The Complete Do-it Yourself Guide for Homeowners. Repairing, Removing and Replacing Lath and Plaster Ceilings
Learn how to repair or replace your lath and plaster ceilings yourself and save money.
"Find out how to inspect and evaluate your lath and plaster ceilings condition and decide on the best course of action. " Learn several ways to repair your ceilings. Learn how to remove damaged beyond repair ceilings safely. Learn how to replace your ceilings either with like for like traditional materials or more commonly with modern drywall materials.
With over 30 years of on-site experience packed into this easy to follow guide, you'll find everything you need to know to either repair and maintain your lath and plaster ceilings.
Lifelong builder and humanitarian turned writer and webmaster.
Bricklayer by trade with a penchant for carpentry, writing, t'internet and learning as much as possible about this interesting world of ours. Incurably autodidactic.
Long term Englishman abroad, Uganda, a little bit of Rwanda, Kenya & Tanzania, New Zealand and now living close to the beach in Norway with my Norwegian wife, raising two kids, a few chickens and a whole bunch of weeds.
Graduated from the University of Lincoln with a masters degree in Trauma and Disaster Management, although my loves have evolved into the restoration of brickwork using traditional lime mortars and providing occasional consultancy services to aid projects in East Africa.
If I'm not making stuff I am writing about making stuff and sometimes I get paid to make stuff. Sweet.
This book provides a comprehensive yet simple view of lath and plaster ceilings, complete with excellent diagrams and explanatory photographs. It helps the reader to understand how these ceilings are constructed, how to maintain them and how to remove them. Equipment listings are provided.