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AngelaK
Citizen
Username: Angelak
Post Number: 12
Registered: 7-2006
| | Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 6:26 am: | 
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Hi all,
I've discovered that behind the wallpaper and paneling in the kitchen of the house that I just bought is plaster on lath with no skim coat. I was hoping to just take down the paper/panel (which is falling off anyway and the pattern is "1970's what were you thinking") and paint until I have time/funds to remodel the kitchen, but this surface is not paintable as is.
Has anyone here ever put a layer of drywall over a plaster wall? There appears to be plenty of room between the wall and the door jamb so that the wallboard would not be flush with the jamb. |
Darren Say Grrrrrrrr
Citizen
Username: Darrensager
Post Number: 493
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 9:10 am: |
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Yes, people do it all the time. In fact they have thinner drywall just for this purpose. |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8345
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 10:21 am: |
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Yep. As long as you have the room in the kitchen (even thinner stuff can effect tightly squeezed cupboards), it's a good solution. You also retain the sound-minimizing effects of plaster & mitigate the "echo" effect of drywall. When we remodeled, we actually kept one plaster wall and rocked over it because we did not want to chance damaging the plaster in the next room. |
jet
Citizen
Username: Jet
Post Number: 1161
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 10:59 am: |
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Sure, contractors call it jumping the walls. |
AngelaK
Citizen
Username: Angelak
Post Number: 14
Registered: 7-2006
| | Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 12:18 pm: |
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Thanks! |
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