Questions tagged [plaster]
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Plaster Walls Cracking above air vents
My house was built in the 1950's and have plaster walls. I am in the process of repainting and have noticed that the plaster above the baseboard air vents has cracked above almost every vent in the ...
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Re-do paint over plaster in bathroom: How to feather/match?
I want to understand what went wrong, and how to repair it:
This bathroom in a loft was done in 2012. The plasterwork is really good --- smooth and shiny; but the last year or so the paint (Dulux ...
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How can I make lime plaster more resistant to vibration?
I have a tiny house that I've just put some drywall up in. I am partial to the look and feel of Venetian/lime plaster, but since the house will move periodically I want to be sure it won't crack too ...
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Attaching drywall to cracked/sagging plaster ceiling?
I have a plaster & lath ceiling in a bedroom that is in need of repair - it's intact for the most part, but it's pretty unsightly. Since the entire ceiling is full of cracks, I'd rather simply ...
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How to sand plaster corner using oscillating tool?
I'm fitting a blackout blind and the width of the opening of the window recess at the top narrows over at the the final 4 cm or so (1.6") by a maximum of perhaps 2.5 mm (1/10 th of an inch). The ...
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How should I fill channels left in old plaster after dado rail removal?
I just purchased a condo in the Boston area. The house has been built early 1900s.
I'm removing dado (chair) rails in the dining room that don't look great and are just dust collector at this point.
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Repairing finish on basement block foundation wall
I have a room in a partially finished basement which was done by the previous homeowner which is needing repair to the walls. The house is old (1925), and the foundation is concrete block. The room in ...
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Fiberous Material White Material below Plaster - Asbestos?
I am stripping off wallpaper from an old Scottish building. Some of the walls have damage, and some of the plaster has a white hairlike fiberous material below. I found this before it was in a whitey ...
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How to get this finish on a ceiling?
The ceiling in this image is very typical of houses built in the 90s in the UK. Wondering if this type of finish is still available and what it would be called? I'm guessing its a kind of wallpaper ...
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Repairing crack in interior block wall
I have begun making cosmetic repairs to the interior of my home which was built in the 50s. I've got brick veneer on the outside, cinder block inside and then a layer of either chicken wire plaster or ...
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How do I fix these gaps where the socket plates don't cover?
Recently had this room plastered, then painted, and stupidly I only took the front off of the sockets instead of removing the full front socket.
This has caused a bit of an issue as the facings now ...
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What is the best way to fix broken OLD plaster in a very old house? [closed]
I've recently bought a house which was built in the 1900s. The entire plaster walls are covered with wallpapers. First time home buyer mistake, our first project is to remove the wallpaper and paint ...
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paint failing on plaster
The paint in our kitchen is failing. The walls are plaster. Initially we thought the paint failed because the plaster cracked and was shifting. We repaired the plaster, scraped all lose paint, ...
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What is the role of re-enforcing mesh in plastering, when is it required, and which mesh types are prefered?
What is the role of re-enforcing mesh in plastering?
Keep in mind, I'm not talking about the lathe, which is shown in this image.
I'm talking about the mesh, shown in this image.
When is a re-...
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Will unpainted plaster become water damaged?
We have had our bathroom done recently and the builders plastered one of the walls, then fitted the sink and toilet.
I am now going to paint the walls myself, but I'm concerned about the plaster ...
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Is the fibrous material in this plaster coving asbestos?
Started to remove some coving border under the main coving. Seems to have this yellow fibre mixed in with what I think is plaster.
Anyone know what it is? Is it safe to remove? Worried it could be ...
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How to remove old pancake junction box (metal brace, lathe and plaster cieling)
I'm trying to upgrade my ceiling electrical boxes for ceiling fans. The house is from 1935 and lord knows when the electrical work is from, but it's old.
Got up in the attic to get the old box out ...
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How to keep Structolite from cracking as it dries
I have a house that was built in 1901 and needs a lot of plaster work. I've tried both Structolite and Gypsolite as a base coat over bare brick. Both of them crack as they dry, less than an hour after ...
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Plaster and Wire Mesh - dating?
My home dates to the 1890s. It has clearly been through many renovations over the years before I owned it. The walls in my living room have defied all stud finders: normal ones find nothing, magnetic ...
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Options to cover imperfection on metal door around new lock
I'd like to ask for suggestions of materials.
I have a metal door, painted in white. A bigger lock (jimmy-proof lock) was replaced with a smaller lock (regular deadbolt) but ended up leaving several ...
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Plaster identification and screw recommendation
I need to fasten standard 15mm water pipes to a division wall in my house (built in UK in the 1970's). Some clips are already in place, but I need to add more (I am talking about clips like this: ...
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Crack between brick backed plaster and plasterboard backed plaster
I have a room where there is a large crack running from floor to ceiling along one of the walls. To the left of the crack it sounds solid and appears to be plastered onto the side of the chimney, to ...
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Hanging a 32 inch TV without snap toggle on plaster
I'm looking to hang my tv on a bedroom wall however there is only one stud on that wall. I tried using a snap toggle but behind the plaster, there's concrete that won't allow the snap toggle to fit. ...
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Mounting something to stud-less plaster exterior wall
I have a wood cabinet that I am redoing (painting and changing door hardware and removed interior shelving) to use as a TV enclosure in my family room. The house was built in 1940 and has plaster ...
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How to repair hole in plaster ceiling
I had to remove a section of plaster and wooden lath from my living room ceiling the size of about 48x48 because of a leak.Would replacing it with drywall be the best option and what would be the best ...
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can drywall be apply over plaster
have fake stone on the out side of house and some how it seek through the wall and the plaster in side and got wet along wit the card board likr material. can you put drywall over plaster what do you ...
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Should blueboard overlap at outside corners or stop flush with framing?
When hanging blue board for veneer plaster, should the board overlap on outside corners like normal drywall or should they end on the edge of the studs and the corner will be filled in with veneer (...
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Is this asbestos plaster?
I live in a 1970s apartment block in Melbourne, Australia. It’s been fully renovated since then (I’d say around 15-20 years ago), but I know not all asbestos products were removed - we still have old ...
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Find joists in plaster ceiling
My plaster ceiling is cracking and the advice I’ve gotten is to cover it with dry wall. The issue I’m having is how to locate the joists in the ceiling. Is there an easy way to do this to make sure ...
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Fix plaster behind skirting board
I'm renovating an old house circa 1893, and I have a problem with blown plaster behind a skirting board.
I'd like to leave the skirting board undamaged as its an origin feature, but how can I repair ...
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I need to know how to fix this plaster corner
This is in my dining room. The crack extends to the ceiling.
Can someone advise me on how to repair it?
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Is the fibrous material on the back of this wallboard asbestos?
Hi all. Just smashed this through. Is it asbestos? House is UK built 1982.
Please help. I'm having huge anxiety about this.
Thank you
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Identify this plaster cornice coving from the UK
I am in the UK and need to replace some coving, and am not sure how to track it down. It's probably 20 years old now, but I'm not sure if it's a generic size?
Thanks!
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Can we plaster our ceiling without removing the crown molding
We have removed popcorn from the ceiling and it now needs to be plastered. The crown molding in place is in perfect condition and we would like to leave it. Will it be possible to plaster the ceiling ...
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Filling gaps between staircase and plaster wall
I purchased a home that was a two family converted to single. Brick veneer on the outside and block inside. I have been assured by two structural engineers that I have no foundational issues. I have a ...
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Repairing water damage to plaster over concrete block
We had a leak in our attic and have water damage on our ceiling (plaster on lathe) and exterior wall (plaster on concrete block). Because of our stupidity, we know that the leak consisted of exactly 1/...
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How to patch small anchor holes in plaster wall and potentially reinstall anchors?
We had a hook next to the one that you see in the picture. There was a towel on the hook and someone grabbed the towel and hung all of their weight on it and basically the anchors pulled out of the ...
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Repair Leaking Roof/Chimney In Winter
I live in an 100 year old house in Michigan. I have suspicions that the flashing around my chimney is leaking as the plaster in the ceiling directly below the chimney & roof point is getting soft ...
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Flaking in kitchen ceiling - will plaster patch work?
Need some advice. We acquired an older property a few years back that had a kitchen ceiling with water damage from the past, just past a foot wide. (Culprit was apparently a lack of/damaged caulking ...
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What's the difference in 'rollable' and 'normal' basecoat?
We got our interior walls and ceilings plastered. Before painting the walls, we've been advised to use a primer / base coat ("voorstrijk" in Dutch) to seal the walls and reduce the absorption of ...
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Repair Deep Plaster Damage on Outside Corner
Looking for advice on how to repair this large and deep damage to an outside corner on an old wall. Materials are plaster over rock lath, for what it's worth. You can see the rock lath through the ...
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Taping drywall of different thickness
I am patching some plaster with some drywall and have shimmed out the drywall. The issue is that the plaster isn't a consistent thickness. Some spots it's flush and others its off by 1/8". What's the ...
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Fill large gap in plaster with no lath
An electrician recently replaced the electrical panel in my apartment and left an inch-wide gap in the plaster along one side of the box. Unfortunately, they had to cut through the lath, so there is ...
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Wall opening - drywall corners
Our kitchen has an opening that used to have a bulky wood frame/shelves. We have removed that and now evaluating how best to repair the wall so it could be evenly painted and are thinking of adding a ...
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What went wrong with this wall, and how do we fix it?
My friend's condo was built in 1960 and renovated before she bought it, in 2010 or so. Not long after she moved in, a chunk of plaster on the kitchen ceiling fell off, then a little later the same ...
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Applying stopping compound on plywood
I'm in the process of building the storage area under the stair case. Since I'm already having 15 sheets of 18mm full size plywood each 4'×8' in size, I'm framing the entire project using only this ...
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Is this plaster over gypsum wallboard?
In a Philadelphia-area house built in the early 1950s: I cut out a piece of wall to fit an old work box. The piece I removed is shown below. The original walls were finished in plaster, but I can't ...
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Can I mount wall 75 inches (50kg) tv on plasterboard? [duplicate]
I am going to mount a TV to a wall in my living wall.
The only problem I have is the TV weighs about 50kg and I am little bit afraid of hanging this amount of weight on pure plasterboard.
Is it safe ...
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Hanging artwork on plastered brick?
I’m wanting to hang a couple things on my wall (small mirror, picture, light wall hanging etc) but the walls are brick, covered in plaster and paint so i cannot use 3M hooks - pulls the paint off, and ...
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New plaster over top of exposed horsehair plaster in Bathroom
I've taken wainscoting off of my bathroom wall that seems to have been around since the house was built (1900). Under one of the walls is an exposed horsehair plaster that was done right up against ...
