Today I signed the papers on my "new" house. 3 BR 2 BA, all brick with a single carport in the back. It has a few interesting things about it. It was custom built in 1968 for a couple who have lived there until recently. Its all electric, has a heat pump. All of the exterior walls are 2x6 inside of the brick exterior and the blown in insulation in the attic is very thick. I was told when the woman lived there before, her electric bill averaged $50 a month.
This is how I looked when I walked in-
It has a nice screened in back porch-
The carpet was in good shape, but we wanted a larger room for the house. It had a formal living room, a little on the small side, so we decided to enlarge a door opening to make it all like one room.
So, I removed all the carpet-
The living room had just pad under the carpet, but this is what I found under the rest.
Then I started removing the wall. I cut the paneling with a circular saw using trim nailed to the wall as a guide.
Then the other side
The last stud with a Sawzall
The "finished" product- The stud in the middle is just there to support the wall until I can put a header board across the span.
I am going to finish out the opening, remove the floor plate, fill the gap in the floor with equal height material. I will then start tearing up the foam backed carpeting and scraping the floor to remove all backing. When I get all the staples, tack strips and carpet up I am going to install Shaw laminate flooring that looks like hardwood. I will install about 800 sq ft of it in the house. We will paint every wall in the house before we move in too.
This is how I looked when I walked in-
It has a nice screened in back porch-
The carpet was in good shape, but we wanted a larger room for the house. It had a formal living room, a little on the small side, so we decided to enlarge a door opening to make it all like one room.
So, I removed all the carpet-
The living room had just pad under the carpet, but this is what I found under the rest.
Then I started removing the wall. I cut the paneling with a circular saw using trim nailed to the wall as a guide.
Then the other side
The last stud with a Sawzall
The "finished" product- The stud in the middle is just there to support the wall until I can put a header board across the span.
I am going to finish out the opening, remove the floor plate, fill the gap in the floor with equal height material. I will then start tearing up the foam backed carpeting and scraping the floor to remove all backing. When I get all the staples, tack strips and carpet up I am going to install Shaw laminate flooring that looks like hardwood. I will install about 800 sq ft of it in the house. We will paint every wall in the house before we move in too.