Lath and Plaster Repair!

I love this channel! I have an old house and needed to know how to join old and new. I understand why you didn't rip it out. But is this was your own house would you have taken the wall down or would you still think it's better to repair. Just trying to apply it to my older home. Thanks so much.

Oh no

Thank you. I needed to repair a damaged wall in an apartment unit

This video is a life saver my home is 120 years old and all lath and plaster. There are some cracks in the plaster and I was told countless times it would have to all be ripped out and dry walled. This method worked out amazing! Thank you soo much!

Great analogy, thank you

The L and P in California has wire and wood, AND an inch of solid plaster. It's wicked!

Thank you for your videos! We had largish holes in our lath and plaster ceilings caused by workers reinforcing our attic joists and accidentally stepping through in a few spots. Our contractors patched the ceilings and in some cases put drywall over the larger holes, including adhering with liquid nails. They then put mud on top to complete the patches. We ran out of money and can’t afford to pay them to paint! Can anyone recommend what kind of primer is best for going on top of plaster mud before we paint?

Why would anyone opt to repair historic plaster with drywall fill??? Awful choice!

Proper plaster repair is sooo easy - even you could easily learn how to do it properly despite "not being a plasterer". 🙄

How do you take care of your tools?

One thing that I haven't seen you do but I always do is whenever I tear off crumbly plaster, I always make sure that the edges have been glued back to the lath. Basically just drill holes, spray in some watered down PVA, then jam in a mastic gun and squeeze in some construction adhesive, then use a screw and washer to squeeze it down. Once it has gone off that plaster is rock solid to the laths and will hold better to whatever you fill with.

I've done this method with cracks that I've only repaired with filler (no tape at all) and you can bounce yourself off the wall and it stays rock solid.

Hello! I love your videos! I find myself watching them in early am as I mentally prepare myself to start doing this same work in my first home. Have you come across any warped walls? I have a wall in my office/man cave that has huge dip in the middle - most liked caused by the window installation and poor framing/finishing. Do you have any advice or video suggestions on how to tackle the problem?

So helpful! Just bought a 20s house chunks are missing. I panicked but now I think I got this. Thanks!

I had the same problem with the old house cracks everywhere plaster falling off. I asked the owner it’s just going to put quarter inch sheet rock around the whole room and it worked out perfect.

Would have liked to see what mud you used. What is hot mud? Is it cement or or USG sheetrock plus 3 joint compound?

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I've got a badly cracked plaster wall. I was going to just demo and drywall, but this video is the first one that gave me hope I might be able to salvage it.

I love how this series of videos almost, but not quite, capture the EXACT OPPOSITE of what I look like doing drywall repair. Thanks for sharing.

So elephant question in the room.
How long is this gonna last, and what happens when damaged plaster starts pulling away from the lathe?

I love your channel ❤

Didn't know FibaFuse came in huge widths like that! Awesome! I have a weird architectural feature that sees drywall butting up against MDF, and it seems that no matter how much I fill and sand, fill and sand, it will not get flat. It's edge-lit from above, so the tiniest little inconsistency stands out. It needs to be level-5 flat, and I just don't have the skills for that with mud alone.

Thank you so much. I am contemplating restoring and staying in my grandmother's house in the future and you just made it seem a lot easier. Fix the plaster versus ripping it all down