plastering on wood

[DavetheDog]

on my coarse we laerned "plaster on wood is no good" when i come across an old timber lintel i will screw plasterboard over it or will cut eml and fix it with clout nails but why can you plaster on lathe then?

 

[johniosaif]

Lathe is rough and plaster bonds between the joints also

 

[DavetheDog]

thanks so it is because the nibs make it rigid? but why does'nt it crack along the lines of the lathes?

 

[scottie5]

thanks so it is because the nibs make it rigid? but why does'nt it crack along the lines of the lathes?

Because lime's flexible.

 

[DRplastering89]

and it mushrooms in the lathes for a good key

 

[DavetheDog]

thats daft so if i patch an old lathe wall or ceiling i will have to use lime? lol

 

[DavetheDog]

they are called nibs drplastering not mushrooms. thats what i learned maybe that is a local term maybe?

 

[puddove]

they are called nibs drplastering not mushrooms. thats what i learned maybe that is a local term maybe?

The plaster that goes in between the lathes are also called mushrooms - because it forms a shape like mushrooms above the lathes

 

[DavetheDog]

is that a local term mate? mushrooms lol it would'nt sound very professional

 

[puddove]

is that a local term mate? mushrooms lol it would'nt sound very professional

If you read some of the older plastering books prior to JB Taylor and Pegg and Stagg you will find its professional terminology:RpS_thumbup:

 

[DavetheDog]

sorry mate. learned something today thanks. :RpS_thumbup:i have taylor and was looking at one by some scot but it was about a hundred notes

 

[DavetheDog]

millar

 

[DRplastering89]

i didnt say it was called mushrooms ya plonker i said the plaster mushrooms

 

[DavetheDog]

it did'nt say it was called mushrooms puddove said that mate

 

[DRplastering89]

well you know what a mean haha

 

[jamesthefirst]

Plus lime have hairs in it which helps to bond too , interesting about term - mushrooms - as saw them when I lift up floorboards upstairs.

Thats where you hide your cash? :RpS_cool:

 

[puddove]

sorry mate. learned something today thanks. :RpS_thumbup:i have taylor and was looking at one by some scot but it was about a hundred notes

yeah the miller book is excellent especially for the older plastering techniques and terminology

 

[cathal]

on my coarse we laerned "plaster on wood is no good" when i come across an old timber lintel i will screw plasterboard over it or will cut eml and fix it with clout nails but why can you plaster on lathe then?

When are you guys going to get it Dave is takeing the piss.

 

[Fatarm]

When are you guys going to get it Dave is takeing the piss.

.....:-0......really

 

[Olican]

No......I refuse to believe it :RpS_scared:

 

[cathal]

No......I refuse to believe it :RpS_scared:

I think Dave is probably a decent all round plasterer but is enjoying taking piss out of all the ballet dancers that use the forum.

 

[johniosaif]

I think Dave is probably a decent all round plasterer but is enjoying taking piss out of all the ballet dancers that use the forum.

Half true I'd say

 

[jamesthefirst]

Half true I'd say[/QUOTE

Half untrue as well

 

[JamieMac]

Lath has rivits the plaster gos up and over thats wy u say a lath ceiling has blown

 

[JamieMac]

Lath has rivets that should say

 

[JamieMac]

Lath has rivets that should say ma spelling pure pish

 

[puddove]

When are you guys going to get it Dave is takeing the piss.

yeah we're just playing along with it - perhaps its us that's taking the piss :RpS_biggrin: