{"id":2598,"date":"2020-07-09T18:58:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T17:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2598"},"modified":"2020-11-13T16:07:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T16:07:13","slug":"plaster-repair-in-the-ballroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/plaster-repair-in-the-ballroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastering the big steel I beam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a big steel I beam in the ballroom that supports a corner of the house.\u00a0\u00a0 The false ceiling had been cross nailed to the wooden supports for the lath and plaster.\u00a0\u00a0 Removing the ceiling caused a bit of damage.<\/p>\n<p>Lath was a silly idea in the first place &#8211; the span is too big.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;ve cut the 3 original supports in the photo down to allow depth to screw some woodwool board on to support new plaster.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2599\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/I-beam-450x313.jpg\" alt=\"I-beam\" width=\"450\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/I-beam-450x313.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/I-beam-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/I-beam.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/I-beam-624x434.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of holes in the ceiling made by plumbers. Quite often they made a few holes before they managed to get one in the right place.\u00a0\u00a0 The lath is still well fixed and it would be a shame to strip the plaster back to the supports to replace the missing bits of lathe.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m thinking of screwing woodwool board to the back of the existing laths to support repair plaster.<\/p>\n<p>More soon&#8230;.\u00a0 or at least some time later.\u00a0\u00a0 I came to a problem with how the mock tudor beam at the bottom of the photo was attached.\u00a0\u00a0 It relied on some bits I&#8217;ve already removed from the walls.<\/p>\n<p>I found it tricky and came back a few months later. \u00a0 I&#8217;ve used builder&#8217;s strap to secure the decorative beam to the wooden parts bolted to the beam.\u00a0 It works well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/builders-strap-375x450.jpg\" alt=\"builders-strap\" width=\"375\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/builders-strap-375x450.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/builders-strap-624x748.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/builders-strap.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally some woodwool board screwed onto those pieces of wood has the beam almost ready for plaster.\u00a0\u00a0 It just needs a bit of lath to fill in the gap below the beam..<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2722\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/woodwool-in-beam-450x338.jpg\" alt=\"woodwool-in-beam\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/woodwool-in-beam-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/woodwool-in-beam-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/woodwool-in-beam.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/woodwool-in-beam-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a big steel I beam in the ballroom that supports a corner of the house.\u00a0\u00a0 The false ceiling had been cross nailed to the wooden supports for the lath and plaster.\u00a0\u00a0 Removing the ceiling caused a bit of damage. 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