I can see you take pride in your work and did a lot for your customer... respect

Incredible workmanship! Thanks for sharing!

I'm in the middle of renovating 150-year-old house with a lot of plaster work to do. I took notes while watching, thank you so much. The biggest takeaway from this video for me was that you guys went and filled holes and patched stuff on walls that weren't part of the job. It speaks volumes to the professionalism and care that is taken and lets me know that this is a guy worth watching. Thanks!

I would like to see more videos on plaster repair. Your technique is very appealing and makes sense with using PVA. The video is of the right length for showing the whole process.

I appreciate this video, I have a water damage plaster ceiling by a fireplace and the under material is more like concrete. I'm glad you had to go beyond the skim coat to demonstrate significant damage.

Excellent! I enjoyed seeing Masters at work with pride, integrity, and experience. I watched Dad do this for years. Your work ethic and attitude brought back long-forgotten memories. Any comments you receive criticizing your work shows a lack of experience and a need to improve skill level. Once a crack showed up in a chimney, he fixed it, it cracked again, the war was on. If he was here now, I'd tease him asking 'who won the war?' Of course, knowing he figured it out. Wear the mask, lung cancer took him away. I miss him. I appreciate the Care you show in your work, I can't find it these days and I know your clients are happy for you to be a contractor who is detail-oriented.Come to FL anytime, I'm sure to have a few things to keep you busy. Thanks for the memories.

Great video. I have a home build 1890. The livingroom (30 x 20) a 4 x 8 section had water dammage. Received quotes from $2000 to $5000 (back in 2005) to either repair the section of sheetrock the entire ceiling. Having gone to an old bar I noticed their tin ceiling. So I did the entire ceiling in tin with a center medallion.primer painted and painted to make the ceiling look 100 years old. Total cost was say $600.

Where were you 2 years ago? I made every “don’t” to repair my bathroom wall. I have watched this twice already..thank you for the info

You sir, won't get a negative comment from me. That's superlative work, especially the section detailing how you applied the corner bead to serve as a gap cover between the plaster and the drywall. Priceless!!

Thank you for this video, I learned a lot. Working on an old house with cove ceiling as well but I dropped the plaster ceiling and plan on putting up drywall to butt up to that cove. Appreciate the info about durabond and the detail work on cove, joining plaster to drywall

I love your passion for quality work. 👍if only more workers were like that

your utube are great i learn a lot . thanks

Great video! I believe this will be helpful as I learn to work a plaster with a house renovation. Thank you

I enjoy the long videos bro, no need shorten them

Above and beyond a great job!

Excellent job!

Great video would love to see more regular vids

Great details in your vids but couldn't you use ultra light canvas instead of plastic sheet. Way better for the earth.

You said, No tape to bond the drywall n plaster I’ve done this repair several times but always taped also as I was worried about cracking due to no tape Interesting to see no tape though I gotta try that

I use hawk and trowel 6 inch knife and 12 inch carbon steel trowel. It’s a talent but it’s way more efficient and flat than pan and knife . I have a 20 inch pool trowel I want to use it. I’m so used to making it flat with a 12 inch trowel.

Amazing job!

Hello - I just sat here and watched the whole video because you work with both plaster and drywall. That was a lot of work, and the repairs you did looked great to me. My house has all plaster walls and ceilings, but the East interior walls were replaced with drywall 20 years ago. The wall joint in the NE corner of my house is no longer solid because of poor workmanship. There's crumbling plaster and gaps on the plaster section where it's supposed to connect to drywall section. They just slapped paper tape in the corner joint without any type of compound underneath and put a skim coat on top. Would I be able to just use the Durabond 90 to fill the failed & empty plaster sections (after cleaning out failed material) of the corner from ceiling to floor, and skim that over to the drywall portion with Durabond 90 over that section too? It's not a large area surface wise; just the corner from ceiling to floor. Would you recommend I use FibaFuse (or something else; steel bead?) for that inside corner and skim another layer of Durabond 90 over the top of the tape? More than one coat of Durabond? Then after adequate dry time, finish with a coat of joint compound? You know how you were smooshing the Durabond 90 into gaps - what if you put Durabond into a ziplock bag (or an icing bag) and cut off tip and squeezed it into the joint like cake icing? That would get a lot more material into the joint and then you can skim over easier. Thanks for any advice you can give me. I've been scouring KZfaq for answers.

Awesome

Just watched all your videos over the last couple days. Nice and thorough. I appreciate that the work you do combines drywall and plaster repairs, side by side, as there's a lot of that in my house. In one of the video you mentioned a bit for chasing cracks (may have been this one, but I didn't watch in order so not sure). What bit were you referring to? I have cracks on every single wall and ceiling in my house and have been using a Rotozip with a tile bit to cut thru the lime coat and finishing it up with a knife. Just wondering if there's a better solution. Hope to see more from you.

You should come up with something you can pump into the wall gaps like a caulking gun..

I need your repair services desperately, I’m in Chicago though…my plaster basement ceiling is collapsing from water damage and there are tons of pipes, gas lines along the ceiling it’s a disaster. Who do I call? Where do I begin?

Durabond 90 is listed “under joint compound” on USG’s website. I suppose you are recommending not to use the “light” or “easy sand” varieties which are not as dense or have fewer binders?

Just curious about the primer coat you used... the Promar 200. Was that a specific primer, primer/sealer or just flat latex paint? If the latter, was it used in deference to the others because it has some breathability to let any possible residual moisture out from the quick repair schedule? You usually have an advantageous reason for using specific products, but you didn't elaborate on this one. Perhaps it is nothing except being sufficient for the task, but thought I would inquire. I like your channel and you do great work. That ceiling looks beautiful, bet the customers were very happy!

Great video! I have learned so much from your videos sir! A plaster section covering the brick party wall in my unit seems to have broke off and separated from the brick. I removed the loose section and I am planning to use plaster again to restore the original feel of the apt. Another challenge would be to ensure the new plaster section is flush with the old section! Any recommendations on what the best approach would be greatly appreciated.

We just flooded in Fort Lauderdale. It’s a 1953 house with “plaster” drywall. Or whatever the right term is. I got the water out with a sump pump, it was 4” and not above baseboards. We’re drying it now (no power for 48hours) but it’s been running for a few days. Still pretty wet. Heartbroken as we bought it late last year and have been doing so many renovations. My question is IF we can’t save the walls and forced to do a flood cut how do you attach drywall that’s thinner to the plaster that’s thicker? I can’t watch 45min worth as I have spotty service still, sorry if it’s in the video. Can you still buy the plaster like already in the house? What’s the best thing to do here?

Very good video 👍 What happens if you used regular drywall compound instead of Durabond 90?

Plaster is never more than 7/8” thick. Why was that ceiling 1.5” ?

Couldnt you use a wet sponge to smooth any ruff spots

What about the lead paint?

where you guys located for hire

Anytime your sanding or mixing masonary or plaster allways! Allways! Were a good mask you do not want sillicoses of the lungs when the dust goes in it sets on your lungs goodnight irene

This is not plastering real interior plastering is structolite the base lime and molding plaster is the finish I been plastering for 36 yrs still do it every day

Do you use any other basecoat other than durabond?

Are you concerned about lead and a asbestos ?