![]() ![]() It was most often used from the 1700s to the early 1900s, before being supplanted in building projects by more modern gypsum plaster and plasterboard. Thanks for that Apart from a box room and a wee bathroom adding some inches to the exterior walls shouldn't be a problem in most rooms, though as you say it will be a lot of work: there will be a fair bit of stuff like cornices, architraves & fire surrounds to replace/move. Lath and plaster is a traditional building technique and finishing process for interior dividing walls and ceilings. (The previous owners did, however, have shower curtains hung on all 4 sides of the tub, which we wont be repeating. If rooms are big enough you don,t even need to rip out old plaster +lathes-just build a modern house inside it inside it ?Īpply vapour barrier to the frames before you lift them up into place and you got full damp proofing at same time and a gap for the old walls to breath into the roof spaceĪ house that old will be built with a cold roof and lots of drafts in the loft area -so you kill all problems at same timeĪlso will be a job you can do while still living in it ,a bit at a time if you wishįilling the gap with anything will stop the air flow to the roof you must have with this type of old house -you will make more damp problems The house was built in 1913, and the tub surround has plaster and lath walls that had had faux tile paneling on them, and amazingly there are no signs anywhere of water permeating underneath or water damage. If no metal corner lath, Ive used the sawzall/plaster blade, chisel and hammer, and even the hatchet end of a drywall hammer. Watch your depth for wires, plumbing etc. ![]() Maybe a bigger job then you wanted but is the right way to go long term and also a chance to replace electrics etc at same time and have house with modern insulation stds angle to the wall/ceiling, enter the plaster and cut right thru both the plaster and the metal lath. If you choose loose fill or expanding foam, it can go in through the same holethough you’ll need to make more holes along the top of the wall to complete the job. Maybe time to think about getting rid of the lathe and plaster and build stud walls -providing rooms are not very small If you find some insulation, cut out a 12- to 16-inch horizontal band of drywall or plaster midway up the wall. ![]()
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