coat for plaster patched extensively with joint compound?
We recently had to strip all paint (down to original plaster) from the main hall of our 1920s home after discovering that the paint was peeling off very easily. Since we had the opportunity I went ...
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Are these old plaster walls repairable?
Previous home owner had installed a tile backsplash over countertop, along with installing tile along the entirety of the lower half of a wall that was made from plaster lath.
When removing the tile, ...
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Is this drywall mud peeling under the paint?
I just bought my first house, and before moving in I’ve been doing a little bit of small-scale DIY stuff. I just removed an awkwardly-placed walk in closet in the primary bedroom, and the paint on ...
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Can I apply mortar over a bumpy, gritty texture plaster wall?
The house I live in is quite old and the renovations made ~ 15 years ago by the previous owners are of extremely(!) poor quality. It's like the people who plastered it did it with their toes. In some ...
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How can I flatten heavy wall texture for wallpaper?
I'm trying to prepare a wall for wallpaper, so I want it to be as flat as possible. It started out as quite uneven, but with multiple passes of plaster and sanding it's gotten much better - however ...
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How to get old plasterboard wall ready for paint
there was multiple layers of painted wallpaper in a bedroom.
I've removed all the wallpaper and sanded the walls a small amount to get rid of residue and flaky plasterboard.
The plasterboard paper is ...
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How to repair a hole in a plaster (veneer) wall with possible gypsum?
There’s a hole in our wall. I thought it was plaster with lath originally, but when looking inside it seems to be a different material. It looks like drywall material with cardboard. The house is old ...
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How to prep 90 yr old plaster for new paint?
I’ve just peeled old wallpaper off 90 year old plaster walls. The plaster is in good shape with some vertical cracks where a two walls meet (in each corner). I’d like to patch the cracks and paint.
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How to protect natural plaster in a very old house, in the bathroom
I am finishing the last of the renovations on our house. It is an extremely old property that had not received much love for many years. My father-in-law renovated the bathroom but it has been a ...
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Is it mold underneath my plaster wall?
I wanted to remove wallpaper from older home with horsehair plaster. I started feeling to see what’s underneath. It looks like specks but not sure what it is. Picture attached. Thanks!!
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Fix bonding between plaster and layer behind it
I want to put some tiles on the wall behind the stove. The wall has plaster and is currently painted with a water-repelling paint. My idea is to sand off the paint and tile onto the plaster.
Now, I ...
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Please help identify plaster wall texture pattern/technique
I’m hoping to get some advice on how to match a plaster wall texture in a home built in the 1930s. I thought it was a “slap brush” or “crow’s foot” texture, but my attempts to replicate it end up ...
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How to prepare a non-flush door lining for re-skimming without replacing it
We are having a room in our house re-skimmed in a couple of weeks, and I've recently removed the old architrave around the bedroom door due to its poor condition.
After removing the architrave, I ...
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Do I need to worry about water damage along walls?
We had a contractor come over and do some demolition in our bathroom because we're going to convert our tub into a stand-up shower. When using the saw to cut through some material, his apprentice ...
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Can I attach a vapor barrier directly to plaster, then install cedar tongue & groove?
I have a 1900 house that's never been insulated, and I'm putting in a new bathroom and kitchen. I plan to blow in cellulose insulation in most of the house walls.
In the bathroom, I have a small space ...
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Is this cracking normal when replastering over a brick wall?
My apartment was built in 1910 and has plaster walls throughout. The wall that separates my unit with that of the neighbor has plaster over brick.
After 100 years the plaster started separating from ...
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Why is there sand on top of my plaster ceiling?
While taking out some plaster on metal lathe ceiling in my basement, I am finding a loose layer of sand sitting on top in places. Why is it there and how did it get there? The room above is the ...
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Can I plaster over this?
I found these "boards" under the wallpaper. They feel different from drywall, smooth and cold to the touch, kinda like a tile or ceramic of some sort. What are they? Can I plaster over them ...
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What is the fiber in gold bond extra fibered gypsum cement plaster?
I have a house that was built in the 50s. In the process of taking apart the metal lathe plaster ceiling in the basement, I found some empty paper bags that labeled "Gold Bond Extra Fibered ...
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Repairing damaged brickwork before plastering
We’ve recently had a plastered internal wall hacked off after an ongoing damp problem. The source of the damp has been rectified and external repairs are complete, but we now have to have the inside ...
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Cutting plumbing access panel near/over an outlet?
I need to cut an access panel on the wall for plumber to replace bathroom drain pipes. The cutting doesn't worry me and I've done all the measurements. My bathroom has tile walls so I have to cut the ...
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What is this wall covering in our 1908 USA house?
We are working on a house built in 1908 in the USA and have found what a local old-timer called “deadening felt” attached to the walls and ceilings, which are shiplap. The internet returns no images ...
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Options for bathroom remodel (1920s)
We're currently tearing out our main bathroom in this 1920s house we recently purchased. We've never done any big remodel like this but we're avid diyers. Here's a gallery https://i.stack.imgur.com/...
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How to remove plaster or really old hard caulk (can't tell) from bathtub?
My house was built in 1970 or 1971 (I've seen both years, can't remember which one is correct), and the bathtub and the bathtub walls are original to the house. The caulking has been coming off, so I ...
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How to fix ripped drywall before repaint
In removing a layer of painted wallpaper I managed to rip through the paint layer beneath and exposed some drywall as per photos. There’s also quite a lot of screw and nail holes which have have some ...
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Dry lined walls crumbling when trying to put a nail into the wall
Whenever I paint my walls the paint underneath peels off--like wallpaper, but it was only paint. I’ve now tried to attach things to the walls and then I do the wall crumbles away down to the brick. I ...
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Wires from wall lights been plastered over [duplicate]
My husband took some wall lights off the wall today and has basically plastered straight over the wires (they have not been turned off)
Is this dangerous? He didn't tape the ends of the wires or ...
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Do I need anchors to hang a shelf from a plaster wall if some holes align with a stud?
I have a plaster wall and I'm looking to hang a floating shelf from it (no brackets). I have located the studs; most are 16 inches apart, and one is 13.5 inches from its neighbor. The shelf has three ...
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How to hide cracks on the joints between wood and plaster?
I have a plastered brick wall, that ends with a wooden piece that's finished like the plastered wall. However, there is always a crack at the edge between the wood and the plastered wall.
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How to make a small patch to a plaster ceiling?
Earlier this year, we had some electricians do some work on the house, and when they did, they installed a new ceiling light fixture (including a new box). Unfortunately, they left a hole in the ...
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How do I fill the gap between paneling and coving?
I've put up some coving before I did some paneling on one wall.
The paneling is level as I used a laser level however the coving was stuck to the wall & ceiling without a level.
The gap between ...
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Running new electrical when plaster ceiling has drywall furred over with 2x4s
I'm installing a ceiling fan into a living room with no overhead lights. (1921 house in Minneapolis). The ceiling in the adjacent room is accessible thru a (ridiculous) drop ceiling installed where ...
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Should I prime old exposed plaster before repairing it?
Paint peeled in a few areas I'm assuming from bad prep many years back, and no primer. Should I go ahead and sand/prime these areas before mudding and repairing? The exposed plaster is super slick and ...
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How to cover rawl plugs in plasterboard? [duplicate]
I am not at all versed with DIY but am assuming these are rawlplugs on plasterboard?
The brick is very crumbly so I am worried about removing the plugs.
I cant really afford to hire a plasterer and am ...
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How do I safely cut holes into an old plaster wall that likely contains asbestos?
I have a 1950 1.5 storey home with textured plaster walls, I understand the texturing was usually done with asbestos. The bottom layer of paint contains some lead as well; lab tests on my paint ...
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Water Leak, Plaster Wall
thanks in advance for your thoughts.
I recently purchased a 1920s house that suffered water damage to a third floor (attic conversion) bedroom. The slate roof has been repaired--the chimney is on the ...
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What kind of paint primer can be sanded without peeling off [closed]
What kind of primer (paint) can be sanded after it is dry?
I painted a large object made from plaster of paris. I used latex-based primer. There were some lumps and bumps the day after the primer ...
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Fixing skirting boards to wall with significant gap in between
We have had a wall re-plastered, due to a damp issue caused by rubble in an old fireplace and plaster bridging the concrete floor and the wall.
The plasterer has left a gap between the floor and the ...
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Pool plaster strengthening additive which reduces cracks
Does anyone know of an additive to add into pool plaster when it's being mixed to help reduce the chance of fine cracks later on? Perhaps some sort of bonding agent or polymer? I couldn't seem to ...
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How to paint over raw base plaster correctly
I moved to an old house south of Germany. For various reasons (mold, ugly looking, etc.) want to paint the walls from scratch by scrapping all the wallpaper and paint. I started from one room, I ...
