The house is moving along nicely & this week they start the lathe & plaster. Lathe & Plaster was used in the UK before the introduction of plasterboard in the 1930s and as the house is listed, we have to use this old fashioned method - of course it cost more, both in materials and labour, but what can you do! Three coats are applied - this is the first one. The plaster is put onto the lathes which are long thin strips of wood made from horse chestnut. Horse hair is used underneath the lathes as insulation. It makes such a difference to the room - it really is coming together now. This is the 1st floor bedroom which is just over 6 feet high, the ground floor has a much higher head height. Apparently, it takes some effort to get it to stick and it's not uncommon to come in the day after to find chunks of plaster on the floor which then have to be re-done
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