back plastering

noun

Building Trades.

1. 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.

2. parging applied behind the exterior brickwork of a wall in order to exclude moisture and air from the interior of the wall.

Example Sentences

Sooner or later, he’ll be back plastering, he says.

From The Guardian

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.

From Project Gutenberg

It is seldom well done, it injures the frame, and costs more than back plastering, without being much if any better.

From Project Gutenberg