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Plaster Repair Over Drywall

Bob interviews Mike Casas, a plastering contractor doing plaster repair over drywall and metal lath over wood lath.
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Plaster Repair Over Drywall

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" We've already got new plaster but what we're talking about I was doing patchwork and whenever you've got 506080 year old you're gonna find wood lath and plaster. Here it was loose enough that we've removed a fair amount of it this you know once. What's the key ways break away from the spaces between the wood last. It really starts to move on to -- you just have to remove it. And what we're doing is using metal lath over that but let's hook up with. Mike Scott that's our plastering contractor -- and enhance our thanks our interviews that they go borrow some gloves and some goggles okay. Now here you've got. Three different situations written originally the ceiling line ended here and this was attic space so in what is essentially gable -- space you put up some drywall exactly where we're now going to put this in metal -- expanded wire let me answer your question. Why drywall why not yeah I mean if we have plaster here went to his lap all the way up and plaster all the way up."

" Look at the good question for now you have to ask the the builder furnace but it actually attend treatment it goes much quicker that he had drywall some very similar to plaster board which we use yeah we don't have the joints OK and so he uses for the sheer strength of the drywall offers us yet without the staggered joints at plaster. "

" anyway all right and we this wire. This is what they called diamond veteran exactly expanded wire expanded war. And it. We want to that's perfect and then you'll be stapling and face. -- These one inch space. I guess you'd say you want to have a lot of -- there right now. The American put it up just about every six inches that you're gonna get them on the exactly what I what I see an area that's popped out now when -- When we think drywall we always think at a fiberglass or paper tape you put the expanded mission along the joints in the drywall. It adds a bit how -- Laura Kennedy."

" So what's the next step now right now we're gonna be put in the blue and delicate and coming up that but we will now chair Mike. Glad to. This is a wealthy. Bonding glue that we use it to cut it and I'll use the world. This is the secret of getting in good bond it's. The problem -- drywall nowadays is that. The material everybody's on the assumption that it bonds. Right on it and that's not always true. I don't take chances. All right now how long does this have to drive -- where you can actually put the bronco will believe they're not. You can start doing right now with the assumption that the board has. We wanted to be tacky yeah bonding are hard gypsum c'mon okay right now actually bill. Can Cuba can get that. But on the board now. Now what kind of plaster like this is a -- lightest gypsum plaster. That we -- is structural -- of the trade names which makes lightweight yet."

" Load them up and we'll watch you get started."

" Yet sufficient amounts that we can cover the metal laughed."

" It."

" I Mike -- you're building enough. Essentially what about almost happened. Yes I'd say half inch perhaps creates you know it's interesting you feel the heat off of it -- and accelerator and her -- to to help set this up. Yeah and it does the does heat up that's characteristic of the just plaster it sets. And now we just wait about 45 minutes to an hour with where we can start working officials never. In the meantime I'll be put the -- rendered straight at this level care than who sent up. Hopefully. Not too soon."

" No I have my garden OK you call this a dark. Correct what's the -- and it's it's just it's a straight edge. -- where they got the door behind I'll thought that have been hamburgers and on the and although it's it's it's it's a level it is to basically like it's exactly yet."

" All right Mike of course you'll make it look like child's play what's the nature of the plaster is going on there this is plaster of Paris. And I Adeline which is limestone crushed limestone and in a drive form tonight. Combine the two. -- isn't -- a handmade mix yeah this is like in the old days right allies and I had hiked the patriots just like that it is yeah that is. There's a lot of prepared finishes available but nothing works like the real thing right you can even hear how how smooth it is yes and of course having an assistant who's. Loading. Each new -- so that you know he goes. Quickly and you never have to carry more than you need one time up there makes a big difference it was a long life and death. How is how long will it take to set up -- thirty minutes. And in this type of environment it's got a lot of moisture about drier day could very well be a lot. Lot quicker we have a we target we can add to this to slow the settings time now -- And then it's gonna be a beauty thanks Mike thank you."

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