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Examples of lath
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Every lath should be nailed at each end and wherever it crosses a joist or stud.
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When enough plaster is removed, I use the crowbar to pry the remaining lath away.
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Sometimes, though, lath and plaster walls decide to fall apart all by themselves.
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Wire lath is used to give the plaster something to attach to and to add strength.
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Wattle and daub or lath and plaster are used to fill the spaces between the timbers.
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My dad never made it through college and apprenticed as a lath and plaster carpenter.
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Like virtually all houses of this vintage, it has lath-and-plaster walls.
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We suggested he replace the lath and plaster with drywall to provide some shear support.
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Then use your hammer and a flat pry bar to gradually pull the plaster away from the lath.
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- A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework
- A lath is a thin, narrow strip of some straight-grained wood or other material, including metal or gypsum. A lattice, or lattice-work, is a criss-crossed or interlaced arrangement of laths, or the pattern made by such an arrangement. ...
- A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used
- (Laths) Narrow strips of timber forming a foundation for the plaster of a wall.
- A building material of wood, metal, gypsum, or insulating board that is fastened to the frame of a building to act as a plaster base.
- In gardening, an overhead structure of evenly spaced slats of wood or other materials used to create shade.
- A wood strip or metal mesh, which acts as a background or reinforcing agent for the scratch coat or mortar coat.
- One of a number of thin narrow strips of wood nailed to rafters, ceiling joists, wall studs, etc. to make a groundwork or key for slates, tiles, or plastering.
- Thin strip of wood used in the fixing of roof tiles or slates, or as a backing to plaster.
