Hanging pictures on lath and plaster walls Patch#

The walls are all in excellent shape with minor patch work.

I am wondering what it is and is it dangerous. You can scrape it away and it comes off like sand. The look is that of sheet rock but at close inspection it is more like concrete. Under the paper I thought id find lath and plaster. I have stripped wall paper that was hung in 1959. I have looked up information online and can not find any.

Hanging pictures on lath and plaster walls how to#

Reader Question: how to recognize types of plaster board or plaster lath used in buildings We include a description of plaster system identification and history of use of plaster, a photo guide to plaster coatings, cracks, hazards, and plaster ceiling collapse hazards & photographs. This article includes a photo guide to split wood lath, pit-sawn lath, circular blade sawn wood lath, expanded metal lath, 'rock lath' or plasterboard, drywall, & tainted Chinese drywall discusses the types of plaster ceiling & wall coverings used in buildings, giving a history and description of types of materials used. WOOD LATH for PLASTER or STUCCO - separate article: hand-split lath, accordion lath, sawn lath, mud-straw mix plasters.PLASTER & GYPSUM BOARD HISTORY & RESEARCH.METAL LATH PLASTER LATH SYSTEMS - separate article: expanded metal lath used beneath plaster indoors & on exteriors.GYPSUM BOARD ROCK LATH SYSTEMS - perforated or solid gypsum board base for plaster.

FIBERBOARD PLASTER BASE SYSTEMS - separate article.

All of the modern plaster systems are discussed in this article series. Our stunning and stark photo of a thin coat of plaster on gypsum board illustrates a much later innovation for finishing building interiors. When only a thin plaster coat was applied, as may be the case in an attic or on a basement ceiling, the wood lath strips are clearly telegraphed as the plaster dries and hardens. Our page top photo illustrates a thin plaster coating over wood lath in late 18th century home. Photo Guide to Types Interior Plaster: split wood lath, sawn wood lath, expanded metal lath, 'rock lath' or plasterboard, drywall, & tainted Chinese drywall. Guide to Methods & Types of Plaster Ceiling & Wall Covering Systems in buildings

We also provide an ARTICLE INDEX for this topic, or you can try the page top or bottom SEARCH BOX as a quick way to find information you need. Lime plaster is also the principal ingredient in whitewash often used on building stone walls both indoors and outside and also sometimes applied to wood surfaces. Synonyms for 'plaster' include stucco, render, lime plaster, cement plaster, gypsum plaster, and plaster of paris.

Hanging pictures on lath and plaster walls series#

In this article series we describe and discuss the identification and history of older interior building surface materials such plaster, plaster board, split wood lath, accordion lath, sawn lath, and expanded metal lath, Beaverboard, and Drywall - materials that were used to form the (usually) non-structural surface of building interior ceilings and walls. Here we provide a photo guide to identifying types of plaster ceilings and walls installed in buildings, using building ceilings as a photo and investigation guide. We have no relationship with advertisers, products, or services discussed at this website. InspectAPedia tolerates no conflicts of interest.