A: It depends on the type and size of the crack. Hairline cracks take only a little patching plaster. Larger cracks require reinforcement with mesh tape. Cracks larger still, where the plaster keys ...

Question: We live in a home in San Roque that was built in the 1930s and all the inside walls and ceilings are finished with lathe and plaster. There are several doorways inside the house that have ...

If you have an old house with holes in the plaster, here's a quick way to patch them. Apply your base coat (or brown coat) of rough plaster with a small trowel. If there's no existing wire mesh, make ...

A crack or a hole in a wall can be the result of numerous forms of abuse: a doorknob banging the back of the wall; a misguided hammer; a water leak in the ceiling or wall. While it’s fairly easy to ...

If the lath behind the plaster is sound, you can patch it with new plaster. Apply a coat to cover the hole. Use an old fork to lightly scratch a criss cross pattern in the repair. This will give your ...

Q. In the 1840 section of our house, we thought the staircase walls might be the old horsehair plaster because the wall is quite wavy. I discovered (the wrong way) that there was an air-pocket defect ...

Flaking and cracking plaster are relatively minor maintenance items, but when the plaster starts to sag or "belly" out from a ceiling, it indicates deeper problems that require your full attention If ...

One day it was, “Hmmm. There’s some kind of streak on the wall over the front door. It looks kind of like somebody spilled some dirty water that left a little stain. I wonder what that’s all about.” A ...