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Plaster Perfect
By: Rory Brennan, for Clem Labine’s Period Homes, March 2007.In choosing a method to stabilize plaster, it is important to have an understanding of the techniques and materials used in the construction of historic buildings. There are two ways to stabilize plaster. The conventional approach—using metal washers and screws to compress the plaster to its lath—has a couple of issues that make this process incompatible with repair. The preferred method of stabilization is the injection of a specially designed water-based adhesive.
Traditional Plastering
By: Rory Brennan, for Traditional Masonry, Winter 2007.When time and money considerations are combined to analyze a plaster problem a repair is the soundest investment one can make in a building. Lime sets over extended periods of time; it’s young at 100 years. This slow cure helps to impart the qualities that make plaster a viable candidate for maintenance and repair. Properly cared for lime plaster will last forever – there is no other plaster that can make that claim. The existing plaster must be reattached to the lath, making it stable and secure in its original position prior to patching. Without being stabilized, nothing else done to repair the plaster will last. Once stabilized, almost any repair will last.
First-Class Upgrades
By Jefferson Kolle, for This Old House magazine, January/February 2001Rory Brennan demonstrates a different plaster repair method from Tom Silva’s, one that reunites the sagging and cracked 135-year-old plaster with its lath-strip supports. By affixing this loose ceiling with an acrylic adhesive that he injects through 3/16-inch holes throughout the damaged area, Brennan can make repairs without adding permanent hardware to the plaster surface. He draws the plaster back to the lath using screws fitted with protective plastic washers. Once the plaster glue has set, he removes the screws and washers, and fills all the holes with a rapid-setting plaster mixture, smoothing away all the blemishes.
Preserving Historic Plaster
By: Rory Brennan, for This Old House television, Charlestown House Project, 2000.The number one at-risk historic material in this country is interior plaster. Historic plasters can be fixed and preserved to be part of a cost-effective restoration process. Modern alternatives do not measure up in the long run to maintaining historic plasters. Sadly, in the 20th century, maintenance was often considered an unfortunate side effect of house custodianship. In this new century people are now reaching back to preserve our collective architectural history.
