Questions tagged [plaster]
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Skimming Over Paint and plaster
I am new to home renovations, and when I was scraping paint in my bathroom, some patches exposed plaster. There are some areas with chips as well. I would like to skim the whole bathroom, but I have ...
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lime plastering over chicken mesh or reed
we are trying to put up walls for our insulated walls. We used fiberglass insulation and currently just put up chicken wires (not super flat but we are fine with the wall having curves here and there) ...
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Identifying wall material and related concerns [closed]
I recently bought an apartment and since it has really ugly wallpaper, I am trying to replace it.
I have peeled back the wallpaper in some spots expecting to see a white plaster wall, but instead saw ...
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installing anchors into lath and plaster on brick
I messed up installing a shelf and I don't know what to do. The wall is lath and plaster, so I got Hillman hollow wall anchors. The first anchor I installed worked great, the wall was hollow in that ...
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Can Nm 14/2 be pulled thru armorlite?
I have an older house that is 1920s. I was attempting to replace the old wire box/knob and tube when I noticed they had it buried in the wall from the switch to the ceiling. I have 14/2 nm cable. Can ...
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Stud framing for drywall on a sloped ceiling
I'm considering installing drywall in my attic, which has a sloped ceiling. Some suggest starting by placing studs (ceiling joists) along the same line as the current ones (behind the vapor barrier), ...
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Is this damage to a plastered brick wall from furniture typical?
My wife and I recently became homeowners for the first time, and did our first home renovation. We opted to have smooth painted walls and hired a company to do this for us. Over our first months of ...
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How to seal indoor rendering?
I'm working on making my chimney hearth nice. But before and after plastering, it appears that there is moisture coming through on part of the rendering. I realise I can't go further until this is ...
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Cement on interior hallway walls with thin wallboard
This is a small home built in 1914. The house has plaster walls with wood lath. In the hallway there was wainscot paneling. When I removed the paneling some was glued to the wall and the wallboard ...
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Soft Spot On Plaster Wall - No Moisture?
Our 100 year old house has plaster walls, and I just noticed this “soft” spot by our front door (see photos). It isn’t bulging out - the spot leaves an indentation if you press hard, but no “squishy” ...
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Raised horizontal lines on plastered walls
I have a few of these raised horizontal lines in my house in different rooms. The walls are plaster and the paint is a semigloss I believe
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Reinstalling baseboards in front of utility flue or gas chimney
I'm replacing the baseboards in one of rooms of the 2nd floor of my 1907 duplex and found the gas chimney running up through the 3 story building. The old plaster was crumbling across the base of the ...
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What is the correct process for primer on new plaster?
The guidance for the paint we’ve bought says we should use a primer on our new plaster (rather than a mist coat of emulsion paint).
Should I apply the primer as is or does it need to be watered down?
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What steps do I need to take to repaint plaster walls?
What steps do I need to take to paint over already painted white plaster walls with a slight glossy finish?
This might be a dumb question but my walls are I think plaster and I’m looking to paint over ...
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How to repair a plaster crack over brick that is a hard wall
I am trying to determine what fill to use in a plaster crack. The plaster is directly over brick. This wall is also an outdoor wall. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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