But thick plaster on wood lath is held to the stud by small nails that are nowhere near the surface. Standard stud finders just aren’t sensitive enough to detect them. So rather than a ...

FOR some time past I have been observing the streaks which occur upon lath-and-plaster walls. I have made a survey of the literature and find no adequate treatment of the phenomenon. For that ...

That’s why it’s making a comeback. The traditional method of installing a plaster wall requires covering the framing studs with wood lath, i.e. thin strips of wood nailed horizontally to the ...