Surprisingly, this house was actually insulated for the most part through blowin cellulose, but there are some spots that didn't have any. I also talked to my neighbor and he said that attaching drywall to other materials (like lath), and he said it generally doesn't stay on long term, especially on ceilings, so I'm just going to take it all out and replace it with fiberglass then mount the drywall directly to the studs.
I also decided to look down that cavity next to the chimney, it's just open, but there's one of the main supports for the house at the bottom, so unfortunately there's no reasonable way to run an HVAC duct through there for the upstairs like I wanted (so I could remove the others since they'll be a pain later).
Journey through remodeling my house. The original goal of this blog is to look back on the project 20 years from now, when pictures aren't enough to remember everything, and I thought this was easiest way to do it. But I'm regretting that since Blogger's interface is only getting worse. I only update this periodically even though I'm usually working on something and taking pictures. Comments are disabled because of spam...so if you want to reach out for whatever reason my email is wcvp@me.com.
2019-09-28
2019-09-09
Floor plan & bathroom demo
Here's the measurements I took of the upstairs at this point, I used this a lot for trying to figure out a new floor plan, but I couldn't really come up with one.
Removing the tub was pretty gross
And now it barely looks like a bathroom
I think I've spent more time cleaning up than actually doing work on this house so far
Can't have it clean for too long
Removing the tub was pretty gross
And now it barely looks like a bathroom
I think I've spent more time cleaning up than actually doing work on this house so far
Can't have it clean for too long
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