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DIY & Home Improvement

sl8

(13,841 posts) Sun Oct 30, 2022, 08:00 AM Oct 2022

Man installs gypsum lath.

Last edited Sun Oct 30, 2022, 09:00 AM - Edit history (1)

Man, I like watching him work.

1:00 min. clip :
(I think the video title is wrong, though)

Full, 18:53 min. narrated video

Lathing and Plastering - GA Archives

Gypsum Association

This Gypsum Association archival film is for historical reference only. The information contained in it is not intended as guidance for contemporary construction.

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Man installs gypsum lath. (Original Post) sl8 Oct 2022 OP

I think he's done this before !!! Karadeniz Oct 2022 #1

I have watched a lot of drywall installed. They guy in the first video is a master. Chainfire Oct 2022 #3

All about the hammer Phoenix61 Oct 2022 #2

Ugh, lath and horsehair plaster is something I hope never to see again Warpy Oct 2022 #4

Karadeniz

(22,543 posts)

1. I think he's done this before !!!

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Oct 30, 2022, 09:09 AM

Oct 2022

Chainfire

(17,576 posts)

3. I have watched a lot of drywall installed. They guy in the first video is a master.

Reply to Karadeniz (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 30, 2022, 10:04 AM

Oct 2022

Phoenix61

(17,008 posts)

2. All about the hammer

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Oct 30, 2022, 09:31 AM

Oct 2022

Warpy

(111,302 posts)

4. Ugh, lath and horsehair plaster is something I hope never to see again

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Oct 30, 2022, 12:52 PM

Oct 2022

along with calcimine ceilings that some idiot has tried to use conventional paint on. Oh, and throw in the old cloth and tar insulated wiring that crumbled to bits if you gave it a mean look.

Living in Boston quickly cured me of any real appreciation for Victorian construction.

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