Repair

[Tonythecat]

Hi Hoping someone here may be able to give me some advice. So im wanting to repair this area. The cut lathes are fairly loose so the socket was moving quite a bit and the plaster around it was falling off. My original plan was to screw a small strip behind the cut lathes to strengthen it up a bit and then cut a small piece of plasterboard to fill the space and skim over but i think even 9mm board would stand proud. Would i be better cutting the lathes back to studs and boarding onto studs ie removing the laths. There is a stud where my finger is and also under the door frame. Any help or advice will be really appreaciated cheers

 

[Koolpc]

You could use expanding foam to hold the lathes together first, then plasterboard...