![]() ![]() Drilling into plaster walls is a straightforward task that requires basic tools and a bit of. ![]() Once the screw is secure, the job is done. If the plaster is old or weak, use a plastic screw anchor to ensure the screw stays in place. Just run your drop ceiling grid off the walls, you should be good. Insert the screw into the pilot hole and tighten with a screwdriver until the screw is secure. In this video we show you the craftsmans way to prep the wall before. Like they say "It's better to leave old dogs lie" maybe the best way of dealing with the plaster ceiling. When repairing a plaster wall, its important to also repair the wood lathe underneath. and the landlord had the ceiling done only 4 months earlier and this house was only 76 years old. well Dad came in picked up his son walked back to the kitchen to have dinner and the ceiling in the den came crashing down and smashed the playpen. I hung the radiator using spring out plasterboard fastenings, but a visitor has accidentally fallen and partially dislodged it, damaging the plaster and some of the laths. This is an outside wall, at least 150 years old with 2 layers of brick and a lath and plaster inner liner. now if the keys are broken on the plaster and you have what look like big bumps remove them don't take a chance the weight of plaster is alot more then people think, I had a customer who's landlord came in and instead of fixing the plaster he had it covered up with drop ceiling, well the custmer was getting dinner ready for him and his 14 month old son, his son was in the den in the playpen. I have a small 60圆0 cm radiator on my kitchen wall. If the plaster doesn't show any pulling away from lath leave it, Don't put boards into it. In a typical door frame on each side there should be three 2x4s, thats a 6" area to hide your center mass.Drywall and plaster two different skills two different products, the reason drywall was invented was to make wall construction faster and simpler Transition to a different round, slugs are good for barricaded persons.Īs for hiding behind walls, you always want to hide in the areas where the 2x4s are built up as structure support and door frames. Slicing the pie, using furniture to setup ambush or your cover, or even skipping pellets off cement walls and floors. Its not a matter of if your shotgun will penetrate the wall, but what tactics will you use to compensate for someone hiding behind this reinforced wall. ![]() The idea behind using the shotgun in a home is that the shot will not be lethal after penetrating walls. 316 posts Joined 2004 1 Origonally posted on at, I didn't want to slight the shotgun lovers here by not carefully researching what a shotgun will do as far as penetration of interior walls. On shooting the dry wall - one guy has a point - exactly what distance would the wall be shot? Bullet lethality would depend on how far a target is from the wall - 00 buck and birdshot are both low in mass/weight. Many front and rear bumpers are just polyurethane plastic and styrofoam - not good cover eh? But doesnt 00 Buck penetrate too much in interior walls to be a 'safe' load in a home Yes, it does penetrate a lot. You have an old house, did you know newer homes can have cheaper, thinner drywall? And, your car - not all cars are made of all metal like the old 1970 dodge challenger. Smart thinking, always check what material is around you. This was a great way to learn cover and barriers in home CQB. I had the pleasure of shooting up some old abandoned houses. ![]()
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