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Tag Archives: plaster
Fixing a Hole in Plaster
Behind the front door, just about where the door knob smacks into the wall, we had some pretty bad plaster. Luckily it seemed to only be confined to a smallish area. Before we crossed the hallways off our list, I … Continue reading
Progress Upstairs
Moving past this weekend’s disappointing setbacks, yesterday we focused on our successes downstairs. Lets move up to floors 1-3 today. Saturday was another Family Team effort. Best parents ever. And cousin (Mike). Mom A. cleaned our 2nd floor bathroom. It … Continue reading
Plaster Washers: Round 3
Finally some success with the plaster washers! After our experience in the bedroom & parlor I was starting to lose hope. Before we purchased the plaster washers, I spent some time groping our walls to find the squishy spots. I … Continue reading
Posted in 3rd floor, bedrooms
Tagged before, fix, fixing plaster, newark, nj, old plaster, paint, painting, plaster, plaster washers, problem, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, sand, solution, spackle, washers
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Master Plaster
Round 2 with the plaster washers came when faced with a large crack in the plaster of our master bedroom wall. Well, one of the walls. This one, to be precise. I started securing the plaster along the crack with … Continue reading
Posted in 3rd floor, bedrooms, work weekend
Tagged bedroom, drywall, electric, electrical, lathe, newark, nj, outlets, plaster, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, wall
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The Parlor Wall
Our house was built sometime in the 1880’s (we think). Construction at the time was all about lathe smothered in horse hair plastery goodness. Lets start at the beginning. If you were to look at a cross-section of our walls, … Continue reading