![]() One popular way to get the plaster back up against the lath is to install "ceiling buttons", they are small perforated washers that are screwed through the plaster and into the lath to draw the plaster up tight. Over time, with the drying out of the wood lath and the inevitable building movement and vibration, the plaster would lose it's mechanical bond to the wood and cause loose areas and cracks. Often the plaster ground along the floor was actually a board just slightly shorter than the height of the intended baseboard trim and this board provided a good nailing surface for the baseboards. ![]() Additional strips of wood, called plaster grounds were nailed around each opening and along the floor to provide a gauge surface which ensured a uniform thickness (usually 3/4 of an inch) of the plaster job which was very important since the depth of door and window jambs had to come up flush with the plaster job in order to apply casings. The wood lath was nailed to the studs and a horse hair plaster was troweled on and the plaster would key into the spaces between the the wood lath. The plaster over the wood is called plaster and lath finish. It is usually about making the most of what you have, and doing the best job you can with what you've got. If a job is well done, most people don't spend a lot of time thinking about it. I have seen old houses restored with drywall where you couldn't tell it from plaster, and I have seen plaster jobs that cost a lot and didn't look very good in the end. I did find the sheetrock in my garage to be depressing BTW, until I did a two tone paint job with a double stripe. Nobody ever knows it all, and the day you think you do know it all is usually the day you make a mistake. Good drywall is not depressing, and if the idea tha America is dumbing down makes you sad, consider that a good all around carpenter has to have mastery over a huge number of skills, working from the basement to the roof. I thought she was nuts, but we all have our preferences.īTW, it still takes a good amount of work and skill to do sheetrock, especially the guys who are so good they don't really have to sand. ![]() I recently had a client who chose to have all her old walls reskimmed rather than do the kitchen over for the same cost. A few years back a lot of my clients wanted plaster, but many nowadays do not care, and would rather spend the money on fancy wood work. Fresh plaster is amazing, but when it gets buried under multiple coats of paint, it sort of loses it's effect.
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