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DIY & Home Improvement

Warpy

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8. Understood

Reply to mopinko (Reply #4)

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 09:55 PM

Sep 2014

which is why I suggested the tools.

Once you get done with chipping it off with the scraper and mallet, see how regular/irregular it is and that whatever is still on there will be there in perpetuity.

If it's not too bumpy, you can get away with installing something over it.

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so, i pulled down the paneling, peeled off the old tin tiles, [View all] mopinko Sep 2014 OP

Most people just say screw it and rip it all down to the studs and then install new drywall Warpy Sep 2014 #1

i despise ripping out my plaster. mopinko Sep 2014 #4

Understood Warpy Sep 2014 #8

i would prolly heat gun it. mopinko Sep 2014 #9

go all the way to the studs. Chaco Dundee Sep 2014 #2

Agreed Sherman A1 Sep 2014 #3

at my age mopinko Sep 2014 #6

thing is mopinko Sep 2014 #5

If it doesn't need replacing, don't replace. You can get the drywall replaced for less than $500.... marble falls Sep 2014 #7

it isnt drywall. its plaster and lath. mopinko Sep 2014 #10

Get a guy to fix the chinks and skim coat it. Thats pretty reasonably cheap. Still a pain.... marble falls Sep 2014 #11

Just drywall right over the old stuff. amerikat Sep 2014 #12