I hadn't considered insulation. I was just thinking, "I've knocked walls down, and I've put walls up." And, of course, that the knocking down bit is a hell of a lot of fun. :-)
Also hadn't considered trim. For the first time in my life, I'm living somewhere that's got more than just some basic baseboard, so I can imagine how fancy trim could quickly become a problem. --Ben Deanna Schneider wrote: > Well, not really - particularly if you have nice trim you want to > keep. If you put up new wallboard over the existing wallboard, you > either have to remove all the trim and re-set it and risk the depth > not matching anymore, or you have to be lucky enough to have deep > enough trim such that it still "works" with an extra piece of trim to > cover the new seam. If you rip it all out, you're talking renting a > dumpster and possibly dealing with all the old insulation and such, > too. It's not a pretty picture (says the girl who dealt with 2 feet of > blown in attic insulation falling on her head). > > > On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 09:50:08 -0500, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Dude, at some point, it's gotta be easier to just put up new wallboard.... >> >>--Ben >> >>Paul Ihrig wrote: >> >>>OK, after 36 hours of removing 100 year old paper. >>>that is layered on painted over paper, i have found a trick that works for >>>me. >>> >>>trim & floors should have been preped by tape/plastic. >>> >>>if the old glue is dry & brittle a straight razor works well. >>> >>>if it is not giving, boil some water. >>>while its boiling score the walls with a utility knife or tiger. >>> >>>once water is hot add equal parts of water to vinegar. >>>spray liberally. lets stand for 20 minutes, but don't let it dry. you >>>want to saturate the wall paper. >>>give it another quick misting, wait 2 more minutes & scrap layers off >>>with 3" putty knife. >>> >>>if there a multi layers scrape what you can, re-score paper & set again... >>> >>>Most important tip! >>>Be patient & don't give to much advice to your spouse or friends/family. >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:149054 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
