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DIY & Home Improvement

Warpy

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2. I knew "urban pioneers" in the 60s

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 01:25 PM

Oct 2014

who knocked the crumbling plaster off the walls and used drywall on all but one accent interior wall where they thought the lath looked interesting.

Oh, well, it was easy to hang pictures on.

I have to think they got sick of a spider incubator and sheetrocked that wall by now.

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Replacing old plaster (but not the lath) [View all] hedgehog Oct 2014 OP

My first house was build in 1907, originally wood lath, had a remodel in the 30s.... NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #1

I knew "urban pioneers" in the 60s Warpy Oct 2014 #2