Lath and plaster walls are usually thicker than most drywall sheets. Fire-rated, or Type-X, drywall is 5/8-inch thick, but plaster is often thicker than this.

Living With Plaster Walls Whether you view plaster in an old house as a blessing or a curse, like original floors, windows or ...

A lath and plaster wall, with wallpaper applied over the top. Significant skill is required to apply a smooth, consistent plaster finish. Credit: Lmcelhiney. CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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 ...

The Raymond Group began operations in 1936 as one of Southern California’s original lath and plaster companies. Today the firm has grown into one of the regional wall and ceiling industry’s ...

A council says lath and plaster material alone is not a risk but ceilings could collapse if damaged.

Lath and plaster is a form of lime-based background material applied to a timber frame. It was most commonly used in buildings in the 1930s and 1940s before modern plasterboard was invented.

Lath and plaster was used to cover walls and ceilings in old properties. Norfolk County Council said all 60 schools checked for potentially unsafe ceilings were old buildings which were ...

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 ...

Lath and plaster was a building method used to cover walls and ceilings in old properties. It was largely replaced by plasterboard. The council said it began inspecting schools at the start of ...