They don't make them like they use to.
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:02 pm
Subtitled: If I had bid this job I would have lost my shirt.
Son decided to strip off the interior of two living room walls. About 14’ linear feet, 8 feet tall. General idea is to reinsulated the wall and add several electrical outlets.
House construction. Brick veneer on wood frame. Full dimension local oak framing and full dimension oak sheeting. Interior wall appeared to be dry wall.
About 16 man hours and we finally have the two interior walls removed along with the blown in insulation.
Interior wall. Exterior layer was ¾” drywall with thin plaster coat. Guessing they blew in the insulation through this layer. Next layer -inside the room.. ¾” of cement (Yup cement - like mortar mix) and then a skim coat of plaster. Joining surfaces of the cement layer were reinforced with a metal mesh similar to what you would use for an exterior stucco coating.
We had to hammer out the cement out of the metal mesh. Then take a grinder and cut the mesh so that it was flush with the ceiling and one interior wall. A hard wood floor had been installed over the original floor and then a carpet and pad. We had to chisel the cement from the edge of the floor to the studs.
We found the typical blow in insulation faults. Spaces missed and compacted insulation. Window weights not removed. Newer windows were not foam insulated when installed.
Some other anomalies” Original windows were nailed to the sheeting and not fastened to the studs. Cement was added under the original window and above a cross member to support the window.
Stairwell to the basement had been furred out to 6”.
Window trim appeared to be paint darkened pine. Turned out to be black walnut painted to look like pine.
Wire to one electrical outlet was exposed - and actually cover over with cement.
Son decided to strip off the interior of two living room walls. About 14’ linear feet, 8 feet tall. General idea is to reinsulated the wall and add several electrical outlets.
House construction. Brick veneer on wood frame. Full dimension local oak framing and full dimension oak sheeting. Interior wall appeared to be dry wall.
About 16 man hours and we finally have the two interior walls removed along with the blown in insulation.
Interior wall. Exterior layer was ¾” drywall with thin plaster coat. Guessing they blew in the insulation through this layer. Next layer -inside the room.. ¾” of cement (Yup cement - like mortar mix) and then a skim coat of plaster. Joining surfaces of the cement layer were reinforced with a metal mesh similar to what you would use for an exterior stucco coating.
We had to hammer out the cement out of the metal mesh. Then take a grinder and cut the mesh so that it was flush with the ceiling and one interior wall. A hard wood floor had been installed over the original floor and then a carpet and pad. We had to chisel the cement from the edge of the floor to the studs.
We found the typical blow in insulation faults. Spaces missed and compacted insulation. Window weights not removed. Newer windows were not foam insulated when installed.
Some other anomalies” Original windows were nailed to the sheeting and not fastened to the studs. Cement was added under the original window and above a cross member to support the window.
Stairwell to the basement had been furred out to 6”.
Window trim appeared to be paint darkened pine. Turned out to be black walnut painted to look like pine.
Wire to one electrical outlet was exposed - and actually cover over with cement.