I’ve knocked out plenty of drywall before, and my tools of choice are a light sledge hammer, demolition pry bar and shovel. Now I have a project coming up that involves removing cement-on-lathe (extruded metal) from an attached garage. The structure was built in 1952. The cement was to meet the code for an attached garage.
I came to the conclusion that I should use my 41/2″ grinder with cutting disk, making vertical cuts between maybe every other stud. This job won’t be fun, wrestling with the extruded mesh. Anybody got a better idea that might streamline this job?
Thanks
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Metal mesh most unfriendly! I've had luck with an old heavy 6 foot wrecking bar though. It has a point on it and is heavy enough to poke through the wall then I pry from against the sheathing. I've used it on metal mesh brown coat plaster ceilings with luck too- just have to think of pipes/wires. Once you get it started the thing that saves you is when you bend the peices back and forth it breaks pretty easily into smaller sections.
Edited 1/22/2005 11:40 am ET by byrnsie
Thanks, Byrnsie. I got a 4' wrecking bar I'll try. If it's not hefty enough I'll get a big one.
-Ed
might try a cheap diamond blade (ebay) on a skill saw vs ur 4.5 grinder... but then i've used a hook a chain or rope and pulled it down with my pick-up.. punch holes for your hook.. hook it and pull slow.... why pry when you can pull ....
if this pulls the garage down it wasn't my idea
pony