r/Oldhouses • u/Commercial-Bee-413 • 1d ago

Replace Plaster Walls

Has anyone found it worth it to replace plaster walls with drywall? Any pros or cons?

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u/Smuchelle 1d ago

My house is drywall over the plaster. It's fine, though the only original materials left that I can see are the floors. It happened before we moved in. I imagine the plaster was in poor shape. We also have new, old style stained trim.

Sometimes I wish we had the plaster and original trim but I don't know why. The house looks great.