Lath and plaster walls ideas

How we preserved our 100 year old lath and plaster walls to make them beautiful again. Tearing them down and replacing with drywall is not always the answer

Gary Wentz is a carpenter and the Editor-in-Chief of The Family Handyman. He claims to have torn out more than two acres of plaster and lath. He'll show you how to remove plaster and lath faster, safer and better.

Lath and plaster walls are old school, but have some terrific advantages. Here's how to know whether to go with lath and plater, or opt for drywall...

<p>Here are two ways approach your lath and plaster repair whether you have a damaged wall or if you need to patch a hole.</p>

We often get asked, why does my stud finder have trouble with lath and plaster when it works perfectly through drywall? Or...

Lath and plaster were first used to finish interior ceilings and walls from the 18th century to the mid-1900s before modern gypsum plasterboarding and plastering took over. The lath is the timber that is tacked by hand on to wooden joists. The laths are commonly made from either chestnut or Oak and are about 2.5 […]

Around the same time I found the above photo at houzz, my husband was working on movie that was filming at Big Red Sun in Venice, (California), and was looking at this all day: When he came home every night to this, I think he put two and two together and figured we could just paint instead! And maybe end up with something like this: Although our bedroom has a flat roof, this is still pretty inspiration: The Lettered Cottage actually tore down a wall to make a gorgeous feature wall in their…

Gary Wentz is a carpenter and the Editor-in-Chief of The Family Handyman. He claims to have torn out more than two acres of plaster and lath. He'll show you how to remove plaster and lath faster, safer and better.

StudSensor™ stud finders locate studs by identifying increases and changes in density behind the wall. To function properly...