Q Am I right that when sections of plaster break away from the lath, an accepted repair technique is to roughly fill in those gaps with drywall and then drywall over the whole wall or ceiling? — M.H., ...

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Plaster walls, though cracked, don't suffer from the same set of gravity-borne problems as do ceilings. Walls can be repaired, and the repairs should last a long while.

Q. A painter recently repaired our unheated vestibule ceiling by applying a thin coat of plaster over the entire surface. He gave the same treatment to the walls. A big piece of the plaster has pulled ...