Houses around Reading will have many sorts of walls from plastered brick and mortar to stud walling with lath and plaster or plasterboard. Putting fixings into some walls presents DIYers with an ...

The unmistakable period feel of an old house is often directly related to the beauty and the character of its plaster walls. While it is not recommended that the average old-house owner try to ...

IN reply to Mr. Thomas D. Cope's letter in NATURE of January 21, it may be stated that he is correct in supposing that the best explanation of the streaks on the plaster he refers to is that they are ...

Q: When a downspout was replaced on my home, a small amount of stucco was torn away from the building. The plumber duct-taped plastic sheeting to the area as temporary protection. I'd like to repair ...

Q:We have a small 1924 cottage in the El Cerrito flatlands a little east of the El Cerrito Mall. Our lot has a minor slope, and we have a high water table. Our house continues to shift and settle, ...

We are considering buying an old townhouse, which contains contains plaster and lath walls throughout. Is this a fire hazard if it is in good condition? If so, are there options for reducing the risk ...

Q: We recently purchased a 1926 colonial house with mostly horsehair plaster walls. This is my first experience with plaster walls, and I’m afraid they are going to crumble when I hang artwork, etc.

FOR some time past I have been observing the streaks which occur upon lath-and-plaster walls. I have made a survey of the literature and find no adequate treatment of the phenomenon. For that reason I ...

If Empire Lath and Plaster's second 50 years in business is anything like its first, the future is paved with plenty of hard work and a fair helping of success. "What happens over the next 50 years ...