Plaster ceiling - general terminology
Plaster ceiling - general terminology
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I am looking for general terminology to describe the plaster ceiling in the attached pics. I would call pic #1: plaster on wood lath with a finish coat. I am not sure what the green board is behind the skim coat of plaster in photo 2. House built in 1930s. original ceiling. thanks.






RE: Plaster ceiling - general terminology
RE: Plaster ceiling - general terminology
Dik
RE: Plaster ceiling - general terminology
RE: Plaster ceiling - general terminology
I'm agreeing with you: Picture 1 shows a "repairable" section of lathe (which I thought was any kind of heavy plaster coated directly over strips of wood lathe ?) which could be salvaged if you want to keep the contemporary structure.
picture 2 shows terrible conditions. I'd start over with very thin sheetrock (3/8 of 1/2 thick) over the whole thing, then a new layer of a modern coating over that. Removing the old paint (with all of the garbage likely inside it and the old contaminates) is going to be too difficult. Entrap it, leave it if you legally can.
RE: Plaster ceiling - general terminology
Dik
RE: Plaster ceiling - general terminology