My 1915 house has a water leak in one of the upstairs bedrooms, with damage to the plaster at leak site, of course. Source of leak still needs to be located. Since the original plaster has been sprayed with that hideous “popcorn” @#&!, and since I have enough nice beadboard planks, I thought I would remove the plaster and lath to provide much better leak investigation and when the leak is repaired, redo the ceiling in beadboard. My questions are: Will the room’s remaining lath be able to support the beadboard? Are there any compelling reasons to take the entire ceiling back to the joists? Except for the leak area, the lath looks to be in good condition.
Thanks, Steve
Edited 8/31/2002 2:21:01 PM ET by STENGELSEN
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"Will the room's remaining lath be able to support the beadboard? "
Probably. Plaster is almost always heavier than beaded board. I assume you mean the strapping that the lath is nailed to below the joists. The lath will come down with the plaster and will not support bead board. But you might find that the strapping needs some shiming and renailing to a flat plane.
I guess I AM confusing lath with strapping. If by lath you mean a metal mesh, this situation only has strapping (the 3/8 or so by 1 1/2 or so wood), which will deflect a bit by hand pressure where the plaster is removed.
Normally, in older plaster situations, the joists were strapped with 1x4 @16"OC and then the 3/8" lathe were applied to support the plaster. I assumed you planned to leave the strapping and take the lathe. I wouldn't apply beaded board to the 3/8".Excellence is its own reward!
Piffin, that might be "normal" in your neck of the woods,but "normal " here means that the wood lath was nailed directly to the joists-----no such thing as strapping.
I bet this guys house is the same.
My Goodness!
They even had shortcuts builders back then...
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Same thing here. Strapping? Strapping? Nobody up here ever used any strapping and everything's held together just fine, lo all these years have passed.
In my neck of the woods here in LI NY the lath was nailed directly to the joists as well and plastered over that and its lasted hundreds of years.
My opinion would be to take down a short section and check out the problem ...then after you fix the problem shim down from the joists and put the bead board back up.
Be well
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