Lath and plaster walls grace many traditional homes. Thick, substantial, and great at soundproofing, walls constructed out of lath and plaster are rarely built anew anymore. They tend only to be ...

The unmistakable period feel of an old house is often directly related to the beauty and the character of its plaster walls. While it is not recommended that the average old-house owner try to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dietrich Metal Framing, a Worthington Industries company (NYSE:WOR), recently obtained a significant building code endorsement for metal lath and lath trim products.

If Empire Lath and Plaster's second 50 years in business is anything like its first, the future is paved with plenty of hard work and a fair helping of success. "What happens over the next 50 years ...

I just bought my first house and am getting ready to run cat5e jacks to the rooms. I have experience crimping and punching things down, but my experience is limited to running cable in nice drop ...

Q: The walls of our 1938 San Francisco home are lath and plaster, with a canvas-like fabric over the plaster. There are cracks in the plaster, which can be seen through the paint as raised creases in ...

Q:We have a small 1924 cottage in the El Cerrito flatlands a little east of the El Cerrito Mall. Our lot has a minor slope, and we have a high water table. Our house continues to shift and settle, ...