I'm starting to think I can actually fix my bathroom walls, but I can't figure out how to describe the issue to google! I think they are plaster walls, but there is a thin layer of something plasterish over it, and that's what's cracked and coming apart. It's not the concrete over lath, it's not dry wall, does anyone know what it is?
If you want me to leave, you can put your hands on my hot, tight little body and make me.
Spike ,'Get It Done'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jan 19, 2014 2:48:37 pm PST #17546 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
flea - Jan 19, 2014 2:52:31 pm PST #17547 of 30000
information libertarian
Skim coat?
I am basically Noah and Grace wrt football.
Jesse - Jan 19, 2014 2:54:46 pm PST #17548 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, maybe. It's coming away from the main wall wholesale. Either way, I bet joint compound will be the thing to fix it?
flea - Jan 19, 2014 2:58:37 pm PST #17549 of 30000
information libertarian
Plaster is nothing to mess with. I think you might need a pro.
-t - Jan 19, 2014 3:05:08 pm PST #17550 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
[link] might apply?
flea - Jan 19, 2014 3:06:25 pm PST #17551 of 30000
information libertarian
We tried something like this, and it was mostly a failure. It was on a ceiling, though, so extra-tricky.
Jesse - Jan 19, 2014 3:11:55 pm PST #17552 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
[link] might apply?
No, it's not that serious. The main part of the wall is totally sturdy and attached. It just has this over layer that is coming off.
We tried something like this, and it was mostly a failure. It was on a ceiling, though, so extra-tricky.
I do know I can get a professional to fix whatever I do in a few weeks, so it's not as risky as it might be...
hippocampus - Jan 19, 2014 3:21:45 pm PST #17553 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
Sooo... HPF has memorized the Firefly themesong. My work here is done, right?
sarameg - Jan 19, 2014 3:22:30 pm PST #17554 of 30000
When I'm wondering later why I'm hacking up half a lung and my forearms are on fire, remind me I broke out the sander tonight and did one side of the upstairs spindles.
I've suddenly decided, after a couple years of ignoring it, that I want to finish the banister project. Gonna be a bear. But! If I can just do the sanding piecemeal, then stain and seal, then paint, possibly in a different order, this is doable. The worst part will be keeping the cats off the banisters when it comes time to seal. The stain and paint? Shenanigans, but easy to cleanup. Seal? NSM.
-t - Jan 19, 2014 3:24:55 pm PST #17555 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ship her out on the next spaceship that comes through, she's ready.
I think I have decided to go ahead and stay up late tonight and watch Sherlock. I have the holiday off tomorrow, and while I want to get up when I usually do, I can always nap if need be.
Eta: sara, I was just thinking the other day how I missed hearing bannister updates from you. So, thanks!