October 6, 2009
When remodeling, do we need to remove the plaster and wire mesh beneath ceramic tile?
T C asked:
We want to remodel our 1950's yellow and sea foam green bathroom. Upon removing some ceramic wall tile, we found about an inch or so of plaster with wire mesh underneath. How do we remove the wire mesh? or can we leave it? If we leave it, the bottom part of the wall won't be flush with the top (non tiled) wall. We aren't planning on putting new tile in, just drywall and maybe some sort of wainscoting.
Kansieo.com
We want to remodel our 1950's yellow and sea foam green bathroom. Upon removing some ceramic wall tile, we found about an inch or so of plaster with wire mesh underneath. How do we remove the wire mesh? or can we leave it? If we leave it, the bottom part of the wall won't be flush with the top (non tiled) wall. We aren't planning on putting new tile in, just drywall and maybe some sort of wainscoting.
Kansieo.com
Filed under Decorating & Remodeling by
look over:
Comments on When remodeling, do we need to remove the plaster and wire mesh beneath ceramic tile?
it would be better if you did.but since your not planning on retileing i think it would be ok but you said yourself the bottom part of the wall won't be flush with the top
(non tiled) good luck in your adventure.
I just recently demo'ed a bathroom from about the same time frame and encountered the same problem. Normally the wire mesh is attached to the studs in the walls to help hold the plaster up. You should remove everything. You're probably going to have to rip the mesh off of the studs and then remove all of the staples and nails that were holding the wire to the studs. This way you have a clean slate to hang drywall on. If you don't remove the plaster and mesh your walls wont match up like you said. Hope this helped…
If you're going with all drywall, you'll have to bust it out to get a completely flat surface along that wall before installing the drywall. Use a hammer to break up the plaster from the wire mesh. When the mesh is all exposed, use pliers and/or a claw hammer to pull it out from the framing (it's probably stapled in).