Reviewed by Kelly BaconReviewed by Kelly Bacon Lath and plaster walls grace many traditional homes. Thick, substantial, and great at soundproofing, walls constructed out of lath and plaster are ...

You're on the right track when you ask if you can simply reglue the detached plaster. To understand how, it helps to understand the guts of lath-and-plaster walls.

Before drywall existed, walls were constructed with a time-consuming process referred to as lath and plaster. This usually involved nailing up many thin strips of wood to the wooden structure of a ...

Note that this is a tool-only deal, so you’ll need a DeWalt 20-volt battery set to use it.

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.

Living With Plaster Walls Whether you view plaster in an old house as a blessing or a curse, like original floors, windows or architectural millwork, it’s a valuable part of the fabric of an old home ...

I tested the stud finders on a variety of mediums including new construction drywall, thicker ceiling drywall, paneling over drywall, OSB, MDF, and lath and plaster walls. The review for each stud ...

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 ...

“We had the original lath and plaster wall construction. We had peeling paint everywhere. Every room was lit with hardware store lighting.” ...

Creating a water feature in your yard used to be difficult back in the day when lath and plaster or concrete were used for construction.

IN reply to Mr. Thomas D. Cope's letter in NATURE of January 21, it may be stated that he is correct in supposing that the best explanation of the streaks on the plaster he refers to is that they ...