One option is to cut out the damaged area and install a 3 8 thick sheet of blue board and plaster.
Old house plaster ceiling repair.
How to fix plaster ceilings.
Ask this old house general contractor tom silva helps a homeowner repair a.
That s why this old house general contractor tom silva usually reattaches lath with screws and metal washers before attempting a repair.
Recently though he tried big wally s plaster magic a homeowner friendly adhesive that uses glue instead of screws.
Besides the normal wear and tear of living plaster and lath ceilings are at the mercy of gravity and they can take only so many water leaks and structural movements before they pull away from the framing.
The brown coat is applied over wood lath strips that are nailed to the studs and spaced about inch apart to create keyways for the brown coat to grip.
Use trowel to spread joint compound onto ceiling covering the repaired area.
Plaster mixed with horsehair or goat hair was then forced onto the lathe forming a key that holds it to the lathe.
What old house owner doesn t have a cracking or sagging plaster ceiling in need of repair somewhere.
Here is a step by step guide to how to fix plaster ceilings in your old house.
Screw plaster washers to ceiling along and around cracked area.
By using modern materials and a traditional technique it is possible to repair plaster ceilings that are cracking and delaminating.
How to fix plaster ceilings.
The finish coat is applied after the brown coat has hardened.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair a plaster ceiling.
By using modern materials and a traditional technique it is possible to repair plaster ceilings that are cracking and delaminating.
Old plaster walls and ceilings are made from two layers of plaster.
When originally installed wood lathe was nailed to the ceiling joists.
Here is a step by step guide to how to fix plaster ceilings in your old house.
Steps for patching a plaster and lathe ceiling.
Be sure to drive screws into wood lath above.