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back plastering
noun
Building Trades.
- the introduction of partitions of lath and plaster between the inner and outer surfaces of a stud wall in order to improve the insulating properties of the wall.
- parging applied behind the exterior brickwork of a wall in order to exclude moisture and air from the interior of the wall.
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Sooner or later, he’ll be back plastering, he says.
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The rough work gets covered up pretty quickly, but it pays to keep watch and see that the spikes are put in where they belong; that the back plastering reaches quite up to the plate and down to the sill; that timbers are not left without visible means of support, or hung by "toe-nails" when they ought to be well framed and pinned.
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It is seldom well done, it injures the frame, and costs more than back plastering, without being much if any better.
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