Bedroom ceilings George Washington's ancestral home

[pftmonojetman]

Been doing two bedroom ceilings in George Washington's family house near Lancaster reinstated the laths and three coat work. I'll post more pics when finished

 

[zombie]

Phhhh under board & skim....fooook that!!!! Lol

 

[Danny]

View attachment 12932 View attachment 12931 View attachment 12930 View attachment 12929 View attachment 12928 Been doing two bedroom ceilings in George Washington's family house near Lancaster reinstated the laths and three coat work. I'll post more pics when finished

Another nice interesting job

 

[jamesthefirst]

Nice job, it's suprising how long it takes to nail the laths in place.

 

[jet]

Was just saying , the amount of graft ,
For lath & lime must of been unreal
Nice work, ..

 

[pftmonojetman]

Nice job, it's suprising how long it takes to nail the laths in place.

Getting quicker now mate must have done nearly 200m2 in the last couple of months alone. It's a hellishly boring job though

Was just saying , the amount of graft ,
For lath & lime must of been unreal
Nice work, ..

It is mate but strangely rewarding f**k that gypsum s**t ha ha ha

 

[pftmonojetman]

Here's the finished ceilings just a couple of photos showing the float coat and setting coat, also there's a photo of a frame with reed and wattle from the oldest part of the building the plaster is over 400 years old

 

[zolco]

View attachment 13158 View attachment 13156 View attachment 13152 View attachment 13155 View attachment 13154 View attachment 13153 View attachment 13152 Here's the finished ceilings just a couple of photos showing the float coat and setting coat, also there's a photo of a frame with reed and wattle from the oldest part of the building the plaster is over 400 years old

Mint job that is!

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[pftmonojetman]

Cheers Zol, just wanted to put up some Piccys to show the process of a lime ceiling

Mint job that is!

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[Vincey]

I Don't do this kind of work @pftmonojetman but always like to see it

 

[zolco]

I Don't do this kind of work @pftmonojetman but always like to see it

How's spraying, any videos yet?

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[Vincey]

How's spraying, any videos yet?

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Middle of September will have a few... Back to thread topic

 

[stokeplasterer]

Nice work it's a credit to you

 

[duke163]

Was just saying , the amount of graft ,
For lath & lime must of been unreal
Nice work, ..

The old boy who taught my brother told him that local farm hands would would be pulled in to do the lath work during quiet farming seasons