The Second Life Of A Wooden House

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Do you have a small, seemingly already unusable house? You can save it, you just have to spend a fair amount of effort, money and time. Ready? Then get to work

So, it is recommended to start a kind of revival with an inspection of the object. Check the roof, foundation and walls carefully. As you know, it is these three components that are responsible for the reliability and integrity of the build. Therefore, if you find cracks in the walls or foundations, they must be repaired. Otherwise, in the near future, the house will sag, and the walls will tumble down.

Tip: If you need to repair the foundation, remove the floors, doors in the house, and also free from extraneous things (for example, furniture). This will facilitate further work.

Cracks in the walls (if they are small) must be insulated; this can be done using a special sealant. As a rule, they are sold ready-made; all you need to do is clean the crack of foreign debris and dry it.

Advice: It is better to repair damages in walls in dry and clear weather at a temperature of at least 10 degrees above zero.

Cracks are not all that you can see on the walls of your house, sometimes peculiar bulges form on them.

Tip: Disassemble and fold back the affected side, but remember to support the supporting beams.

As for damage to the roof: if possible, completely change the covering. Old slate has no place in a renovated house. It is best to replace it with metal tiles. If this is problematic, you can replace only the damaged areas, but use the same material.

Tip: Don't forget to check the roof attachment. It may be rotten and will also require repair. In addition, clean the attic, because you don't need extraneous trash.

Now it's time to put in order the heating, sewerage and electricity systems. As you can imagine, this is one of the components of a major overhaul. We urge you to use the services of professionals who will not only correctly indicate problems, but easily, and most importantly, with accuracy, fix them. Most often in old houses it is necessary to change windows and doors. We also recommend entrusting this lesson to professionals.

After all this work, it's time to start activities inside the house. The best place to start is in the kitchen and bathroom. It is advisable to lay tiles in the bathroom and toilet, both on the walls and on the floor. You can also cover the walls with inexpensive plastic panels.

The same materials can be used to cover the walls in the kitchen, if your funds are limited, just combine. For example, tiling or paneling near work areas, and wallpapering the walls around the dining area.

Next, the ceiling. Again, if funds permit, order tensioners for the whole house. You can dismantle the ceilings yourself if you have at least some skills. If you have never encountered this kind of work, then this case is not the most suitable one to try. Therefore, it is better to entrust your home in the hands of the masters of their craft.

Renovation of rooms must begin by leveling all irregularities. This can be done with a putty. And after everything is dry, you can glue the wallpaper.

Having corrected all the "diseases" at home, examine it again. If you do not like its appearance, and in particular the appearance of the walls, then you will have to refine them.

This procedure can be carried out in three ways. The first one is to overlay it with facing bricks. Expensive but modern in style. The second is plastic finish. Cheap and fast, moreover, the house will look very cheap, and the material is too flammable, which can lead to undesirable consequences. Therefore, we talked about this method, but we will not recommend it. And the third is plaster. The traditional method is popular.

As you can see, it is possible to restore a wooden house. But, starting such protracted work, first of all, evaluate your own strengths and funds.