Category Archives: ceilings

new earth and lime plaster ceiling

Posted on February 23, 2023 by byrnesurfaces

The project was to replace a collapsing lath and plaster ceiling. The plaster was earth and lime with inclusions of animal hair. The laths were worm eaten as were the rather thin joists, two inch square wood which could be … Continue reading →

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lath problems

Posted on March 2, 2014 by byrnesurfaces

This is a quick aside. A customer had a ceiling he needed me to plaster, he had already fitted the laths, sawn oak, he had fitted them really well with very good spacing, the job was simple the ceiling only … Continue reading →

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