Q Am I right that when sections of plaster break away from the lath, an accepted repair technique is to roughly fill in those gaps with drywall and then drywall over the whole wall or ceiling? — M.H., ...

Fifteen schools in Norfolk have ceilings in need of urgent repair and dozens of other schools have been checked for potential issues. Since the start of the academic year, two schools in Norwich have ...

Warnings about school ceilings in urgent need of repair were missed during maintenance inspections, the councillor in charge of children's services has admitted. Fifteen schools with lath and plaster ...

Q: The walls of our 1938 San Francisco home are lath and plaster, with a canvas-like fabric over the plaster. There are cracks in the plaster, which can be seen through the paint as raised creases in ...

Lath-and-plaster walls are common in older houses (built late 18th Century until the early 1950’s, when drywall became standard). Whether you want to hang a picture, mirror or kitchen cabinet, ...

There are two kinds of cracks in old lath and plaster walls. Both can be repaired, but one is a much more serious problem. By Ronda Kaysen Q: Our Gramercy co-op was built in 1929. The thick plaster ...

Ludham Primary School is one of 15 sites in need of urgent ceiling repairs Fifteen schools in Norfolk have ceilings in need of urgent repair and dozens of other schools have been checked for potential ...