Q Am I right that when sections of plaster break away from the lath, an accepted repair technique is to roughly fill in those gaps with drywall and then drywall over the whole wall or ceiling? — M.H., ...

SINGAPORE - A patch of plaster fell from the ceiling at a Housing Board (HDB) block in Tampines at around 1.30pm on Sunday (May 21). A contributor to Stomp said he was at home in his second-floor unit ...

Q. We're buying a house that is probably close to 100 years old. It has been vacant for the past several years and needs a good amount of cleaning up and fixing up. One thing we're concerned about is ...

Many people in rural areas do not waste much time on building houses with ceilings, but for an urban dweller, they would find it hard to sleep in a house without a ceiling. However, for one to set up ...

Prompted by concerns about the safety of ceilings built in the early part of this century, the town will seek bids for an emergency renovation of the Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School this week, said ...

Many people in rural areas do not waste much time on building houses with ceilings, but for an urban dweller, they would find it hard to sleep in a house without a ceiling. However, for one to set up ...

The partial collapse of the suspended fibrous plaster ceiling at London’s Apollo Theatre on December 19, 2013, prompted a thorough investigation by Westminster City Council. Acting on behalf of the ...