| Plaster all through my house... with the aforementioned chicken wire all underneath...and i'm typing this in the basement approx. 30 ft. from my WAP.
sooooo....why aren't i having the same issues? the entire first floor is plaster-walls, ceilings-the house was built in 1946, solid as a brick shithouse.  |
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 tshirtPremium,MVM
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Snohomish, WA
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1 edit | said by satellite68:sooooo....why aren't i having the same issues? the entire first floor is plaster-walls, ceilings-the house was built in 1946, solid as a brick shithouse.
In the 40's it would almost certainly be wood lathe.
Metal lathe (expanded metal) was mainly used in commerial starting in the 50's&60's, and only used in residential starting in the 70's and 80's ,not really a better choice, but the labor cost of installing wood strip lathe vs a 4x8/5x12 light duty expanded metal sheet (think LOTS of nails (hours or days per room) vs a guy with a screw gun and some sheet metal washers (10 minutes) )tipped the scales on the mateiral costs.
Metal does have better fire resistance and MAYBE earthquake safety, but their are MANY 2-300 year old homes in the new england area with original plaster on hand split lathe/cut nails, in perfect shape, good for an other 100 years or so  |
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PittsPghPremium
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Pittsburgh, PA
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said by satellite68:with the aforementioned chicken wire all underneath...and i'm typing this in the basement approx. 30 ft. from my WAP. sooooo....why aren't i having the same issues? the entire first floor is plaster-walls, ceilings-the house was built in 1946, solid as a brick shithouse. The signal will pass throught the wood floors easier. |
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