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DIY & Home Improvement

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11. Get a guy to fix the chinks and skim coat it. Thats pretty reasonably cheap. Still a pain....

Thu Sep 25, 2014, 08:17 AM

Sep 2014

but affordable. My guys patching and skimming both of my bathrooms for $400. I'll paint and take down the popcorn on the ceiling.

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so, i pulled down the paneling, peeled off the old tin tiles, [View all] mopinko Sep 2014 OP

i despise ripping out my plaster. mopinko Sep 2014 #4

Understood Warpy Sep 2014 #8

i would prolly heat gun it. mopinko Sep 2014 #9

go all the way to the studs. Chaco Dundee Sep 2014 #2

Agreed Sherman A1 Sep 2014 #3

at my age mopinko Sep 2014 #6

thing is mopinko Sep 2014 #5

it isnt drywall. its plaster and lath. mopinko Sep 2014 #10

Just drywall right over the old stuff. amerikat Sep 2014 #12