Plaster Ceiling Repair With Drywall

Plaster or drywall ceiling repair costs 50 to 100 per square foot or between 300 and 1 200 on average.

Plaster ceiling repair with drywall. The old way of doing this was by using plaster washers which are a larger wash the is screwed through the face of the plaster into the lath to mechanically support the plaster. How to cut plaster walls repair with drywall. Licensed and insured. 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.

We can help you complete any type of drywall project. Major repairs cost 400 to 1 200 to fix sagging water damage or to replace the ceiling. The preferred way to resolve this is not by pulling the ceiling down and replacing it with drywall but rather to reattach the plaster ceiling to the supporting lath. Ceilings made of plaster and lath cost approximately 65 to 80 per square foot including labor materials and costs to prepare and protect the site like with drywall the more extensive the damage the more expensive the repair due to added time at a rate of 60 to 90 per hour.

Plaster ceiling repair repair spray ceilings skim coat tape existing drywall textured ceilings. Additions basements ceilings renovations water damage. 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. 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.

Lath and plaster was the wall covering of choice before drywall became popular so if your house predates world war ii it probably has plaster walls. Minor ceiling repairs cost 200 to 500 to fix holes or cracks. When repairing a plaster ceiling a handyman must also repair the thin sheet of wood or lath. Check out our recommended tools right here.

A screw gun or cordless drill.