When I first saw this I thought why is this guy in cool sunglasses looking like a rock star. After a few minutes I realised I should have shut my mouth! Kirk you are the man! Great demonstration and explanation...and I haven't even got a ceiling to repair!!
Morning Hollis Mayard, Thank you, too funny. I'm no rock star just a guy who been providing food and education and a bit of fun to my family for over 40 years. Beside's If I don't do it right the first time the second time, is on my time, the old learnig process. plaster, it’s everywhere you want to be Mastering Plastering for the beginner’s to experts
Howdy Nick from Liverpool, England, me wife also is from England, Manchester. This complete process took me about 3 hours but I had help from my son who is a master at mixing. I’ve had similar projects take from an hour to 7 depending on circumstances. Video slows all our jobs down Big Time, but I get a kick out of doing them these days! Best wishes, and have a great day! Kirk Giordano Plastering
This is true craftsmanship. Decades of trail & error experience brought to the world in under 20 minutes. All explained in a cool & calm manner. Thank You.
Whenever I have an interior (usually ceiling) repair on my 100 year old house, I look for your videos before I start - learned the hard way. Getting ready again on a recessed part of a coved ceiling where the failed plaster looks to be not more than 3/8ths thick and I don't know what's behind it. Thank you a whole bunch for making this look like a job I can do.
I'm working on a house from the 1870's, everyone said to tear out old plaster and replace with drywall. Thanks to you and your brother for the inspiration and lessons, I'm keeping as much of the house that hasn't been drywalled already in plaster.
Very nice demonstration way to not over or under do! Some of these videos you search have guys just spending forever showing how to do something “right” but you nailed it!
I just found one of your videos on UA-cam, and with it, a flood of memories. I served my apprenticeship with my grandfather's plastering company in the early fifties. I still have the first hawk and trowels I used then. When he retired, the last small plastering company in our area of South Jersey was gone. After that, it was the Union or Dry Wall. It is really good to see an artist still plastering. Thank You. James Sneathen former apprentice of The Hickman Plastering Company, Pine Hill, New Jersey
I’m a 5th generation stone mason -brick- block - stucco and concrete pro my nona Michael bult the first family home in Baltimore Maryland in 1958 him and my five uncles from 6 years old up to 16 years old Nona taught them everything including every wood lathe and plaster ceilings and walls in this house so like you and your family we have a home So I just wanted to tell you that you do fantastic work very skilled it shows in your videos wish the best do you and your family nice job
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I had a painting and repair business for 20yrs. I repaired many ceilings almost the same way you did. On really rough ceilings I sometimes would locate the ceiling joist and fasten 1 x 3 boards and then hang new 3/8" drywall on the ceiling. Taped and finished and then would paint it for them if they wanted. When repairing areas of ceilings and walls I prided myself on matching the textures on them. There's a talent to it and you have it keep up the great work!! It wasn't always about the pay but just seeing ppl so happy and surprised of how well the finish matched the exsiting. It really made me feel good. The best advertisement is word of mouth.
Good afternoon purple dude, we do it all, except the painting as most of our fixes have to dry for sometimes up to 28 days. Live long and plaster Sharing the plastering knowledge
I despise plaster & lath. But I can see why you & the homeowner did not want to drop the whole ceiling. Those concave junctions at the walls... oh my. Nice work. I admire guys with the skill & patience to fix plaster.
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ive been plastering since 1987 i still enjoy it still got the energy and i can see kirk knows his stuff and is passing on his know how good to watch all the best to him and family
Evening Richard Spencer, you are among the many who may have a knack for hand eye coordination, some folks do some don't. Always nice to hear the success story's like yours. keep it up brother. Best wishes, kirk giordano plastering
StuccoPlastering The hand eye coordination comes from being an artist and art teacher. I can see how this can be very difficult for many. It is an art and it did take me about 15 hours to do a 4x7 foot hole but I think I could do the next one much faster. Your video really helped, I watched it three times before I went for it. The only thing I did have was bananas for the coffee banana break.
Hey richard, If you mixed and applied you made good time. I have my son Jason, who is very experienced in mixing and gets me everything I need which allows me to just apply. Best wishes, kirk and family
kirk, that was a nice tutorial on how to do a plaster ceiling repair. Many older homes have this time of ceiling or wall. Thank you for taking the time to show us how it's done and valuable tips on the do and font's of this type of repair. Also a big thank you on the safety glasses tip.
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Morning Eoin, good question, it's drywall compound, I us 20 minute mud as a rule, as it takes jason or Louuu at least 3 minutes to mix 5 minutes to bring it to me, which give me about 10 minutes to apply which is usually 5 more than I need, cheers, kirk & Jason Giordano’s home improvement videos
Howdy my friend You Tube mad ani't ya, odd I was feeling angry for persoal reasons your comment made me smile, thus your stle is also working, thanks. best wishes Happy holidays from the Giordano clan
Live in an old house with plaster walls and ceilings. I really appreciate the step by step and really detailed instructions including the plaster weld. You have given me the courage to try a few smaller repairs myself. Thank you Kirk.
So many steps for such an easy repair. I have been a plasterer for over 30 years. I have never used any sort of "lightweight" plaster or mud mix. I have always used the hard Durabond "brown bag" it use to be pink with horse hair. Also, I see that you did NOT lap the mud between the lath. It is in my practice to Lap the mud through the gaps in the lath so that the plaster goes behind the lath and "hook" onto the back of it. Creating a stronger bond. Just a preference. Kudos on the video.
Thanks Kirk great explanation, living in an 1800’s house with a slate roof and stone foundation and plaster walls makes you appreciate the incredible amount of work required and skill the builders possessed, using mostly hand tools, true artists and you are carrying on the tradition
Good Evening Boater Dude, I'm just the messenger, as someone has to show the new generations how to make a living and put food on the table. Best wishes, Sharing stucco secrets and or common sense plastering tips
I did a similar size and type of ceiling repair a few years ago. I chose to install screws around the perimeter in the plaster that was going to be kept, just to make sure it didn't continue to separate from the lath. The screws, with a 1-1/4" washer, were countersunk into the plaster so they could be filled after. Some screws hit the joists and some just into the lath. The patch is now invisible, stable and still holding. I remember my neck aching for a couple of days. lol
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Thank you for all you do and to all your family and team! I watch all your videos over and over- taking notes and learning so much! We have a 104 yr. old 3 floor stucco home in NY. We've been here 5+ years and it is clearly time to make many repairs outside. I wish you worked in our area! But since you don't, I'll definitely have questions soon. We cannot afford to pay someone to do it wrong and I cannot do it all myself. Your videos are a game changer for my confidence in preserving this amazing home 🙂 Now I see this interior ceiling repair video and I know I can do this where needed in the home 🙂 Felt I should comment. THANK YOU! -Mary .... Schenectady, NY
Nice fine work standards as usual Captain Kirk. There is one thing that i like to do before I slap any new stuff on and thats to give the edges of the old plaster a spray of clean water and then go around the edges, just like you did, and push in the new stuff so that it helps to strengthen the new stuff to the old. Like I said before on other posts I much prefer using the lime putty mortars and plasters because you have more time to play with it as it's just so versatile as well as less expensive. Love and hugs from the UK to you and the gang.
I was recently playing with some new lime mixes and on one panel of wooden laths I slapped on a haired 3:1 sea sand & lime and with the remaining mortar, on another panel, added some molasses and sawdust to the sea sand and lime. This was because I had been reading Millars book on Lime published in about 1890, it's a fascinating read about different mixes including the 1st experiments using cement. As expected the 1st panel was really fragile and useless, but the mix with the molasses is really strong and has set really well. I have even stuck some old iron nails in both panels to see if any rusting occurs, this is because when working on exterior stuff you have to use stainless steel screws and nails. I was also looking at cement mortars where glass balls were added to the mix and you get interesting light shows with that. My poor wife's eyes glaze over when I talk about lime and yesterday we met our new neighbours, and in their case, he is a cement specialist and his wife's eyes glaze over when he talks about cement, so there we all were, sitting out in the garden, drinks in hand, me talking to him and my wife talking to his wife and we all got on so well because his wife works with problematic teenagers as does my wife, what a small world. He also also worked for many years in different foundries traveling all over the globe to some really out of the way places because of his knowledge on foundry dynamics.
Sorry kirk, l have done texture for almost 35 years and rollers dont give you a professional orange peel look, l m a pretty good texture matcher😀, l have even modified my texture guns and pumps, l love your stucco technics, u r really the stucco master,
Howdy Peter, From what I hear fresco is a large quality plastering manufacturing company that does and offers many unique and distinct plastering products. What we used for this repair was a simple 20 minute mud. In fact in this video I shows the product Jason mixed, as allot of folks ask what we used. These days I’m prepared to show products during the demonstrations Best wishes, and have a great day! Kirk Giordano Plastering
I have pretty much an identical job to do...but there are so many different plaster types to choose from that whenever I look into it I'm left in a confused, whimpering state. I'm actually used to the hole now and think I may just leave it as a novelty feature.
Lovely job Kirk, you made that look so easy and you never lost your cool. I'd be fighting like grim death and end up getting covered in plaster then you are a very skilled man, a craftsman no less. Thanks for showing us how it's done mate.
Good morning John, if it's me against a patch repair i will win every time, so no need for becoming frustrated I have encountered any and everything known to man with plaster repairs. cheers, kirk giordano rendering
I once had the outer walls of my house redone. The plaster guy that showed up was an old fat, short Italian guy with no shirt, a big tanned belly, missing teeth. a big smile and a bald tanned head. I thought the plaster company had sent some loser until the guy started to hand texture the walls in an almost effortless manner. It was beautiful and mind boggling. My Italian Plaster Guy was obviously an artist and impressed me just like Kirk in this video. It's not a job, it's an art.
Howdy Channel dude, you my friend have a wonderful way with words, thank you, just goes to prove you can't judge a book by it cover too. I'd rather have an ugly dude do it right then a pretty boy screw it up, now look what you started got me sounding like you. Cheers and have a good and healthy new year, Kirk and Jason giordano
Excellent demonstration of a patch in! It’s a dying art of which I’m proud to be a part of! I lucked out about a decade ago getting employment with a library system that has several Carnegie funded libraries built around the turn of the 20th century. Lost of plasterwork to be done in those buildings! It feels good being a part of something trying to take care of classic architecture.
Good evening Petabytes, plus you get paid to exercise, that earned cash allow you to eat well and sleep well, knowing a job well done, without taking anything from anyone instead giving something to the community, what a country. Note: to all subscribers or anyone who stumbles on our channel with a question, type it into our Stucco/Plastering channel, and like magic, a video will appear to explain how it's done. This feature is miles ahead of any plastering forum. 🥳 Kirk & Jason Giordano Plastering
Kirk, You da man. I had to figure this out on my own and fortunately for me I did it right but watching you do it gave me a sense of relief that my work was done right. Thank you so much. PS I had the insulation problem I had to vacuum it out through the lathe's and cut a hole and install new fiberglass but it all worked out.
Evening Shadow dude, atta boy, I wisheed they would have vacuumed out this ceiling before I started as this insulation kept falling in my face, Man, I hate that as I realize what's in that's stuff. Cheers, Kirk and Jason giordano’s rendering videos
A house I'm about to buy has lathe and plaster, can you repair it with drywall instead of doing all this work? I'm very good with drywall but never done this and it looks like a lot more work. Also it seems like it's much more fragile than drywall.
A lot of people instead of incurring the great expense and hassle of gutting all that plastered just go over it with a quarter inch veneer course you can go half inch but a lot of people just go right over and tape and spackle but save your garbage cans and just go over it.
I'm wondering if I misinterpreted what you were saying yeah if you want to do your patching with sheetrock just fill in those voids with sheetrock that's a good way to go we do that a lot I thought you were talking about going over the whole house but yeah just filling with sheetrock and that's a good way to go.
@@zorroonmilkavitch1840 Well both of your comments are valuable to me so I appreciate them both. How do you attach the sheet rock to the lathe, just curious? Feel like screws might split the lathe it looks fragile in this video but I haven't touched it with my hands yet so maybe it'll hold screws.
Great video, I will be using the roller trick for drywall repair. You really do a great job of explaining what you are doing and why, as you go along. You are a great teacher. And I agree, you are hilarious!
So you are using a drywall joint compound to repair a plaster ceiling? Is there cases where you don't want to do this, that is, use actual plaster? Can you use to skim coat a plaster ceiling that has an oil based paint? Thanks.
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I know, I have mentioned this before but that looks a bit sketchy. That is a lot of weight on that flexible metal. And 20 minute mud put on that thick will take a while to dry. I would just go with drywall screwed to wood and finish with fiberglass tape and quick set. Less chance of cracking and just as fast. I do these repairs all the time. Mine are flawless and zero callbacks. To each his own.
Lids always dry fast. The old wood keys suck the moisture out of that hot mud. That is a rock solid repair. Drywall sucks. Roof leaks, water intrusion, drywall gets wet and it's ruined. It falls through the screws, turns into a smelly mold farm. Plaster is so much better.
The original plaster weighed much more that the 20 minute quick-set.... That said, the quick-set doesn't dry...it is a heat cure chemical process. I've been in the business over 45 years. This repair is most excellent. This is also approved on historical buildings too. Drywall patches are not. P.s. this guy is also a pro.
I'm a little surprised that you would use drywall "hot mud" over wood lath and suggest to others that this material is even remotely applicable to this type of repair. Setting type or any type of joint compound is not a product that will be strong enough to bridge over the gaps in the wood lath, especially in an earth quake prone area. Why wouldn't you use Struccto Lite directly over wood lath ,or even better, with wire lath added, and still better with added micro fibers? Or even use blueboard provided there's enough depth to existing old plaster?
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Karl Ambrose Couldn't have said it any better, I have 23 years plastering experience and I've been sitting here with my jaw in my lap. Not to mention troweling it into the lathe the wrong direction. No interlocking when you skim it sideways. I mean plaster Weld is good, but maaaaan. I fix about 3 of these a year that someone has done the same thing. This mud is good for patching something the size of your head or smaller.
@@aol11thats what its meant for, just drywall patching. And the amout of time on the bag basically equals the size of a patch. If you have multiple patches, you use something like 45 or 90 minute. 20 minute for something like pre filling, and 5 minute if you just have literally one small patch, im not a plasterer but ive heard very good things about bonding agents
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This is the first video I've seen someone explain how to match texture of a repair to the subtle texture of roller stipple/orange peel on the rest of the wall. Thank you!
@@arc.handyman1905 No problemo, or one can apply a flatter texture then use a heavy nap roller say an in or inch and a half sheep skin roller and achieve the orange peel heavy look. Cheers 😉
Omg. I'm a plasterer in England and there's NO way I would do what he has done. Big chance the rest of the ceiling is loose and can hurt someone. I deal with these ceilings all the time Poor job.
Happy New Year, Chris sounds and smells like jealousy mixed with incompetence. If you cant judge how much plaster can and will come off, call a man with experience to advise you, then do what you claim to be trained in. You give my English fellow plasterers a bad name. Bringing peace, love, and harmony back to the world of plastering. The complete plastering encyclopedia on video, by the plastering messengers of UA-cam with over 800 videos.
Howdy ruroken, thanks for the shout out. Sometime folks just lightly touch the timber lath with their foot and pull up and other times they fall through up to their hips. It’s tough to stay on the joist when messing around in the attic! Have a good evening! Kirk Giordano plastering
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Kirk Giordano plastering Inc. Hi Kirk Thank you for the great video, off course I know you know this I just thought it would be a good idea for those watching to be careful with the knife
Im 75 and my house 134. My dad taught me to plaster. He only used water on the lathe. Thanks for the refresher course. I’m going to do a whole room someone foolishly stripped to the lathe they thought patching would be too hard. I’m going to try to find a base coat and start on the wall with most windows. Can’t wait to see it done.
Hi Margaret, pure water can be used if the wood lath is extremely clean, the bonding agent we used is mainly water, LOL, but does have binding or adhering properties. We are showing how we do things, your house, your rules, Cheers 👨🏻🔬
It's so nice these days to have access to knowledgeable professionals like yourself on youtube. I can earn from the pros how to do something, it starts with the right information, then the practice of the skill and maybe the results will turn out satisfactory. We didn't have access to that information years ago unless we worked on the job with someone who knows how to do the job. Thanks for sharing!
Good afternoon no problemo my friend, FYI, I always wondered what the hell Blondie was singing in her song, " Rapture." was saying at the two-minute mark of rapture, seams she was talking about you, FranSwi, she spells it differently Fanncois cest pas flashe nondue, ua-cam.com/video/pHCdS7O248g/v-deo.html. Now I know. Kirk’s unique plastering Tip: all subscribers or anyone who stumbles on our channel with a question, type it into our Stucco/Plastering channel, and like magic, a video will appear to explain how it's done. This feature is miles ahead of any plastering forum. 🥳 Kirk & Jason Giordano Plastering
It isn't lime plaster. It is gypsum patching plaster made by USG for the purpose of repairing plaster. I've used it for 30+ years. Works fine, but I will use structolite to fill in large areas, cause it's less expensive AND at that point you aren't going to get it to dry overnight anyway.
@@imnotworthyenough7469 You mean a repair like what Kirk was doing? I would use mesh tape around the edges between the old and new plaster AND I would anchor the old plaster around the edges with plaster anchors to keep it from moving. Otherwise, it is prone to crack between the old and new plaster sometime in the future. Imho.
I am really impressed with your videos. What a way to give to the community. Unlike some other posters, your videos are very clear and easy to watch. I wish you were in the OC California area. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Jeffrey Chase Hi Jesse, thank you. That makes two of us who wish I was there, I here it's warm and mostly sunny, man, thats what I'm talking about. Thanks for the bone and have a groovy day! Kirk Giordano plastering
So let me get this right: a historic ceiling with lath and breathable lime plaster and all he has to do is a like for like repair using the usual 3 coat traditional lime plaster system yet he chooses to use an inappropriately modern product. I hear the sound of clinking spurs.
First coat should be structolite or gypsolite followed by second coat Keencoat or Diamond light. A two coat process no tape needed around the edges. I've done it this way for over 40 years. Can't even tell it was patched when I'm done.
Greetings Redwood, I wish I could say you have been doing this longer than me but unfortunately, I can't, damn. structo lite is foolish overkill for this hole patch but can be done if a fella wishes to spin his wheels. FYI, it matters little how many coats are applied as long as the desired thickness is achieved. This advice is for homeowners. 1 coat to 10 is fine as long as you fill the hole true and plumb. Getting plastered with Kirk Kirk and Jason Giordano’s sound plastering advice
Thanks Buds! I'm about to embark on my first plaster ceiling repair in my bathroom. About a 5 ft. section where my roof leaked through. This will help alot. Thanks for sharing. I really appreciate it.
Hello Sir Pryo, heres a big tip, don't try and do it all yourself at least have a pal mix for you. Best wishes with that fix and remember, you can do it! Kirk & Jason Giordano's DIY plaster and stucco network
This is incorrect and not a professional repair. I hate being critical, but "rendering" means you mix a loose fiber reinforced mortar and push it up in and form a 3/8 in bed. That should dry 24 hours. Then finish it with plaster of paris or a thin runny gypsum mix. A gypsum base is going to start falling out with the tiniest vibration. Trucks driving by, etc.
Good morning John, me arse, malarky, and bullshit. This repair will outlast me. Happy holidays and New Years to all, from Kirk Giordano plastering and Family The complete encyclopedia of plastering courses in video
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HORRIBLE!!! Didn't even bother to blend it in. You'll defenetly see those horrible edges which has nothing to do with the ceiling being wavie. And the hole perimeter eventually is gonna crack. I know guys like this one. They honestly, really belive they are good!
Good evening Alonzo, that's just jealousy talking, besides you wrong on both negatives I can explain but doubtful you would hear. Peace, love, and happiness to all Bringing Plastering tips to the world, via UA-cam Video
@@StuccoPlastering Obviously you are a narcissist who cannot bear to receive criticism! If you view your video OBJECTIVELY you will see the obvious flaws Alonzo pointed out. If you truly cannot see the flaws then you need to have your eyes examined! As to garry, perhaps you sir need to humble YOURSELF instead of being so Chauvinistic in your attitude. Since you probably don't understand, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Chauvin
@@What_was_wrong_w_jst_our_names when I got into the carpentry trade in the union they assigned me an older gentleman that was doing it for 40 years and he taught me. I was wondering if maybe kirts father taught him on maybe he worked with Mexicans because those guys know who to lay mud and he's good at what he does.
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Greetings my friend, thank you, some negative critics are needed as they give me a chuckle now and then, gotta love that. best wishes Happy holidays from Kirk and Jason Giordano’s stucco video’s
Good morning Chris, it does indeed require practice. Good companies are hard to find. Happy holidays and New Years to all, from Kirk Giordano plastering and Family The complete encyclopedia of plastering courses in video
I love the way you say "true it out", I have made things very smooth and flat looking from a bit of a distance but there is nothing true about it, always waves no matter how small and not noticeable still waves...
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I have a sagging plaster attic ceiling. It runs almost the entire length of the ceiling. Some hairline cracks on walls. Would like to see you tear down a sloped sides sagging plaster ceiling in attic in an old home. Love your videos. Thanks! You make it look so easy.
Hello Cathy, the cracks are following the sheetrock line or the wood lath, it is actually quite common, it it starts to say about a half-inch or more than there can be an issue.🥂
Wow! You are an artist. Plaster work/repair is not easy to do, especially ceilings. I’m in awe of the fact you were able to talk while you were doing all that overhead work. Great job, very educational video. Fortunately for me, my repair is smaller, in a hallway behind a doorway so not real visible, and isn’t down to the lathe. Oh, and no texture to match. Thanks for all the background info too (insulation, explaining about the keys, etc.).
Good evening Holamateo. Thank you, my friend, it's my pleasure.😏 Note: to all subscribers or anyone who stumbles on our channel with a question, type it into our Stucco/Plastering channel, and like magic, a video will appear to explain how it's done. This feature is miles ahead of any plastering forum. 🥳 Kirk & Jason Giordano Plastering
@@StuccoPlastering I do actually have a couple questions for you. 1. Can you mix 20 and 90 minute compounds to get 55minute? 2. The 2x2 plaster ceiling area I need to repair has some bubbling from past water damage (likely mold). I watched your video on neutralizing mold and blasting with a pressure washer. What would you recommend for a bedroom ceiling to keep mold from getting airborne? Spray bottle with bleach/water?
@@holamateo Good evening, my friend Holamateo. The question you ask will be in our video uploaded a day or two before this new year's eve. Soooo for now, I will say if you want 55 minutes to buy the 40-minute joint compound, the funny thing is if you use dirty tools to mix 90-minute mud, it can set in 15 minutes. Okay, this answered your 55 minute set time question.🍻 To neutralize mold, use acid-friendly stuff such as white vinegar in a spray bottle, or you can use Clorox bleach too, put in a spray bottle, add some water and spay away, wear a mask as bleach will make you cough out that toxin, that's normal. That's just your immune system saying, "dude, what the f@ck are you inhaling," I got to get rid of it now by coughing it out. Stop it! Lastly, when you see the wood lath, clean all the dust off as nothing adheres to dust. In the video I did today, I show using a vacuum to remove the dust, then me applying by paintbrush a bonding agent to the wood lath to make certain the plaster or joint compound adheres and help remove any hiding dust. Cheers, brother. KGP.
@@StuccoPlastering thank you so much for the support Kirk! Well I followed your advice to a tee (score with knife, remove, wire brush, vacuum, spray with bleach water, bonding agent and 40 min mud applied in two coats with clean tools) and I’m so happy with the results. I still have to go back to knock down with a wet float and it may need some additional texture (100 year old Mediterranean Revival building has old world texture on walls and ceiling). By the way do you have any videos on old world texturing?
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Kirk- You're right, keying that plaster is key. Thanks so much for showing us how this stuff works. I put up a ceiling stair and needed to patch. I was certain that quickset would just fall right out. But no, I pushed it in as you illustrated and it is staying. Thanks so much!
Evening thesby tolbert, thank you, That's why we show what we do so folks get an idea of what's going on and can either DIY or hire a fella that know how, as you now know what's causing the problems and how a proper fix should be completed best wishes, kirk and family
StuccoPlastering you're very much welcome. I do need to plaster a hole in my basement laundry room in which I might try to do myself! take care, thesby from chicago
Morning thesby tolbert from Chicago, you're welcome and as far as that basement patch, give it your best shot. You can do it! Best wishes, kirk and family
Restoring a home built in 1893, a hundred years before I was born! She's got some dips in the walls and ceiling since the previous owners were too old to keep up with maintenance. Had it checked out and confirmed there's no water damage so now all there's left is to plaster and paint this beauty, thanks for your help!!!
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Fantastic! Thank you for showing us your hard work! I grew up in a victorian home and I grew to like plaster, I am not fond of sheet rock - but blue board and plaster is a beautiful thing!
I love the job you did in that room, and your work looks great to me. There is one room in our mother's house which have a section of the ceiling which fell down, and we are planning on getting that section repaired. Until I saw your video I thought that it would take a professional to complete the job. The way you showed how you performed that job, I feel that it could be done by me, and maybe my brother also.
Good Morning Sidney Dude, you can do it, glasses and a proper respirator are the most overlooked and important things necessary, Live long and plaster Sharing the plastering knowledge for those interested
Hi godzi11amovies, the mud I am using is a compound, (Westpac's fast set) but it is not ready made, most ready made products such as mud's or mortars to set tiles are weak and don't last long. The product we used was in bags we added the water and mixed ourselves, prior to application. Best wishes, Kirk & Jason Giordano's DIY plastering network
Thank you for this video. Yours is the most helpful and much easier than some I have watched. I have an old house for sale and in sitting empty a part of the plaster ceiling near a window has come down. I have tried to find someone to repair it but they all want to take down the ceiling and replace it with drywall. I am going to use your method and do it myself. Good luck to me!
Good evening Andy, your right, I’m not the best, not even close. I know plenty of plasters that are better than me, but there no glory in being the best. Unfortunately those better plasterers are not showing their skills on UA-cam at least not the fellas I know. Come on Ron Roberts or Fred Smith get your buts in gear and show interior plastering stuff. Thanks for watching and have a great day. Kirk Giordano plastering
Have you ever used screws to re-attach the ceiling? I had a kitchen ceiling just like the one you all worked on.Albeit not as bad. it was cracking and falling. I didn't take any of it down. Instead I used screws all over the place to re-attach and contain it to the cleats. then I went over it with tape and mud. It's been about 2 years now and it still looks pretty good. It better stay looking good because it's my mom's house. Love your videos. Thank you so much and God bless you and your family.
Hi Richard Chavarria, yes, we have also used screws when tiny areas need to be reattached, especially if the ceiling has a really tough finish to match. Cheers, kirk giordano
This looks easy - but it isn't - - - clearly a top tradesman at work making it look quite straight forward - great to see skill like this - - - great job Kirk and very informative -thank you -
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kirk your videos are so good ...the methods you use are very similiar to the ones we use over here in the uk...you no your materials and products and explain it so well.get over to the uk youd earn a fortune.
Howdy Dude, Cool Beans Daddieo, dude, I'm ready for a change maybe go back to me wife's village back in Manchester, where pups are the real deal. Live long and plaster plastering and teaching video’s
We had an identical problem on our front porch ceiling. We used 1/2 " insulation foam panels instead of sheet rock. We glued, then stapled those in place. Then we finished the remaining tiny gaps off with light stucco compound. It looks great! and slightly flexible as house settles.
Howdy Pepper dude, there are many ways to repair a ceiling, a fella just has to improvise, you are ahead of the game, Best wishes, Kirk giordano Rendering
Thanks man ! Exact repair I needed.... I've scanned the net looking this type of repair and forgot I'm a subscriber.. Once again you've helped me.. I'll end with this.. " By far this is still the coolest dude on UA-cam " !! Dam this guy is awesome !!!
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Interesting. I owned a big old farmhouse in Devon thirty tears ago. A ceiling like the one your doing had a flood come though from upstairs bathroom. It was interesting to find that the plaster was actually applied to a 1 inch layer of cob (clay/ calf hair/straw) and the plaster was skimmed on top. The cob loved the wet lathe. Do look at Mike Wye Torridge Devon for the old English cob /lime methods which must have been used in US in 19th/early 20th. Love your videos. To recap. Wet lath, apply cob, let dry, wet cob, apply lime plaster. The sound proofing is brilliant, insulation brilliant. All cob work fully reversible! No chemicals😊 Many thanks.
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thanks kirk, I like seeing you use hot mud, I always go running to the store for diamond when I do lath patches. up here in the north bay I don't run into a ton of plaster repair so your vids are awesome. thx
Howdy Spray King, diamond is o.k. but if you apply over say 1/8 to 3/16 it spider checks, blisters and all of the other stuff. I'm using a compound for this patch as it does not care if I apply an inch thick, which when doing patchworks is a must. New construction for strength the veneer system is great, but for patching ceiling or walls give me a fast set gypsum compounds any day. cheers, Kirk and Jason’s sand and cement rendering videos
Ahhh, I get it. Believe me ( a Drywall guy) , I am not very fond of working with diamond, I am much more comfy with hot mud easy clean up and I've mixed a million buckets of that stuff. Next time I got a repair in SF I will try. Thx
Great videos guys-I think that I will now tackle my ceiling in my bedroom and living room for a house in Chicago that I owned (but was not living in) where the pipes burst during a harsh winter. thanks-will let you know how it goes.
Masterful job; explained simply enough so even I could understand and follow along. Thanks for explaining the different tools and materials used and giving the time estimates for those of us not famiilar with a job like this, but being given the confidence to do it ourselves. Thank you, and wishing you luck in all your jobs.
When I first saw this I thought why is this guy in cool sunglasses looking like a rock star. After a few minutes I realised I should have shut my mouth! Kirk you are the man! Great demonstration and explanation...and I haven't even got a ceiling to repair!!
Morning Hollis Mayard, Thank you, too funny.
I'm no rock star just a guy who been providing food and education and a bit of fun to my family for over 40 years.
Beside's If I don't do it right the first time the second time, is on my time, the old learnig process.
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Um he doesn't want plaster chunks I'm his eyes. That explains it.
Thanks. If you read the rest of my comment I had gathered that.
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Ohhhhh man you take me back nearly 60years,! ,I’m a 72 year old spread,,Still spreading fellas,! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍
Howdy Nick from Liverpool, England, me wife also is from England, Manchester. This complete process took me about 3 hours but I had help from my son who is a master at mixing. I’ve had similar projects take from an hour to 7 depending on circumstances. Video slows all our jobs down Big Time, but I get a kick out of doing them these days!
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This is true craftsmanship. Decades of trail & error experience brought to the world in under 20 minutes. All explained in a cool & calm manner.
Thank You.
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Whenever I have an interior (usually ceiling) repair on my 100 year old house, I look for your videos before I start - learned the hard way. Getting ready again on a recessed part of a coved ceiling where the failed plaster looks to be not more than 3/8ths thick and I don't know what's behind it. Thank you a whole bunch for making this look like a job I can do.
@@martygrahamattic no worries, we do have one titles fiberglass mesh on interior ceilings.
I owned a plastering company for 30 years. You did an excellent job and didn't miss any steps. It will outlast the house.
Howdy Thomas my fellow plasterer, thank you
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I'm working on a house from the 1870's, everyone said to tear out old plaster and replace with drywall. Thanks to you and your brother for the inspiration and lessons, I'm keeping as much of the house that hasn't been drywalled already in plaster.
Howdy Jeff Dude, no worries, happy to be of help,
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Very nice demonstration way to not over or under do! Some of these videos you search have guys just spending forever showing how to do something “right” but you nailed it!
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I just found one of your videos on UA-cam, and with it, a flood of memories. I served my apprenticeship with my grandfather's plastering company in the early fifties. I still have the first hawk and trowels I used then. When he retired, the last small plastering company in our area of South Jersey was gone. After that, it was the Union or Dry Wall. It is really good to see an artist still plastering. Thank You. James Sneathen former apprentice of The Hickman Plastering Company, Pine Hill, New Jersey
@@jamessneathen2039 Howdy James my fellow plasterer. Thank you for the story. Cheers
I’m a 5th generation stone mason -brick- block - stucco and concrete pro my nona Michael bult the first family home in Baltimore Maryland in 1958 him and my five uncles from 6 years old up to 16 years old Nona taught them everything including every wood lathe and plaster ceilings and walls in this house so like you and your family we have a home So I just wanted to tell you that you do fantastic work very skilled it shows in your videos wish the best do you and your family nice job
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I had a painting and repair business for 20yrs. I repaired many ceilings almost the same way you did.
On really rough ceilings I sometimes would locate the ceiling joist and fasten 1 x 3 boards and then hang new 3/8" drywall on the ceiling.
Taped and finished and then would paint it for them if they wanted.
When repairing areas of ceilings and walls I prided myself on matching the textures on them.
There's a talent to it and you have it keep up the great work!!
It wasn't always about the pay but just seeing ppl so happy and surprised of how well the finish matched the exsiting. It really made me feel good.
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Good afternoon purple dude, we do it all, except the painting as most of our fixes have to dry for sometimes up to 28 days.
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I despise plaster & lath. But I can see why you & the homeowner did not want to drop the whole ceiling. Those concave junctions at the walls... oh my.
Nice work. I admire guys with the skill & patience to fix plaster.
Good morning F De Mascio, thank you, just another day at the office for us.
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ive been plastering since 1987 i still enjoy it still got the energy and i can see kirk knows his stuff and is passing on his know how good to watch all the best to him and family
Evening baggyboxx, dude, I like your style,
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My shoulders hurt from just watching all that overhead work. Nice job!
Howdy Rush dude, so far, no shoulder issues, except they keep getting stronger, this I don't tend to whine about.🍾
This past weekend I plastered a living room ceiling using this video as a guide. It was a success and I must say I did an amazing job. Thank you.
Evening Richard Spencer, you are among the many who may have a knack for hand eye coordination, some folks do some don't. Always nice to hear the success story's like yours.
keep it up brother.
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StuccoPlastering The hand eye coordination comes from being an artist and art teacher. I can see how this can be very difficult for many. It is an art and it did take me about 15 hours to do a 4x7 foot hole but I think I could do the next one much faster. Your video really helped, I watched it three times before I went for it. The only thing I did have was bananas for the coffee banana break.
Hey richard,
If you mixed and applied you made good time.
I have my son Jason, who is very experienced in mixing and gets me everything I need which allows me to just apply.
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kirk, that was a nice tutorial on how to do a plaster ceiling repair. Many older homes have this time of
ceiling or wall. Thank you for taking the time to show us how it's done and valuable tips on the do and font's of this type of repair. Also a big thank you on the safety glasses tip.
Morning Carl, no worries my friend, thank you
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Always a privilege to see a pro in action. Thanks for the video!
Evening Joseph, thank you
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Kirk Giordano plastering Inc. ....how u doin kirk......is dat mud ur using like compound r diamond plaster
Morning Eoin, good question, it's drywall compound, I us 20 minute mud as a rule, as it takes jason or Louuu at least 3 minutes to mix 5 minutes to bring it to me, which give me about 10 minutes to apply which is usually 5 more than I need,
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I love this guy he's hilarious and knows his stuff.
Howdy my friend You Tube mad ani't ya, odd I was feeling angry for persoal reasons your comment made me smile, thus your stle is also working, thanks.
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How do you replace the damaged looks like cement board...in the ceiling ...1952 era ranch...had a leak in the roof....
Live in an old house with plaster walls and ceilings. I really appreciate the step by step and really detailed instructions including the plaster weld. You have given me the courage to try a few smaller repairs myself. Thank you Kirk.
Howdy Dude, no worries, happy to be of help,
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So many steps for such an easy repair. I have been a plasterer for over 30 years. I have never used any sort of "lightweight" plaster or mud mix. I have always used the hard Durabond "brown bag" it use to be pink with horse hair. Also, I see that you did NOT lap the mud between the lath. It is in my practice to Lap the mud through the gaps in the lath so that the plaster goes behind the lath and "hook" onto the back of it. Creating a stronger bond. Just a preference. Kudos on the video.
Evening Donald, many ways to skin a cat.
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Thanks Kirk great explanation, living in an 1800’s house with a slate roof and stone foundation and plaster walls makes you appreciate the incredible amount of work required and skill the builders possessed, using mostly hand tools, true artists and you are carrying on the tradition
Good Evening Boater Dude, I'm just the messenger, as someone has to show the new generations how to make a living and put food on the table.
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I did a similar size and type of ceiling repair a few years ago. I chose to install screws around the perimeter in the plaster that was going to be kept, just to make sure it didn't continue to separate from the lath. The screws, with a 1-1/4" washer, were countersunk into the plaster so they could be filled after. Some screws hit the joists and some just into the lath. The patch is now invisible, stable and still holding. I remember my neck aching for a couple of days. lol
Good evening Chris dude, been there done that, it is a neck breaker.😉
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This video helps me fix a ceiling and wall in my old house. Thank you so much
@@Bobdole4373 you my friend are welcome.
Thank you for all you do and to all your family and team! I watch all your videos over and over- taking notes and learning so much! We have a 104 yr. old 3 floor stucco home in NY. We've been here 5+ years and it is clearly time to make many repairs outside. I wish you worked in our area! But since you don't, I'll definitely have questions soon. We cannot afford to pay someone to do it wrong and I cannot do it all myself. Your videos are a game changer for my confidence in preserving this amazing home 🙂 Now I see this interior ceiling repair video and I know I can do this where needed in the home 🙂 Felt I should comment. THANK YOU! -Mary .... Schenectady, NY
You are so welcome, cheers.
Nice fine work standards as usual Captain Kirk. There is one thing that i like to do before I slap any new stuff on and thats to give the edges of the old plaster a spray of clean water and then go around the edges, just like you did, and push in the new stuff so that it helps to strengthen the new stuff to the old.
Like I said before on other posts I much prefer using the lime putty mortars and plasters because you have more time to play with it as it's just so versatile as well as less expensive.
Love and hugs from the UK to you and the gang.
Howdy Perter my felollow plasterer, thank you and best wishes out in the UK
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I was recently playing with some new lime mixes and on one panel of wooden laths I slapped on a haired 3:1 sea sand & lime and with the remaining mortar, on another panel, added some molasses and sawdust to the sea sand and lime. This was because I had been reading Millars book on Lime published in about 1890,
it's a fascinating read about different mixes including the 1st experiments using cement.
As expected the 1st panel was really fragile and useless, but the mix with the molasses is really strong and has set really well. I have even stuck some old iron nails in both panels to see if any rusting occurs, this is because when working on exterior stuff you have to use stainless steel screws and nails.
I was also looking at cement mortars where glass balls were added to the mix and you get interesting light shows with that.
My poor wife's eyes glaze over when I talk about lime and yesterday we met our new neighbours, and in their case, he is a cement specialist and his wife's eyes glaze over when he talks about cement, so there we all were, sitting out in the garden, drinks in hand, me talking to him and my wife talking to his wife and we all got on so well because his wife works with problematic teenagers as does my wife, what a small world.
He also also worked for many years in different foundries traveling all over the globe to some really out of the way places because of his knowledge on foundry dynamics.
Found your channel by accident. like any artist ,you make it look easy. Couldn't stop watching.
Howdy Wes, all I can say is attta boy, keep watching.
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Howdy carolina, that's' a fact
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Sorry kirk, l have done texture for almost 35 years and rollers dont give you a professional orange peel look, l m a pretty good texture matcher😀, l have even modified my texture guns and pumps, l love your stucco technics, u r really the stucco master,
I just had to take down a patch of our plaster ceiling and totally agree. I’m so tired and sore today.
Howdy Peter,
From what I hear fresco is a large quality plastering manufacturing company that does and offers many unique and distinct plastering products.
What we used for this repair was a simple 20 minute mud. In fact in this video I shows the product Jason mixed, as allot of folks ask what we used.
These days I’m prepared to show products during the demonstrations
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Old lath and plaster keeps us plasteters in work that and going over artex good vid 👍
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Thank you very much for showing the easiest way to plastering, I lost count of how many of your videos I watched so far.
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I have pretty much an identical job to do...but there are so many different plaster types to choose from that whenever I look into it I'm left in a confused, whimpering state. I'm actually used to the hole now and think I may just leave it as a novelty feature.
LOL.
Lovely job Kirk, you made that look so easy and you never lost your cool. I'd be fighting like grim death and end up getting covered in plaster then you are a very skilled man, a craftsman no less. Thanks for showing us how it's done mate.
Good morning John, if it's me against a patch repair i will win every time, so no need for becoming frustrated I have encountered any and everything known to man with plaster repairs.
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I once had the outer walls of my house redone. The plaster guy that showed up was an old fat, short Italian guy with no shirt, a big tanned belly, missing teeth. a big smile and a bald tanned head. I thought the plaster company had sent some loser until the guy started to hand texture the walls in an almost effortless manner. It was beautiful and mind boggling. My Italian Plaster Guy was obviously an artist and impressed me just like Kirk in this video. It's not a job, it's an art.
Howdy Channel dude, you my friend have a wonderful way with words, thank you,
just goes to prove you can't judge a book by it cover too.
I'd rather have an ugly dude do it right then a pretty boy screw it up, now look what you started got me sounding like you.
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Well, some it what you say is correct except I'm not Italian and thanks to the magic of dental implants, I have all my teeth.
Excellent demonstration of a patch in! It’s a dying art of which I’m proud to be a part of! I lucked out about a decade ago getting employment with a library system that has several Carnegie funded libraries built around the turn of the 20th century. Lost of plasterwork to be done in those buildings! It feels good being a part of something trying to take care of classic architecture.
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I’m going to attempt to fix my dining room ceiling following this video…wish me luck
Hello Margaret, apply the bonding agent thick and usea good consistency of mud, like whipping cream, not loose mud or it won't hang well.
I’m actually going to do the same thing. Such a great video!
@@Kennypeagler allow this video to be your guild. Cheers
Kirk, You da man. I had to figure this out on my own and fortunately for me I did it right but watching you do it gave me a sense of relief that my work was done right. Thank you so much. PS I had the insulation problem I had to vacuum it out through the lathe's and cut a hole and install new fiberglass but it all worked out.
Evening Shadow dude, atta boy,
I wisheed they would have vacuumed out this ceiling before I started as this insulation kept falling in my face, Man, I hate that as I realize what's in that's stuff.
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A house I'm about to buy has lathe and plaster, can you repair it with drywall instead of doing all this work? I'm very good with drywall but never done this and it looks like a lot more work. Also it seems like it's much more fragile than drywall.
A lot of people instead of incurring the great expense and hassle of gutting all that plastered just go over it with a quarter inch veneer course you can go half inch but a lot of people just go right over and tape and spackle but save your garbage cans and just go over it.
@@zorroonmilkavitch1840 Great idea!
I'm wondering if I misinterpreted what you were saying yeah if you want to do your patching with sheetrock just fill in those voids with sheetrock that's a good way to go we do that a lot I thought you were talking about going over the whole house but yeah just filling with sheetrock and that's a good way to go.
@@zorroonmilkavitch1840 Well both of your comments are valuable to me so I appreciate them both. How do you attach the sheet rock to the lathe, just curious? Feel like screws might split the lathe it looks fragile in this video but I haven't touched it with my hands yet so maybe it'll hold screws.
You should hit your studs.
Great video, I will be using the roller trick for drywall repair. You really do a great job of explaining what you are doing and why, as you go along. You are a great teacher. And I agree, you are hilarious!
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So you are using a drywall joint compound to repair a plaster ceiling? Is there cases where you don't want to do this, that is, use actual plaster?
Can you use to skim coat a plaster ceiling that has an oil based paint? Thanks.
Hi Lou, this can be done to any ceiling weather plastered or sheetrocked,🤔
Of my 60 plus years on this earth I've never step thru the attic floor and made a mess like that...Thank you Sir, that was AMAZING !!!
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Me neither...LOL!
I know, I have mentioned this before but that looks a bit sketchy. That is a lot of weight on that flexible metal. And 20 minute mud put on that thick will take a while to dry. I would just go with drywall screwed to wood and finish with fiberglass tape and quick set. Less chance of cracking and just as fast. I do these repairs all the time. Mine are flawless and zero callbacks. To each his own.
I do the same. They make 1/4” and 3/8” drywall which works great for a strong base to plaster on.
Isn't wood lath?
Yeah I would go with drywall and fibafuse as well.
Lids always dry fast. The old wood keys suck the moisture out of that hot mud. That is a rock solid repair. Drywall sucks. Roof leaks, water intrusion, drywall gets wet and it's ruined. It falls through the screws, turns into a smelly mold farm. Plaster is so much better.
The original plaster weighed much more that the 20 minute quick-set.... That said, the quick-set doesn't dry...it is a heat cure chemical process. I've been in the business over 45 years. This repair is most excellent. This is also approved on historical buildings too. Drywall patches are not. P.s. this guy is also a pro.
Evening Andy, no problem my old pal Fred Smith taught me that matching technique.
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I'm a little surprised that you would use drywall "hot mud" over wood lath and suggest to others that this material is even remotely applicable to this type of repair. Setting type or any type of joint compound is not a product that will be strong enough to bridge over the gaps in the wood lath, especially in an earth quake prone area. Why wouldn't you use Struccto Lite directly over wood lath ,or even better, with wire lath added, and still better with added micro fibers? Or even use blueboard provided there's enough depth to existing old plaster?
Evening Karl, I have used these products before. There are many ways to skin a cat.
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Karl Ambrose Couldn't have said it any better, I have 23 years plastering experience and I've been sitting here with my jaw in my lap. Not to mention troweling it into the lathe the wrong direction. No interlocking when you skim it sideways. I mean plaster Weld is good, but maaaaan. I fix about 3 of these a year that someone has done the same thing. This mud is good for patching something the size of your head or smaller.
@@aol11thats what its meant for, just drywall patching. And the amout of time on the bag basically equals the size of a patch. If you have multiple patches, you use something like 45 or 90 minute. 20 minute for something like pre filling, and 5 minute if you just have literally one small patch, im not a plasterer but ive heard very good things about bonding agents
You are the plastering dude, wow, you make it look so easy bro and I know it isn't, love to you and family
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This is the first video I've seen someone explain how to match texture of a repair to the subtle texture of roller stipple/orange peel on the rest of the wall. Thank you!
@@arc.handyman1905 No problemo, or one can apply a flatter texture then use a heavy nap roller say an in or inch and a half sheep skin roller and achieve the orange peel heavy look. Cheers 😉
Omg. I'm a plasterer in England and there's NO way I would do what he has done. Big chance the rest of the ceiling is loose and can hurt someone. I deal with these ceilings all the time Poor job.
Happy New Year, Chris sounds and smells like jealousy mixed with incompetence.
If you cant judge how much plaster can and will come off, call a man with experience to advise you, then do what you claim to be trained in.
You give my English fellow plasterers a bad name.
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The amount he’s dragged down he might as well overboard the entire ceiling
Howdy ruroken, thanks for the shout out.
Sometime folks just lightly touch the timber lath with their foot and pull up and other times they fall through up to their hips. It’s tough to stay on the joist when messing around in the attic!
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BE CAREFUL! when you score the plaster, don't put your hands in the direction that your scoring
Good morning Estudio, thanks for the tip.
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Kirk Giordano plastering Inc. Hi Kirk Thank you for the great video, off course I know you know this I just thought it would be a good idea for those watching to be careful with the knife
Im 75 and my house 134. My dad taught me to plaster. He only used water on the lathe. Thanks for the refresher course. I’m going to do a whole room someone foolishly stripped to the lathe they thought patching would be too hard. I’m going to try to find a base coat and start on the wall with most windows. Can’t wait to see it done.
Hi Margaret, pure water can be used if the wood lath is extremely clean, the bonding agent we used is mainly water, LOL, but does have binding or adhering properties. We are showing how we do things, your house, your rules, Cheers 👨🏻🔬
guy reminds me of Alan Thicke
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Freaky, you even sound a little like him.
but you look much healthier
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It's so nice these days to have access to knowledgeable professionals like yourself on youtube. I can earn from the pros how to do something, it starts with the right information, then the practice of the skill and maybe the results will turn out satisfactory. We didn't have access to that information years ago unless we worked on the job with someone who knows how to do the job. Thanks for sharing!
Good afternoon no problemo my friend, FYI, I always wondered what the hell Blondie was singing in her song, " Rapture." was saying at the two-minute mark of rapture, seams she was talking about you, FranSwi, she spells it differently Fanncois cest pas flashe nondue, ua-cam.com/video/pHCdS7O248g/v-deo.html. Now I know.
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That's not plaster
It isn't lime plaster. It is gypsum patching plaster made by USG for the purpose of repairing plaster. I've used it for 30+ years. Works fine, but I will use structolite to fill in large areas, cause it's less expensive AND at that point you aren't going to get it to dry overnight anyway.
Do you use mesh tape when you patch a hole like that? I have been plastering for 20 years myself.
@@imnotworthyenough7469 You mean a repair like what Kirk was doing? I would use mesh tape around the edges between the old and new plaster AND I would anchor the old plaster around the edges with plaster anchors to keep it from moving. Otherwise, it is prone to crack between the old and new plaster sometime in the future. Imho.
I am really impressed with your videos. What a way to give to the community. Unlike some other posters, your videos are very clear and easy to watch. I wish you were in the OC California area. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Jeffrey Chase Hi Jesse, thank you.
That makes two of us who wish I was there, I here it's warm and mostly sunny,
man, thats what I'm talking about.
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So let me get this right: a historic ceiling with lath and breathable lime plaster and all he has to do is a like for like repair using the usual 3 coat traditional lime plaster system yet he chooses to use an inappropriately modern product. I hear the sound of clinking spurs.
USG patching plaster….made for the repair by USG. So, perfectly fine. Plus, using lime plaster is not beginner friendly.
First coat should be structolite or gypsolite followed by second coat Keencoat or Diamond light. A two coat process no tape needed around the edges. I've done it this way for over 40 years. Can't even tell it was patched when I'm done.
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Greetings Redwood, I wish I could say you have been doing this longer than me but unfortunately, I can't, damn.
structo lite is foolish overkill for this hole patch but can be done if a fella wishes to spin his wheels.
FYI, it matters little how many coats are applied as long as the desired thickness is achieved.
This advice is for homeowners.
1 coat to 10 is fine as long as you fill the hole true and plumb.
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Thanks Buds! I'm about to embark on my first plaster ceiling repair in my bathroom. About a 5 ft. section where my roof leaked through. This will help alot. Thanks for sharing. I really appreciate it.
Hello Sir Pryo, heres a big tip, don't try and do it all yourself at least have a pal mix for you.
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This is incorrect and not a professional repair. I hate being critical, but "rendering" means you mix a loose fiber reinforced mortar and push it up in and form a 3/8 in bed. That should dry 24 hours. Then finish it with plaster of paris or a thin runny gypsum mix. A gypsum base is going to start falling out with the tiniest vibration. Trucks driving by, etc.
Good morning John, me arse, malarky, and bullshit. This repair will outlast me.
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I have watched this particular video several times over the years. So much good information. Kirk is the best.
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This guy has to be a stoner
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HORRIBLE!!! Didn't even bother to blend it in. You'll defenetly see those horrible edges which has nothing to do with the ceiling being wavie. And the hole perimeter eventually is gonna crack. I know guys like this one. They honestly, really belive they are good!
Alonzo you need to humble yourself. If u are correct what is your method. Kirk has credibility posting many of his jobs........
Your a dip shit
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@@StuccoPlastering Obviously you are a narcissist who cannot bear to receive criticism! If you view your video OBJECTIVELY you will see the obvious flaws Alonzo pointed out. If you truly cannot see the flaws then you need to have your eyes examined! As to garry, perhaps you sir need to humble YOURSELF instead of being so Chauvinistic in your attitude. Since you probably don't understand, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Chauvin
I'm a wall repair guy and you've earned my subscription! Thx..
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Question did Mexicans teach you how to mud, or do you teach Mexicans how to mud ?
Elaborate?
@@What_was_wrong_w_jst_our_names when I got into the carpentry trade in the union they assigned me an older gentleman that was doing it for 40 years and he taught me. I was wondering if maybe kirts father taught him on maybe he worked with Mexicans because those guys know who to lay mud and he's good at what he does.
Good morning Paul, I learned from whom I knew to be plasterers with great wisdom, A man's race or nationality has little to with leaning or teaching.
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@@StuccoPlastering no disrespect, just wondering
Howdy Paul, no worries, Kirk
Thanks for your helpful video. I appreciate the pleasant way you handle your critics.
Greetings my friend, thank you,
some negative critics are needed as they give me a chuckle now and then, gotta love that.
best wishes
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It is always enjoyable to watch a Master Craftsman working and teaching. Nice job and thanks for sharing.
Evening Pack dude, thank you
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Great job. I've been doing the same work for 41 years. It's so hard nowadays to find skilled people.
Good morning Chris, it does indeed require practice. Good companies are hard to find.
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I love the way you say "true it out", I have made things very smooth and flat looking from a bit of a distance but there is nothing true about it, always waves no matter how small and not noticeable still waves...
Howdy Mijemu, this is called a hand finishing, even mine are wavy, sometimes anyway.
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for all the fancy trowels you blast thru with that slick old pool trowel, master showing how difficult these jobs are thankless fantastico Kirk
@@swashbucklesfortysix5511 The Congo trowel rocks.
Finally a pro makes a good video on repair work
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I have a sagging plaster attic ceiling. It runs almost the entire length of the ceiling. Some hairline cracks on walls. Would like to see you tear down a sloped sides sagging plaster ceiling in attic in an old home. Love your videos. Thanks! You make it look so easy.
Hello Cathy, the cracks are following the sheetrock line or the wood lath, it is actually quite common, it it starts to say about a half-inch or more than there can be an issue.🥂
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Wow! You are an artist. Plaster work/repair is not easy to do, especially ceilings. I’m in awe of the fact you were able to talk while you were doing all that overhead work. Great job, very educational video. Fortunately for me, my repair is smaller, in a hallway behind a doorway so not real visible, and isn’t down to the lathe. Oh, and no texture to match. Thanks for all the background info too (insulation, explaining about the keys, etc.).
Wow, thank you!
Nice work I love watching skilled tradesmen do their craft!
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Great job! Love watching lathing/plaster videos. Was a lather for 20+years.
Howdy Rick my fellow tradesman, thank you. 😉
That was a fantastic video! Love watching/learning from a pro who can clearly explain what they’re doing. Thanks a lot - this really helped me.
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@@StuccoPlastering I do actually have a couple questions for you. 1. Can you mix 20 and 90 minute compounds to get 55minute?
2. The 2x2 plaster ceiling area I need to repair has some bubbling from past water damage (likely mold). I watched your video on neutralizing mold and blasting with a pressure washer. What would you recommend for a bedroom ceiling to keep mold from getting airborne? Spray bottle with bleach/water?
@@holamateo Good evening, my friend Holamateo. The question you ask will be in our video uploaded a day or two before this new year's eve.
Soooo for now, I will say if you want 55 minutes to buy the 40-minute joint compound, the funny thing is if you use dirty tools to mix 90-minute mud, it can set in 15 minutes.
Okay, this answered your 55 minute set time question.🍻
To neutralize mold, use acid-friendly stuff such as white vinegar in a spray bottle, or you can use Clorox bleach too, put in a spray bottle, add some water and spay away, wear a mask as bleach will make you cough out that toxin, that's normal.
That's just your immune system saying, "dude, what the f@ck are you inhaling," I got to get rid of it now by coughing it out. Stop it!
Lastly, when you see the wood lath, clean all the dust off as nothing adheres to dust. In the video I did today, I show using a vacuum to remove the dust, then me applying by paintbrush a bonding agent to the wood lath to make certain the plaster or joint compound adheres and help remove any hiding dust.
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@@StuccoPlastering thank you so much for the support Kirk! Well I followed your advice to a tee (score with knife, remove, wire brush, vacuum, spray with bleach water, bonding agent and 40 min mud applied in two coats with clean tools) and I’m so happy with the results. I still have to go back to knock down with a wet float and it may need some additional texture (100 year old Mediterranean Revival building has old world texture on walls and ceiling). By the way do you have any videos on old world texturing?
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You made a heart shape in the beginning. Then you fixed it up like a champ!
Evening Thunk Fast, thus, I mended a broken heart? 😏I like your style, thank you. 🥂
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You're right, keying that plaster is key. Thanks so much for showing us how this stuff works. I put up a ceiling stair and needed to patch. I was certain that quickset would just fall right out. But no, I pushed it in as you illustrated and it is staying. Thanks so much!
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Amazing, Amazing walk through. Thanks a great deal for the well instructed step by step instructions. Easy to follow and just amazing. GOOD JOB.
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a very great job! I would never know how to plaster a wall without your knowledge!
Evening thesby tolbert, thank you,
That's why we show what we do so folks get an idea of what's going on and can either DIY or hire a fella that know how, as you now know what's causing the problems and how a proper fix should be completed
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StuccoPlastering you're very much welcome. I do need to plaster a hole in my basement laundry room in which I might try to do myself!
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Morning thesby tolbert from Chicago, you're welcome and as far as that basement patch, give it your best shot.
You can do it!
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Restoring a home built in 1893, a hundred years before I was born! She's got some dips in the walls and ceiling since the previous owners were too old to keep up with maintenance. Had it checked out and confirmed there's no water damage so now all there's left is to plaster and paint this beauty, thanks for your help!!!
Hellow Teensiersun, with your ambition and energy, you have probably fined the repairs by the time this replies back, best wishes.😉
@@StuccoPlastering It turned out GREAT thanks to your help! Thanks so much!
@@xxangelsofchaosxx Good evening Teensiersun, it is for the energetic, ambitious folks like yourself we show how to do this stuff.
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Fantastic! Thank you for showing us your hard work! I grew up in a victorian home and I grew to like plaster, I am not fond of sheet rock - but blue board and plaster is a beautiful thing!
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I love the job you did in that room, and your work looks great to me. There is one room in our mother's house which have a section of the ceiling which fell down, and we are planning on getting that section repaired. Until I saw your video I thought that it would take a professional to complete the job. The way you showed how you performed that job, I feel that it could be done by me, and maybe my brother also.
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Great video thanks I was raised on ready made joint compound but you make Plastering look way cooler. will have to try a few test runs. Thanks again.
Hi godzi11amovies, the mud I am using is a compound,
(Westpac's fast set)
but it is not ready made, most ready made products such as mud's or mortars to set tiles are weak and don't last long.
The product we used was in bags we added the water and mixed ourselves, prior to application.
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Thank you for this video. Yours is the most helpful and much easier than some I have watched. I have an old house for sale and in sitting empty a part of the plaster ceiling near a window has come down. I have tried to find someone to repair it but they all want to take down the ceiling and replace it with drywall. I am going to use your method and do it myself. Good luck to me!
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Good evening Andy, your right, I’m not the best, not even close.
I know plenty of plasters that are better than me, but there no glory in being the best.
Unfortunately those better plasterers are not showing their skills on UA-cam at least not the fellas I know.
Come on Ron Roberts or Fred Smith get your buts in gear and show interior plastering stuff.
Thanks for watching and have a great day.
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Have you ever used screws to re-attach the ceiling? I had a kitchen ceiling just like the one you all worked on.Albeit not as bad. it was cracking and falling. I didn't take any of it down. Instead I used screws all over the place to re-attach and contain it to the cleats. then I went over it with tape and mud. It's been about 2 years now and it still looks pretty good. It better stay looking good because it's my mom's house. Love your videos. Thank you so much and God bless you and your family.
Hi Richard Chavarria, yes, we have also used screws when tiny areas need to be reattached, especially if the ceiling has a really tough finish to match.
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This looks easy - but it isn't - - - clearly a top tradesman at work making it look quite straight forward - great to see skill like this - - - great job Kirk and very informative -thank you -
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Excellent in every way. A master who makes it look so simple. Takes time to make sure every step is done to the highest possible standard. Bravo.
Good afternoon Ben, thank you, my friend, beautiful words indeed.
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kirk your videos are so good ...the methods you use are very similiar to the ones we use over here in the uk...you no your materials and products and explain it so well.get over to the uk youd earn a fortune.
Howdy Dude, Cool Beans Daddieo, dude, I'm ready for a change maybe go back to me wife's village back in Manchester, where pups are the real deal.
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We had an identical problem on our front porch ceiling. We used 1/2 " insulation foam panels instead of sheet rock. We glued, then stapled those in place. Then we finished the remaining tiny gaps off with light stucco compound. It looks great! and slightly flexible as house settles.
Howdy Pepper dude, there are many ways to repair a ceiling, a fella just has to improvise, you are ahead of the game,
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Thanks man ! Exact repair I needed.... I've scanned the net looking this type of repair and forgot I'm a subscriber.. Once again you've helped me.. I'll end with this.. " By far this is still the coolest dude on UA-cam " !! Dam this guy is awesome !!!
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Fantastic videos! So nice when you are first learning to see techniques from experienced people. Thanks!
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Good Afternoon Kirk! Thanks for this video, it gives me some ideas on how to better the little project i'm working on. I'm appreciative!
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Finally how to match the finish that's there. Been doing a small job and could not figure it out. Excellent info. Many thanks.
Evening Ken, no worries thank you
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Interesting. I owned a big old farmhouse in Devon thirty tears ago. A ceiling like the one your doing had a flood come though from upstairs bathroom. It was interesting to find that the plaster was actually applied to a 1 inch layer of cob (clay/ calf hair/straw) and the plaster was skimmed on top. The cob loved the wet lathe. Do look at Mike Wye Torridge Devon for the old English cob /lime methods which must have been used in US in 19th/early 20th. Love your videos. To recap. Wet lath, apply cob, let dry, wet cob, apply lime plaster. The sound proofing is brilliant, insulation brilliant. All cob work fully reversible! No chemicals😊 Many thanks.
@@dzadza7775 that’s old school, but the lime used last centuries , it’s the real deal.
awesome job, very helpful. just got a job doing this kind of work and all your videos have taught me a lot. keep up the good work!
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thanks kirk, I like seeing you use hot mud, I always go running to the store for diamond when I do lath patches. up here in the north bay I don't run into a ton of plaster repair so your vids are awesome. thx
Howdy Spray King, diamond is o.k. but if you apply over say 1/8 to 3/16 it spider checks, blisters and all of the other stuff.
I'm using a compound for this patch as it does not care if I apply an inch thick, which when doing patchworks is a must.
New construction for strength the veneer system is great, but for patching ceiling or walls give me a fast set gypsum compounds any day.
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Ahhh, I get it. Believe me ( a Drywall guy) , I am not very fond of working with diamond, I am much more comfy with hot mud easy clean up and I've mixed a million buckets of that stuff. Next time I got a repair in SF I will try. Thx
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Great videos guys-I think that I will now tackle my ceiling in my bedroom and living room for a house in Chicago that I owned (but was not living in) where the pipes burst during a harsh winter. thanks-will let you know how it goes.
+Rodrick Wimberly Hello Rodrick,
best wishes, with the fix.
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Masterful job; explained simply enough so even I could understand and follow along. Thanks for explaining the different tools and materials used and giving the time estimates for those of us not famiilar with a job like this, but being given the confidence to do it ourselves. Thank you, and wishing you luck in all your jobs.
Glad it was helpful!👍
Thanks Kirk for the informative and well made video. You make it look easy, but I'm sure it's difficult to master. Again, thanks.
Howdy Dash Dude, thank you
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Haaaaaa! I shall try, Sirah. I shall try.