Exposed Wall Wire Mesh
The exposed wall wire mesh in this wall was caused from
water damage. A pipe was leaking for a while, until it actually loosened
up the plaster and the homeowner could only clean up the mess that was
made on a daily basis.
As a contractor, I see plenty of home repairs, that can't be fixed when
they should have been, simply because the homeowner lacks the funds
required to pay a contractor or handyman to repair the damage.
Sometimes when I get to a house, what could have been a small water pipe
repair, will now require wood to be replaced, flooring to be removed and
replaced, walls and ceilings to be repaired and the small water pipe
repair, will usually still need to be made.
Anyway, this should give you a pretty good idea, how they use to apply
metal wire mesh, over a thin layer of drywall.
Here's another view of the damaged wall. Rarely do you
see a 1 x 4 piece of wood trim, installed as low as this one was. I
don't really know what the purpose of it was. It could have been
strictly cosmetic.