You can use this regular drywall tape if you re redoing any sheetrock walls in the rest of the room.
How to use wire mesh on bathroom walls.
Demoing tile mortar metal mesh in the bathroom walls when we say we re tackling a room it s usually a figure of speech but in this case it s pretty close to being a literal description of our big bathroom demolition weekend check out this post for more info on why we re doing it and this post for our plan for the space.
The plaster could be from 1 2 inch to an inch or more in thickness.
Removing wall tile mortar and mesh can range from hard to very hard.
We mainly used the heavy duty mesh stuff for the shower walls.
We enlisted the help of our friend andy who is basically a professional at taping and mudding walls.
This goes back to the day when metal lath was nailed to all the studs in the house and then plaster was applied to that to create the walls.