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We are looking at buying a 60 yr old house and moving it to an acreage. It has plaster walls and ceilings, and the house mover is telling us it will crack mucho. I dont think cracks will be hard to repair, but having no experience with plaster, I wonder how difficult it will to change windows, move walls and then repair the plaster? I have reasonable sheetrock skills, but am a little afraid of how the plastered walls and the sheetrock will mesh. Any advice or even borderline opinionism will be appreciated.
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We are looking at buying a 60 yr old house and moving it to an acreage. It has plaster walls and ceilings, and the house mover is telling us it will crack mucho. I dont think cracks will be hard to repair, but having no experience with plaster, I wonder how difficult it will to change windows, move walls and then repair the plaster? I have reasonable sheetrock skills, but am a little afraid of how the plastered walls and the sheetrock will mesh. Any advice or even borderline opinionism will be appreciated.
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Bob After years of dealing with this situation when repairing plaster I've started using Plasterweld wherever I have plaster mated up to drywall. Just follow the instructions on the can. Concrete bonding agent works to and I mix these into dry material substituting it for 50% of the water I would use. This is not scientifically verified but seems to work I am handier at drywall than plaster myself. Good Luck, Skip