Neph’s new house…
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You dryline and skim the ceilings?
I was thinking about that… However the ceilings are made of overlapping panel and are thick with oil based paint, so I’m unsure whether it is a viable option, and don’t know enough about it. Not going to the house today but I’kl be attacking that floor with a hammer drill and appropriate bit tomorrow so I’ll get a pic og the ceilings while I’m at it.
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All that paneling underneath… pretty interesting! No drywall, eh? What's the insulation situation? Huge plus side of those walls is not having to use anchors if you wanna hang something.
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All that paneling underneath… pretty interesting! No drywall, eh? What's the insulation situation? Huge plus side of those walls is not having to use anchors if you wanna hang something.
That pannelling is called «rugpanel» in Norwegian which is an old word for «rough panelling». It was standard practice before drywalling which wasn’t a thing in 1941 when this house was built. It still gets used now and again as it creates an very strong, stable, longlasting base and framework.
We’ll be using a lattice of 2x2 battens and two way screws to straighten the verticals and create a 5cm deep wall cavity on the inside of the walls. Then we will put the el-installation in that and insulate the cavity. Then comes a damp-proofing layer and drywalling. So still anchors I’m afraid.
The exterior walls are solid layers of timber, panel, bitumen (for wind-proofing), and a 2cm thick insulting layer in the middle made of wool, papier-mâché mache and glue. You can see it in a cross section pic earlier in the thread. In addition to the 5cm of new insulation on the inside we will also put in 5-10cm layer in the outside wall when we replace the weather boards. The final exterior walls will be about 40cm thick [emoji23]
The interior walls are built of 3x4 studs plus the “rug panel” on both sides. They are beastly too. We don’t need to insulate the existing cavities, but will put in 5cm of insultation on those walls we install electrics in.
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Ha, wild — well, guess the big plus side of that is you'll have the insulation aspect well-covered. The last house I rented before buying my current one was old and had sort of similar walls, but they were more sheets than planks — was useful for aforementioned hanging pictures and shelves, etc, but the insulation was pretty nonexistent and my electric bills were massive during the summer. Funnily enough I don't remember it getting too cold, but then again this is Texas.
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Did someone say drywall
️Those are some sturdy walls!!! Quite interesting reading up on all the different layers used. Those houses are built to last and it shows.
Do you & the fam have a move in date you’re trying to shoot for?
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I'm getting tired just reading about all that work… ???
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@Roxrocks86 I need to do some sums and see what the price of flying you, @scooter @Giles and @Brock over is. You’d have to do 10 days quarantine but we could work on the house. You get paid in beer and possibly moose meat. That would be a dream crew. Thinking about it @spitfiredealer and @steelworker would make it complete, we’d have the place sorted in no time.
We need to have the top two floors done which means re-modelling some rooms, new kitchen, new bathroom as well as all the decoration. We reckon February.
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I’m in. You can put us up in that cabin on the lake [emoji12]
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I'm good at the destructive part @neph93 …
