Repairing Hairline Cracks In Plaster Walls
If your home has plaster walls, you can resign yourself to patching before every paint job. Harmless cracks will return with regularity no matter how often you fill them. Watch, though, for loose or crumbly cracks, holes, and bulges; these may ... [... more]
Better Homes and Gardens USA |
Repairing Plaster Walls
One of the first jobs I did after I got married was the rehabilitation of an old farm house. I was helping some friends. Marcy was helping me apply some premixed drywall joint compounds onto new drywall. She used to call the material Gop. I feel ... [... more]
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Cutting A Hole In A Plaster Wall
The wall in these photos had a layer of paneling over the plaster, and then a layer of ½" drywall. (The previous remodeler was too cheap or too lazy to simply yank the paneling from the walls before adding drywall.) Consequently, cutting with ... [... more]
Hammer Zone |
Cracked Plaster Walls, Window Support Arm, Rotting ...
Leslie's plaster walls are beginning to show their age, but Henry has a couple of quick fixes to patch the cracks in no time. Then it's over to Matt's house to give him a helping hand with a window support arm, and then we head to Nancy's to give ... [... more]
Home and Garden Television |
Advantages Of Plaster Walls
Well, plastering has many attributes. For one, it is a better sound barrier between rooms than drywall. The denseness of plaster prevents more sound from penetrating and passing through than drywall, which contains only a condensed powder between ... [... more]
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Classic Interior Design: Using Period Features in ...
 This beautifully illustrated guide from top interior designer Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill reveals the best of architectural and furnishing detail from England and America's most enduring decorating styles of the last 400 years. A companion volume to ... [... more]
$30.50 (Save 32%)
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Rough Plaster Walls
Postwar America was once thrilled with the smoothness of drywall walls, but now we love the old-world charm of plaster. DIY Decorating & Design host Nancy Golden shows how to add a rough plaster look to dry wall. For this project we used pale ... [... more]
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Patching Large Cracks In Plaster Walls
If your home has plaster walls, you can resign yourself to patching before every paint job. Harmless cracks will return with regularity no matter how often you fill them. Watch, though, for loose or crumbly cracks, holes, and bulges; these may ... [... more]
Better Homes and Gardens USA |
Acudor PS-5030 Plaster Access Door 12 x 12
Acudor PS-5030 Plaster Access DoorFlush for Plaster, Flange recessed 3/4", Galvanized Lath; Flush for plaster surfaces; Expansion casing bead with galvanized lath provides a clean tight finish between the frame and plaster; Continuous, concealed ... [... more]
$41.00
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Acudor AP-5010 Recessed Access Door 24 x 36
Acudor AP-5010 Recessed Access Door Recessed for Acoustical Plaster, Door Panel recessed 5/8" • Door panel recessed 5/8" and lined with self-furring galvanized lath • Expansion casing bead with 3" wide galvanized lath, recessed 3/4" ... [... more]
$247.88 (Save 5%)
Dyscern |
Acudor PS-5030 Plaster Access Door 14 x 14
Acudor PS-5030 Plaster Access DoorFlush for Plaster, Flange recessed 3/4", Galvanized Lath; Flush for plaster surfaces; Expansion casing bead with galvanized lath provides a clean tight finish between the frame and plaster; Continuous, concealed ... [... more]
$43.40
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Walls and Molding: How to Care for Old and Historic Wood ...
How to Care for Old and Historic Wood and Plaster What are the best methods for removing stains from wood finishes? How can you determine the type of finish on your molding? How can you repair the cracks in your plaster cornice? You've been told you have ... [... more]
$32.95
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