I can't remember if you mentioned it in the video but why not rip that half of the ceiling down, drywall it and then plaster. Id imagine you would have been able to do that in the same time frame no? I know you were paid to do the plaster only but just wondering. I know you mentioned in other videos why you decided to plaster instead of just restarted but what was the reason for this? Great video btw

The Land Lord Special Edition of the Vancouver Carpenter

"Hack job" "Just OK" "Good enough"... If I did work that good, I'd call everyone I know over to come and admire my artistic skill.

whoever gets to demo that ceiling in the future is going to love the screws haha

I have done tons of free repairs simply because I had hot mud and didn't want to throw it out. It's just as easy to quick fill as it is to dump in in the trash.

Thanks for teaching me that "plaster washers" are a thing. Previously I had used fender washers in similar situations. I'm a 70-y-o DIYer and it's amazing all the simple tools and parts that I'm not familiar with. Just a few weeks ago I learned that a "drill block/ drill guide" is a very useful $7 tool.

Having just spent the last few weeks fixing the damage done to our plaster walls during knob and tube replacement, your plaster repair videos have been a life saver. I feel lucky to live in a place where Concrete Fill is available, it really is the perfect tool for this kind of thing and I never would have thought to use it without your videos.

I’ve never seen fibre fuse sheets and plaster washers before… Very cool! Being a drywaller/carpenter/skateboarder in Wagga Wagga Australia your videos always make me smile 😊

Woo, landlord special!! Plus this (presumably) being in Vancouver, that tiny little 5'x7' room likely rents for $10,000/month! LOL This is absolutely a "real-world" fix, though! People will get angry over it, but if the repair lasts to the customer's needs and expectations, it looks acceptable, and is within the budget, then it's a good repair. I absolutely love your extra-wide little two-step ladder!

Love the longer form video here. Really great to see the full thing from start to finish with very few cuts. I recently did a similar plaster repair but for about 50 wall cracks and fibafuse and confill were an absolute lifesaver

“Lets just do a few more and were good” Next camera shot theres 50 more lmao. Love it! Keep up the good work man, love the repair videos!

I love how you half assing it still turns out pretty damn decent, haha! If they painted the ceilings it would be a vast improvement.

I've been watching you for years and you have helped me so much.

I’ve done lots of this. You need to use glue(no more nails, PL) with the plaster washers. Where the plaster lost its key, you drill a 1/4” hole through, fill with glue, then screw the plaster washers up until the glue oozes out. Work from solid to weakest area. Should a large chunk fall out I have 1/4” rock on hand and patch it into the lathe. Then skim it all with 90 and it works! The glue re- key’s it. 😀

Just wanted to thank you for your videos. Just repaired a hole today that I have been holding off for awhile and as a 33 year old dad, I just bought my first complete skateboard at a local skateshop since 2008. Your videos have inspired me to learn drywall and get back into skateboarding

Well done under a timer challenge video. It shows a real challenge for all those years of drywall knowledge.

Great job as usual! I started watching over 4 years ago, and to this day, every time I do any drywall job, I say to myself ,"Feather, the edge!" Lol!!

31:48 this. It can be so difficult sometimes to just do what a client wants, even if we don’t agree with it, or know it can be done better. But you’re so right that setting our own ego aside to just do what is asked is an important skill, too

Looks a heckuva lot better than it did before. Excellent job given the time constraints. 👏👏👏

I started taping in late ‘70’s , I gotta say , you are damn good on that trowel well done kid

Your serious levels of expertise in knowing exactly which little tweaks in materials and techniques are important is what makes the success of the project. Thanks for sharing!

Very inspiring techniques. I never would have thought to use a roller for the “underlayment” before the fiber mesh.

Ben, Thank you for another great video. I bought a house that someone glued paneling over plaster (1950's construction) on the walls and ceiling and into the sky light. When I removed the paneling, I pulled big chunks of the pearl coat off all the walls and ceiling. I used a few drywall buttons where the wall was moving. I used plaster of paris to patch the walls where the pearl coat came off. Then I gave it a coat of an oil base stain sealer primer before I started resurfacing the walls. I find that sometimes, if you don't use primer the moisture from the joint compound and paint will blister loose paint that you missed when scraping. Then I used the three foot wide fiberglass sheets (same product as the fiber glass tape) to coat all the surfaces, just staying shy of the corner beads. (I only learned of fiberfuse from you after this project) Then I used two coats of 45 minute mud. Then I finished it with all purpose joint compound. When I finished it was restored to the look of the original 1950's plaster. (Maybe better) It has been over two years and it is showing no signs of deterioration. by the way, this was my home so I didn't have to rush the drying times.

This is a very good video. I take care of several rentals with plaster walls and ceilings. Especially when you have to do a repair with tenants living there, it can be very messy to take down the ceiling and put a new plaster or drywall. It does not have to be perfect. I just wish we had concrete fill or something similar in USA.

I've screwed drywall right to concrete block by using tapcons through plaster washers. They pulled in enough to mud over them OK. The reason for the washer was partly that drilling through the drywall into the block made too large of a hole for the screw to hold otherwise. This sped it up enormously and has held up well for years. Perfectly happy with my hack job 😁

I can appreciate what you said about having and hanging on to well "loved" tools. In fact I still use my grandpa's folding ruler from time to time...

Looks just like my house when I moved in after it served as a frat house for 20 years LOL. cathartic to watch as the perfectionist in me struggled with tackling an eerily similar sight

I know this was a bunch of your worst presentations but I was really happy about this because my boyfriend just fired his handyman for taking 4 months and have nothing done. I'm standing down a lot of bad drywall taping and almost brave enough to do a little on my own. It's an old property and all of the videos I've been seeing are about perfection and it's making me daunted. Yours was about what it takes! It takes guts🤣 and I'm going to make what is horrible a little better and then we're going to paint it so you've given me hope. Thanks!

I'm with you on the 6 inch knife for bucket. No silly special tools needed

You should do a video of full length butt joint taping and mud...from floor to ceiling. I'm currently trying to tape and mud a manufactured home that previously had the strips covering the joints. It would be great for some pointers. It's is not easy especially when the framing is not flat. I'm doing my best though.

I carry a small flash light to check the surface when sanding. I've never seen you use one. It helps me alot to see imperfections. You did use led light at the end to show the high/lows. A tiny key chain flashlight would work. Enjoyed the rush job. Still looked professional to me.

The way I meet an unrealistic deadline is I tell the customer hey look, this is what I can get done and when I can get it done so if that doesn't suit your needs I don't judge, go ahead and get someone else.

watching you do mud work is like asmr

As a recovering perfectionist, it took a lot of time & willpower before I stopped trying to turn every bowl of chicken poop into a bowl of chicken soup.

Brother your work is insane and your a pleasure listen too and a great teacher

I have been watching your videos, they are informative. I'm been retited going on 2yrs, I also been really busy working on projects helping my kids who are 32 and 38 years old with their homes. YOUR videos have help me a great deal. THANK YOU .I live I Los Angeles, CA , I wish I could shake your hand.

Another great video. You are a true master at the craft Ben 😁🖒👊🍻🇨🇦

Lmao the old mud wrist watch. Every damn time for me😂

I bet this will hold for a long time, and it looks halfway decent. The tenant will likely not even know, and even if they do they probably wont care. Sometimes the "proper" fix isn't the best fix.

One tip i was taught to do is to mix yellow taping mud with the confil. It spreads way nicer and has the glue in it

Many years ago, I used to install carpet and vinyl. I installed something similar to that blue rug if not the same thing. I also once installed some pink wool carpet in a cabin that was nearly 2 inches think. You just never know what a person will like

Great job and thank you for sharing your experience with us

Been here with a finished attic, ended up sealing the entire thing with an oil primer, plaster washers, framing/lathe repairs, filling holes, and then a heavy knife texture and paint

Enjoyed the old guy tools comments with my wife. Enjoyed this episode.

"Silk purse out of a sow's ear" as my Dad would say, for a "Highfalutin" Vancouver rental.

I hope you got payed your double normal rate for this. You did an amazing job with what time and conditions you had to work with.

Safety squint engaged 😂

I actually get paid to make rooms look like that, with the cracks and peely paint. When there’s work, movie work, that is. I’ve also stayed in a hotel in Paris, way back in the day, that had burlap stapled to the ceiling which was holding loose plaster. I also plastered over a deeply texted ceiling where I attached my shoes to old cat litter containers to use as sort of stilts.

8:23 to 9:27 was totally the Bob Ross moment of your channel. I mean, i generally watch you and Bob Ross for probably the same reasons that haven't anything to do with painting or drywalling. Now you just need to save some little critter and keep it in your pocket.

Never seen plaster washers before but you better believe Im going to screw a soup can lid into someone’s ceiling some day 😅

I'm currently working on a job where the walls & ceiling is bowed out since the home is old. Mind you my specialty is painting, paver sealing, pressure washing/soft washing, & wallpaper installation/removal. I never really did drywall finishing aside from patching, so I like to watch your videos & learn. Funny thing is I am trying the hawk & trowel & it was quite a frustrating thing. I am getting the hang of it now & the prep work is tough but it's nice to try new things & develop new skills. Admittedly, learning on bowed walls & ceiling isn't the best place to start. Lol

I totally get what you're saying about it being fun to work on somethong where you can be less particular. I'm a total perfectionist and I love it when I get to go work on someone's house that is sloppy and doesn't care. It's so much fun to just let go sometimes lol. Even so, my work still turns out good, it's just nice to not have that pressure. Glad you get it!

This going to be Giant Peach part II. 😂😂I watched the whole damn thing again. Ben there's something to your freestyle work and talk method. Excellent video.

As soon as you said no demo, I thought, “fibafuse!” Lol

Love your videos Ben! ❤❤❤

Great job !!❤❤❤❤

There’s something refreshing about a video with real world constraints. Doing a good job, but not losing sleep over minutia you’re not being paid for. Thanks for everything you’ve taught so many people

I bought a former rental mobile home. I want to remove the popcorn ceiling and batten strips on the walls to make it look more like a house. The drywall has that vinyl coating?"wallpaper" that has been painted once. Have you ever worked on a mobile makeover? Any tips for taping seams on that painted vinyl and how to prep the ceiling for painting after getting the popcorn down?

This is a fun episode. ❤😂

That was a room for a Hobbit, and no - you couldn't pay me to live there. "That portion" of the ceiling looks a whole lot better than it did.

That thumbnail is top tier. 😂

I think I'm going to be doing my first job at a high school that will require me to add some glue. Appreciate your professionalism. 👍

Do you remind your hairstylist to "Feather the Edges?" All kidding aside Hoser I love your videos

I'm not a drywall expert. Work facilities and have to repair walls once in a while. Lot of forklift damage. Use the California patch often.

Hello! I just discovered your channel as I have some touch ups and repairs in drywall to do in our new home. I have found some recommendation in some of your videos for a good drywall trowel. I have not found one on a canadian website though... Since you often talk about Canada, I was wondering if you'd maybe be able to recommend me a place where I could buy one in the 12in size? Thanks and keep up the good work!!

Looks like you're fixing a ceiling for a slum lord. Same kind of guy we bought our house from lol

Could have overboarded it. as long as you hit the joists with decent screws you'd be fine especially with the size of that ceiling.

Beautiful Band-Aid

Your B game looks like my A plus game.

watching your videos is like balsam for the soul

Good work…I know it’s difficult to repair crumbling plaster.

Hey what’s up brotha. I’m down here in Southern California and been watching you for a little while. I for some reason have the hardest time with taping and muddying. I would love to have a training session with you the next time you’re here in the states. Let me know if you would be interested in a paid training demo.

When I see videos like this knowing someone will rent that space, I feel so much better about gutting my rentals and restoring them the right way.

So much lerning, do you have any recomendation for changing a regular 3 way corner(inside) to a curved 3 way corner ?

Ho Lee Chit. Guy you machine gun it. Good old fiber fuse. I’m thinking you got a chance. Put a lot of white glue in your mix.

What is the grip tape on your trough? Looks very helpful in griping it, reducing hand fatigue.

Great job!

“Pigeon farming” 😂🤣😂🤣😅

Love your videos ben I want to become like you one day

Hi mate, enjoying your work from Australia! wondering what your thoughts are on taping with cornice cement instead of base coat? Saw a video here in Australia of a bloke using it claiming added strength, didn’t really like what I saw but wondered if you’d done or heard of it? Thanks mate, Dave

It's on the cheap / throw-away / don't care jobs that you learn the most

Wow you’re fast! I actually thought you sped up the video, but you didn’t 😂. Fun to watch you not go slow and just go after it!

Amazing job

When you are use to doing nasty repairs, it's not and unrealistic expectation. But like anything, there's more than one way to do a repair and as long as it looks good in the end, that is all that matters.

Can you add links to purchase the concrete fill and the plaster washers?

Ahh the old hack and dash special!

Finally seeing a video of you looking like me doing mud 😂 Dripping all over the place. 😂

Doesn’t matter how smooth you put mud on, the tools dragging on it leave a porous surface that looks like crap with anything but flat paint unless it's sanded. I still have yet to try it, but I want to see if the plasterer’s trick with a spray bottle of water works for drywall without damaging it

Does the fiber fuse sheet tear and rip like the 2" rolls?

anyone else hear the lyric "sanding down the ceiling so it ends up in the rug..." playing in your head while watching his videos? (Toad The Wet Sprocket)

My phone screen is so cracked that the ceiling looks just the same as when we started.

It looks a lot better at the end than it did at the beginning.

The real video we've all been waiting for.

Ya need to “feather that T-shirt” Ben; don’t think I’ve ever seen you wear that much mud home! Lol

Says he’s doing a hack job, then puts on a display of how good he is at this.

I don't watch the entire video yet, but don't you think use a big skimming blade like 32in could made it faster? Awesome video!

Pretty horrible that place is being rented as it is. I rented a room in a house when I was a student ( 45 years ago) in a college town in the Monterey Bay. Our shower wall was made with formica, with metal edges, and a bunch of sealant on the edges. All the walls were covered with 1/4 inch drywall, to cover up all the damage underneath. The carpet was a dark green outdoor felted carpet that was glued to the floor. What I did when I was young, man oh man...

Could I pls ask what trowel did you use for this one?

Yes! we know what you are talking about!!! Good Enough!

u need the level 5 2ft blade. Amazing for skiming cheater code gets it perfect. u should make a vid using one on flats & butts u can almost get away with one coat crazy! I've been watching your videos for awhile great content very humble person # TRADESMAN