Plaster Ceiling Repair Screws

The buttons distribute the pressure over a much larger area than the drywall screw alone.

Plaster ceiling repair screws.

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. Screw plaster washers to ceiling along and around cracked area. How to fix screws in ceiling plaster. 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.

I propped the ceiling sheet up from underneath using some planks of wood for props. Scrape away any loose veneer. Cover with joint compound and father out 18. Use a drywall screw with a plaster washer to re secure the damaged sections of plaster to the lathe.

A drywall screw goes through the washer and is driven into the wood lath behind the plaster. Plaster washers are about the size of a quarter and cost pennies. Be sure to drive screws into wood lath above. 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.

By using modern materials and a traditional technique it is possible to repair plaster ceilings that are cracking and delaminating. Or possibly the screws are too. 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 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.

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. Seemed to work ok and pretty simple. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair a plaster ceiling. For areas where the washers don t hold or the plaster is very damaged cut out the plaster and create a patch using drywall.

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. 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. Here is a step by step guide to how to fix plaster ceilings in your old house.

1 one inch plaster repair washers ceiling buttons 300 pieces. Secure the patch with 1 5 8 drywall screws.