JCH
Member
I am about to gut a 60-year-old plaster-and-wooden-lath bathroom.
Trying to anticipate any potential issues *before* I take the room (and our only shower) out of commission...
I'm moving a lot of pipes around so am going to need to pull down the plaster and lath. Will then replace it with cement board (or equiv).
1) How likely is it that the studs will not be planar/plumb? I'm thinking that they wouldn't have needed to get the wall that straight when they originally built it since they were going to cover it with ~1" of plaster anyway.
2) If the studs are out of whack, what's the best way to create a true (plumb/planar) surface to hang the drywall on?
- Small shims?
- Horizontal strapping?
- Full height shims?
- sistered studs?
Appreciate any help. Searched this forum but couldn't find anything on this.
Thanks!
.../j
Trying to anticipate any potential issues *before* I take the room (and our only shower) out of commission...
I'm moving a lot of pipes around so am going to need to pull down the plaster and lath. Will then replace it with cement board (or equiv).
1) How likely is it that the studs will not be planar/plumb? I'm thinking that they wouldn't have needed to get the wall that straight when they originally built it since they were going to cover it with ~1" of plaster anyway.
2) If the studs are out of whack, what's the best way to create a true (plumb/planar) surface to hang the drywall on?
- Small shims?
- Horizontal strapping?
- Full height shims?
- sistered studs?
Appreciate any help. Searched this forum but couldn't find anything on this.
Thanks!
.../j