I am removing some paneling in a hallway. The plaster, as usual, is in
bad shape. I've done this throughout the house and always put drywall
over the plaster without any trouble. Now however, I've run into a
problem. One wall is behind a fireplace. The old plaster butts up to
the back of the brick with the brick exposed. There is no room to
build out with some furring strips. The width of the area is about 3
feet. Any ideas on how to run the drywall over the brick?

really hard to picture what you are describing. Do the bricks protrude
infront of the existing plaster?

fire rated 5/8" X drywall.

http://www.liquidnails.com/ViewProductListing.do

Joint Compound will stick the drywall to brick. If that is what you are
asking.

"rile" wrote in message
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I am removing some paneling in a hallway. The plaster, as usual, is in
bad shape. I've done this throughout the house and always put drywall
over the plaster without any trouble. Now however, I've run into a
problem. One wall is behind a fireplace. The old plaster butts up to
the back of the brick with the brick exposed. There is no room to
build out with some furring strips. The width of the area is about 3
feet. Any ideas on how to run the drywall over the brick?

construction adhesive

"rile" wrote in message
ups.com...
I am removing some paneling in a hallway. The plaster, as usual, is in
bad shape. I've done this throughout the house and always put drywall
over the plaster without any trouble. Now however, I've run into a
problem. One wall is behind a fireplace. The old plaster butts up to
the back of the brick with the brick exposed. There is no room to
build out with some furring strips. The width of the area is about 3
feet. Any ideas on how to run the drywall over the brick?

Or just fix the plaster.

Screw the drywall to studs on each side of the bricks and use
contstruction adhesive on the brick to drywall areas...it will be fine.

PL Premium or other construction adhesive.
Use screws to hold the drywall in place while the adhesive dries, then
remove screws.

Screws will damage the brick face. If you care about that,
then prop a plank or two on the outside of the drywall,
and prop it in place with a shower-curtain rod, instead.