The Educated Homeowner

The upcoming Lakewood Old House Fair at Harding Middle School on April 18th is a great opportunity for homeowners in Lakewood (or anywhere-- this is an open, free event!) to unravel the mysteries of maintaining their unique, historic homes. Other excellent educational opportunities for Lakewood homeowners are being presented by LakewoodAlive in a series of workshops, “Knowing Your Home” in which presenters address fifteen different topics surrounding the maintenance of our Lakewood homes. As a plasterer, specializing in plaster and lath repair, I’m excited to have these opportunities to help homeowners understand the composition of the original walls and ceilings in their historic houses and to help demystify the plaster repair process of those cracks, bulges and holes that inevitably develop.  On June 25th come and learn about repairing walls and ceilings in greater detail at the LakewoodAlive workshop “Plaster and/or Drywall Repair & Replacement.” Of course, being a plasterer, I will be extolling the benefits of maintaining the original plaster, teaching basic plaster repair techniques and sharing some history and the how’s and why’s of plaster…but to be fair…there will be equal time for the drywall crowd and after this workshop you will possess a better understanding of the walls and ceilings in your home and be able to make well-informed choices when tackling repairs. See you at the Lakewood Old House Fair! Come visit me at the Wall to Wall Transformations table where I will be happy to answer any plastering questions.