Can You Put Drywall Over Plaster Walls. I've drywalled over old plaster walls and ceilings in a 3 story 1600 sq. I am debating tearing down the plaster and then drywalling everything out again, however i've been getting recomendations about just drywalling over the has anyone every done this before?
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I have no contractor skill, simple housewife. Plaster is harder and it is hard to put a nail in without the plaster crumbing and enlarging the hole. Then you can carefully fold up your little tape shelf to collect all the plaster dust and simply throw it away.
On your wall, grab a 5 gal of the.
Rocking over plaster and lath is very common, as is busting out the in any event, you can easily rock over a ceiling while the rest of the house is occupied. With traditional wet plastering, however, each layer must be applied by a skilled tradesman, taking several times longer thanjust whacking up some drywall. Test a known surface for hardness and feel it for temperature and moisture. Taper do the the finishing because there was so much to finish at one time,still looks great and that was 11 yrs.