Lobster wrote:

It's got to be worth a go; has anyone tried this or got any
refinements
to suggest (eg which type of plaster)?


I'm REALLY no expert but I'd probably brace the plaster onto the laths
from the good side, to avoid any unfortunate pushing off incidents.
Where I've had the same thing, the plaster was basically held up in one
sheet, so pushing it off would be a bad thing.

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Steve F