lath and plaster

I have just had the lath and plaster cellar ceiling removed. However, the contractor did not take down the small section beside the chimney breast. There's a metal protrusion and what appears to be solid concrete rather than lath and plaster around it. Does anybody know what sort of Victorian...

We recently bought a house, currently unoccupied, and we just removed the wooden ceiling in one room to reveal a layer of insulation, and under that a damaged lath and plaster ceiling: There are quite a few spots where the ceiling is damaged. I assume the damage occured before they put up...

Hi all, Recently purchased a mid terrace that was built pre 1900. The master bedroom and 2nd bedroom wall is lath and plaster as is the hall separating the 2nd bedroom from the hallway. I've recently pulled the wallpaper off the hallway and it seems to of pulled broken plaster off. Just...

I need to shorten a lath and plaster wall. As you might guess where I need to make the cut is not where there is an upright! One side of the wall is in the bedroom so is accessible whereas the other is in the airing cupboard and I would dearly love to avoid taking this to pieces to add...