Plaster Ceiling Repair Screws

Using plaster magic prevents having to skim the entire ceiling because it uses a very effective adhesive to reattach the plaster to the lathe meaning no permanent plaster washers.

Plaster ceiling repair screws.

Use a drywall screw with a plaster washer to re secure the damaged sections of plaster to the lathe. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair a plaster ceiling. Great for securing plaster that is coming off walls or for securing the edge of plaster when installing a dry wall patch or a plaster patch. Secure the patch with 1 5 8 drywall screws.

Plaster washers are about the size of a quarter and cost pennies. There is another trick that professionals use to repair plaster walls and ceilings that have failed leave the old plaster in place and reface the entire area with new drywall. Screws save the time of fitting wooden shores and keep the work area clear but they can damage the plaster. A plaster washer is a thin metal disk that increases the size of the head of a drywall screw so that it doesn t pull through the plaster.

Screw plaster washers to ceiling along and around cracked area. You thread the drywall screw through a plaster washer and then drive it through the plaster and into the ceiling joists wall studs or wood lath. Here is a step by step guide to how to fix plaster ceilings in your old house. Plaster work is easy to repair even for the novice with the a few simple tools materials and charles street supply s exclusive plaster washers.

A drywall screw goes through the washer and is driven into the wood lath behind the plaster. By using modern materials and a traditional technique it is possible to repair plaster ceilings that are cracking and delaminating. 1 one inch plaster repair washers ceiling buttons 300 pieces. Use trowel to spread joint compound onto ceiling covering the repaired area.

Be sure to drive screws into wood lath above. Before doing any plaster ceiling repair make sure to setup drop clothes and wear eye protection. Seemed to work ok and pretty simple. Or possibly the screws are too.

Long screws with washer heads are used to pull the drywall and old ceiling back up to the framing or as close to level as possible. Screwed it back in using plaster screws spaced reasonably close if you have old hardwood rafters might be best to pre drill first you may have trouble getting the screw in far enough without twisting the head off. I propped the ceiling sheet up from underneath using some planks of wood for props. How to fix screws in ceiling plaster.

Cover with joint compound and father out 18. Screws that pull or pop out of the ceiling are often the result of using screws that are too short or have very fine threads.