Repair a lath and plaster ceiling

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8 ай бұрын

Repair a lath and plaster ceiling.
This video shows how to repair cracks and how much plaster to tear off without removing the whole ceiling.
Howdy Folks, all the basic tools we use and recommend on Amazon's website.
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Plaster is typically thicker than drywall, which gives it a more substantial and durable quality.
Due to its thickness, plaster can withstand more wear and tear and is less likely to crack or chip over time. This difference makes it a preferred material for ceilings in high-traffic areas. Drywall, on the other hand, is thinner and more lightweight, which makes it easier to install but also more prone to damage.
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@Rockmachine99 8 ай бұрын

I had multiple ceilings/walls that were sagging, or came down in a very old house in Toronto. I knew I had to fix them and watched Kirk and Jay's video's for more than a year, and some vids I watched well over 12 times. Then when the pandemic hit I decided to sell, and had to put all I learnt into practice. It was a super-success , and I blew my real estate agent away with the before and after. People thought I actually knew what I was doing lmao, so thanks to you Kirk and Jay, and everyone behind the scenes! The house (built in 1850) got multiple offers.

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

Howdy Rock Dude, folks like you who benefit from how we do things are the reason we show how we do things. Cheers and congratulations. 🕵🏼‍♀️

@haveablessedday7746 8 ай бұрын

I watched a lot of your videos before I plastered my kitchen and mud room 6 years ago. Now I'm getting ready to plaster again so I need my Kirk Giordano refresher course. 👍

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

We do have many videos on how we do this, thus refresher course are on us, Blessings, 👨🏼‍🎨

@j.d.1488 8 ай бұрын

Love when you do old wood lathe work. My favorite Kirk videos. Prior to seeing your videos and getting educated, always used Structo-lite as a base fill over wood lathe and skim coat with Joint compound when Structo dry, scraped any high spots then top coat. Never had many issues with edges cracking. Now I use plaster. Not afraid of it getting away. Your videos helped with the skill set. Love you man always a pleasure watching.

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you! All can depend on us for sound advice.👨🏻‍🔬

@rhodachandler4277 6 ай бұрын

Love Kirk! I have a 1937 Northbay home, lath & plaster. With Kirk’s help I have kept things looking great! ❤❤❤

@StuccoPlastering 6 ай бұрын

Atta girl, thank you for the kind comment, all can depend on us for sound advice, Cheers 👨🏼‍🎨

@JustinBilyj 8 ай бұрын

Back to the basics. Good stuff Kirk!

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

Exactly, back to the beginning🧞‍♂️

@avisitorhere 8 ай бұрын

I'm a believer in using Fiba Fuse over cracks in addition to what you are doing. I think of it as an uncoupling membrane while giving the repair more strength. Cracks are never really fixed we just cover them up. They're still there under the patch. If you're not getting a commission on Marshalltowns big trowel you should. They could do a Kirk Giordano signature series.

@KevinStreet510 8 ай бұрын

I have been using the Fiba Fuse in the last year or 2 as well and seems like the way to go.

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

Howdy folks, there are too many methods to repair cracks to mention here, but one must take into account that after more than 100 years, this home has settled as much as it’s going to. As a rule settling happens in the first ten years of mountain homes being built.👨🏼‍🎓

@jeremypmpm 8 ай бұрын

Nice work Jay. You make it too easy for Kirk! Keep it up.

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

He does all the hard work like removing and prepping, I just happened to be in the neighborhood, thus stopped by, or Jason would have simply plastered this ceiling. But one can't video themselves or we'd have way more videos. MY brother Lu, tried to break my arm on this job, didn't work as my arms are way too strong for his stiff ass mud. On the flip side if he would have mixed me up some soupy mud, I would have made that work too. 👨🏼‍🎨

@juslostone 8 ай бұрын

Love it. I've seen old timers take twine or even twist up paper towel real tight and throw in bigger cracks, then skim. Just throwing that out there

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

Howdy Stone Dude, there are too many methods to repair cracks to mention here, but one must take into account that after more than 100 years, this home has settled as much as it’s going to. As a rule settling happens in the first ten years of mountain homes being built.👨🏼‍🎓

@MichaelDillin 8 ай бұрын

Really enjoy watching your art and hard work 🇺🇸🤠👍

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Michael, I gotta take the good with the bad or as in this video, the stiff mud instead of the perfect mud. I have plastered whole ceilings with less exertion than this tiny patch. I do enjoy applying whatever mud is brought to me rather than send it back, the difference between pros and whiners.👨🏼‍🎨

@jimrichter9549 Ай бұрын

Hey Kirk I love the washcloth idea thank you very much

@StuccoPlastering Ай бұрын

No problemo

@chrisscullynz 8 ай бұрын

Wealth of knowledge, you're the man Kirk!

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

Hi Chris, thank you.

@meowerstationone3793 8 ай бұрын

Really good stuff. I need to do this on a closet ceiling. Thanks Kirk!

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

Hello Kitty, you can do it. 💃

@mr.crapper7197 8 ай бұрын

you have to be a strong guy Kirk well condition for this work.

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

This is a fact, I take a can of spinach every day to work.🏋️

@johnjohn-ne8fw 4 күн бұрын

Good job!

@jauld360 8 ай бұрын

Good to see you preserving the building history. It would be common in the UK for the ceiling to be boarded over and skimmed.

@StuccoPlastering 7 ай бұрын

Thank you, we aim to please.

@nmatthew7469 7 ай бұрын

Kirk makes it look easy.

@StuccoPlastering 7 ай бұрын

Practice.😉

@ShauninParadise 8 ай бұрын

Great stuff 🤙🏽

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

Appreciate it!

@andreakeeling9217 Ай бұрын

I love that trough. ❤❤❤

@StuccoPlastering Ай бұрын

It is a Curry 20 by 5 inch and makes my task easier .😉

@pistache28 3 ай бұрын

Great video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍

@StuccoPlastering 3 ай бұрын

No problemo, thank you

@thepsychonaut8212 8 ай бұрын

kirks da beeeeeest!!!

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

I've heard that before too, thank you.

@petekobraoutdoors7324 Ай бұрын

These were the fun repairs, eh Kirk? I luv fast mud, too... no sense waiting around if ya got speed....😊

@StuccoPlastering Ай бұрын

Exzackoory.

@michaelmorrison4663 8 ай бұрын

Well done Kirk magic mending

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Michael.👨🏻‍🔬

@MediumRareSteve 8 ай бұрын

Great video guys. Please if you would either in comments or mention it in a video when they start selling that huge trowel. I’d love to add that to our arsenal for work. Thanks my dudes. Be well 🖖🏻

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

Hody Steve, No doubt we will give the trowel a shout out, Curry does make and sell this trowel, but good luck finding it as they don't sell it on Amazon for some odd reason. Plus must can't tell the difference between the one we use and a concrete trowel with a full and useless radius.👨‍🏫

@purpshiso 5 ай бұрын

you have the best voice and you are funny

@StuccoPlastering 4 ай бұрын

Evening Purpshiso, thank you.

@joohsay 3 ай бұрын

@Kirk Giordano... I have textured walls and would love to have the walls skim coated, for the smooth look and feel. Can, plaster veneer be used on regular Sheetrock/gympsum drywall?

@StuccoPlastering 3 ай бұрын

Yes, it can be used, apply a bonding agent over the Sheetrock such as Larson’s Plaster-weld, then mix either USG, diamond or Imperial plaster finish over them. You can purchase these plasters at any plaster material yard such as Westside Building Materials.

@als1023 8 ай бұрын

Hey professor Kirk ! Great video, am wondering if you can post the final coat on this one, i.e. did you finish the whole ceiling to a smooth finish ? Or just skim these areas and let the painter decide? You were about to show the green spnge and then went to the towel, was that going to be another way to smooth the fast set ? Wondering if this would be helpful to your legion of fans ? I do a lot of work in early plaster homes, always looking to improve my skillset and work faster to a better finish. Most of the interior plaster is not smooth, when I do / reno / repair a room, I trowel everything to a smooth finish, my customers really like that look. THANK YOU for the marshall reference ! I have been cutting my 16 -18" trowels with a cutoff disk on a grinder. Once you have the ' pool ' shape, I can't go back.

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

Howdy my friend, I did in fact wet the joint compound mometarily with the green sponge float to add water to the compound, when that was done, I used the trowel. This area was finished, There was no need to towel on another finish over the entire ceiling, when we blended in the patch to the rest of the ceiling. Nor was it necessary to add extra work for the painter to finish our work, we finished our work. The painter's only job was to prime and paint this ceiling when it was ready for painting. 👨🏻‍🔬

@als1023 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much !@@StuccoPlastering

@jumperjackflash 7 ай бұрын

Hi Kirk, When can we buy one of your pool trowels? Thanks for sharing your knowledge, Fred

@StuccoPlastering 7 ай бұрын

Howdy, "bontool.com" I hear Marshall Town will be making the exact one I'm using in this video and it will be on Amazon. Until then try bontool.com 👨🏻‍🔬

@jayc4715 8 ай бұрын

Kirk!!

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

I like your style, thank you.🐆

@lureup9973 8 ай бұрын

Hey Kirk, great channel!…I have a question, I’m thinking of building an indoor inground pool and considering building the walls with treated lumber and plywood sheathing…can plaster be applied to treated plywood, if so is a metal mesh necessary?…by the way I plan to fiberglass over the plaster …it’s not good to apply polyester resin over treated wood or I would forgo the plaster…thank you.

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

I've built really large fish ponds, thus you'd have to install a seamless rubber membrane to contain the water after a frame. Best wishes👨🏻‍🔬

@lureup9973 8 ай бұрын

@@StuccoPlastering my main concern is will the plaster adhere to the treated plywood or do I need a metal lathe first?

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

No plaster or stucco will adhere to any wood surface for long, wire mesh of some type must be used if there is no waterproof membrane first, before the metal wire, the water will destroy the wood in about a month. cheers.🕵🏼

@lureup9973 8 ай бұрын

@@StuccoPlastering thank you for your help 👍😏

@Cablesmith 8 ай бұрын

why have I never seen Lou, but hear his name mentioned almost every video!

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

LOL, he hates being filmed and even threatened to break the camera if he sees it, filming him, I tell him the camera was already broken, it happened when it zoomed in on him. 🕵🏼

@Cablesmith 8 ай бұрын

@@StuccoPlastering 😂😂😂 fair enough! Excellent response 👏🏼

@memongman 8 ай бұрын

hey Kirk no mesh or paper tape needed for those cracks or plaster fix ? thanks

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

No, in fact, both paper and especially mesh would make humps everywhere, as much mud would be necessary to cover this mesh. I have seen folks do this before, a serious eyesore, Mesh, or tape is for new sheetrock where they meet or butt up at all the joints or seams. Good question. 👨🏼‍🎨

@memongman 8 ай бұрын

🖖thanks!@@StuccoPlastering

@redmille1000 23 күн бұрын

10 grand! We couldn’t charge that for a 3 bedroom house, walls and ceilings in the U.K.! I need to move to California!

@StuccoPlastering 22 күн бұрын

I agree brother, my son’s cost to repair it was a tenth of that.

@OnTheGoKRO 28 күн бұрын

Is this stuff sandable???? Like the regular dry wall

@StuccoPlastering 26 күн бұрын

Joint compound is sandable, lime plaster is not

@controlsgirl 2 ай бұрын

Why use 20 minute and not lime base plaster? Is it just a time thing? The gypsum doesnt dry as hard

@StuccoPlastering 2 ай бұрын

Correctomundo, gypsum does not have the strength of, say, Structo-Lite; however, Strtucto-lite takes three to five hours to dry, plus a topcoat would be needed also. We show alternative ways of repair from the methods used a hundred years ago. Plus, in many videos, we do indeed show those older original methods.

@controlsgirl 2 ай бұрын

@@StuccoPlastering thanks so much for the reply. It makes since. I've been doing a deep dive on all of your videos. If you came upon a repair where the top coat delaminated from really old base coat, the base coat seemed in tact and strong, can you use a lime finish coat instead of gypsum based mud? I really liked one of your videos that you made explaining the practical advantages to why basecoats are used and why/when you can skip them. I've found it hard to find a straight forward explanation in one video that explains the advantages/disadvantages between using all lime base/top coats during repairs, using structolite and lime top coat, and using the 20 minute. I have an old home and I can tell where people made patches with gypsum. It's always softer. turns into mush with water. scrapes away like packed powder if you get under the paint. the lime is super smooth under the paint and shiny. It's a little harder to dig into it to get it to turn into dust. The old lime base coat with hair in it is like a rock!

@StuccoPlastering 2 ай бұрын

@@controlsgirl Wow, you’ve invested some serious time in to realize all this stuff. Congratulations.

@spencercolgan 8 ай бұрын

11:43 lol!

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

Good evening Johnathan, maybe subconsciously, I too love the sound. It's possible it may explain my love of applying it after more than 40 years. Things that make you go Hmmmmm.👨

@mikegresham9424 7 ай бұрын

Let the first coatd dry then come.in with nappy rollers roll mud then skim it done

@StuccoPlastering 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip.

@tonianthony4984 2 ай бұрын

PLEASE COME HELP? This looks like my house except worse i think...hole definitely. I think half the ceiling needs to be done.😢😢😮Been contemplating doing my self. Hard to find reasonable price to help.

@StuccoPlastering 2 ай бұрын

Morning Toni, allow this video to be your advice and teacher, Cheers, you can do it.

@ball-up 3 ай бұрын

40 minute is better it gives you more time to install

@StuccoPlastering 3 ай бұрын

Folks should base their mud on their skill level. You’re probably right as you have to take into account mixing and carrying it to the area needed. We’re professional plasterers thus prefer 20 minute mud. Cheers

@pompeyjim 8 ай бұрын

10 grand??? Someone would do that type of repair for a few hundred quid here in England

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

I'm just the messenger.🕵🏼

@babs66 4 ай бұрын

I just paid £860 up north. Took ceiling down plasterboard then plastered over the top. Terraced diningroom about 13x10ft.

@bobwhelk2117 8 ай бұрын

Sure looks like a pirate walking the plank.

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

Morning Bob, it was a death trap for some, but I have the balance of a gazelle. Thus no problemo.🦌

@terryken12 7 ай бұрын

If you are going to talk try using 45 min mud. 🤣

@StuccoPlastering 7 ай бұрын

20-minute mud is right up my alley, as I talk and plaster, quickly. 👨🏼‍🎨

@EdgeSanityGaming Ай бұрын

I notice just about everyone--including you, a plaster guy--says to repair plaster with quick setting joint compound, not with plaster. Why is that?

@StuccoPlastering Ай бұрын

It's faster and not noticeable for patchwork. Now for a complete ceiling.....

@NoreastWhips 8 ай бұрын

Tear it out and replace the whole ceiling. All those cracks will come back.

@StuccoPlastering 8 ай бұрын

Every once in awhile, we get a uneducated comment such as yours. Let's say for example the cracks will come back. Is it worth the over 10 to 15 thousand she was quoted to remove and replace this ceiling? In light of a deeper knowledge, I understand setleing, and neither me or my son Jason need to sell fear. We sell skill and professionalism to earn our dough.👨‍🏫