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Show I FIRST AID t.the I "W AILING HOUSE piQ; by ROGER C.WHITMAN Question: Several times I have plastered bad parts of rooms and each time, try though I may, cracks appear in the plaster upon drying. I have tried retarding the drying, wetting the lath, but to no avail. Can you help me? Also, please tell me how to mix this plaster and in what proportion? Answer: If you are not trying to replaster an entire room, merely to patch up some cracks or other bad places, I advise you to get a prepared patching plaster which needs only to be mixed with water to make a paste. This is slower drying than plaster of Paris, which hardens too rapidly to be easily worked. (Glue dissolved in the mixing water will slow the time of hardening; so will vinegar, mixed half and half with the water.) If the patching job has been done correctly and cracks reappear, particularly around window and door openings, it is possible that structural weakness is the cause. If so, the defect should be located and corrected. Question-: My husband is remodeling re-modeling the kitchen, using tile-board tile-board for the ceiling. The bathroom bath-room is directly above. Whenever When-ever water is spilled on the floor it leaks down into the kitchen. We have tried caulking around the fixtures, with little success. What can we do about it? Answer: The bathroom should have a good waterproof floor covering, such as clay tile, asphalt as-phalt tile or linoleum. Until you do this, you will continue to have leaks. |