Gently tap the hook and nail into the wall. If the nail encounters a piece of lath, the pilot hole will let it pass without damage. If there’s no lath, the angle of the nail and the plaster ...

FOR some time past I have been observing the streaks which occur upon lath-and-plaster walls. I have made a survey of the literature and find no adequate treatment of the phenomenon. For that ...

Unless you live in an older home with plaster and lath walls, then you’re likely surrounded by panels of compacted gypsum ...

Plaster sags from ceilings or bulges from walls when the plaster keys embedded around the wood lath break loose. To repair plaster walls, you've got two choices. You can break out all the loose ...