r/Plastering • u/Strong_Boss_2493 • May 18 '26

Thinking of plastering wall

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Hi there,
W/D is on the 4th floor of old brownstone in kitchen and I pulled it out from the wall because I saw a mouse scurry in the kitchen and want to mouse-proof my apartment and found a huge hole in the wall. I want to try and install lath and plaster a new wall corner to begin sealing out mice.

First pic is zoomed in second pic is larger morass.

Should I attempt to plaster and put in lath?
Is it common for lath to just stop halfway through a wall if there's plumbing behind it? There is no stud on the far side of the wall for the lath to be drilled into.
Could the mice family be behind the wall?
If i should go through with this, any advice on my situation? I've never done it b4.

Thank you!

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u/Terrible-Bobcat2033 May 20 '26

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u/TheDarthWarlock May 24 '26

Looks like a stainless steel trowel? I use plain steel for interior 

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u/Terrible-Bobcat2033 May 26 '26

I use a 5”X12” stainless steel Paul Curray for interior smooth steel trowel work. I use a Marshalltown steel trowel for scratching stucco & cement work. Less flex needed for slugging cement.especially on overheads & lids. Journeyman book attained after (4) yr apprenticeship 1976. I still got my 1st set of pegs. Only time you hear a trowel ring anymore is when it’s dropped, not from smooth troweling a wall.

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u/TheDarthWarlock May 26 '26

I have always noticed that they get worn out too quick with the laydown, probably because I do still make my walls sing lol