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Any tips for cutting a neat panel out of a lath and plaster wall without destroying the entire us thing?
Use something with minimal vibration. In order of preference;
Multi tool
Angle grinder
Stanley knife, straightedge and loads of blades (this isn’t so good for the lath but you can sometimes cut with tin snips or something)If you cut through the plaster first, remove it then cut a smaller opening through the lath this will leave you something to attach your patch to afterwards.
(It’s the vibration from cutting through the lath that will really fuck up the wall)
absurdbird-
Thanks, that makes sense and thankfully I have all three of those options available!
I guess it makes sense to cut the panel over the horizontal stud and just notch that, rather than cutting a larger hole above/below to get a drill in for the stud. Should mean a much smaller hole if things go to plan...
atk
In another "I'm sure I measured this and it was going to be easy" moment, dropping pipes through a stud wall didn't go to plan as, well, there's a stud in the way...
Any tips for cutting a neat panel out of a lath and plaster wall without destroying the entire thing? I considered drilling from above with a 30cm extension + long wood bit and the possibility of going full 127 hours on my arm, but the battery on the drill is too wide to fit inside the wall. I could buy another ~90cm of extensions but thought that might end up flexing too much.