Questions tagged [rock-lath]
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Best way to add switch box and repair rock lath with frame/stud exposed?
I'm debating the best way to add a 2 gang switch box and then repair this wall. There was originally a single gang box nailed to the door frame, almost identical to what I can buy today. This only sticks out half an inch though, while the wall is…
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Mounting a 14"x14" in-wall media box in rock lath walls
I'd like to mount a 14"x14" in-wall media box between two studs in a rock lath wall. To be clear, the wall is NOT lath and plaster, but panels of some kind of sheet rock that have been plastered over. I've looked behind the wall and all of the…
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Alternatives to plaster veneer?
I need to close up a window hole (that was on a formerly exterior wall and after an addition, turned into shelving).
Apparently plaster veneer is unknown in my parts, but it'd be a perfect solution to match the existing rock lack/plaster the rest of…
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Is there a plastic alternative to expanded metal mesh for replacing a section of rock-lath ceiling?
In our foyer a section of ~7/8 thickness rock-lath ceiling (sheetrock + sanded plaster basecoat reinforced by expanded mesh + plaster skim-coat) was cut out between the floor joists in conjunction with a bathroom remodel above. To begin to replace…
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