On the ground floor, I would like to remove the wall between the Family Room and Breakfast Room to create one larger open-plan space.
The first-floor plan shows Bedroom 3 above the Breakfast Room, so I suspect the wall may be load-bearing.
I want to understand how much approximately it will cost
Do you guys think if I demo this wall will it cause any issues/roof will cave in? Is the wall in the middle
Bought a house in late Feb, have been renovating it in my spare time! Pretty intense workload but were getting through it. Hows it look? Before and afters
Wife did all the painting, we think it looks amazing so far! And are very proud
I got this rack for hanging pots and pans thinking the studs were at the ends. They are not. Second image shows stud locations in black, wire and pipe locations in red, and blue is where I'd like to secure the rack (however I realized I didn't need to color it all the way down)
I received some offhand advice to simply add 2x4s where I need them and use those. How should I do that?
I've never done drywall anything (except helping hang some one time) so I don't know how best to go about it. I'm willing to learn and have looked up lots of videos. However, cutting into it and then repairing is still a bit daunting.
Should I take out the whole front of the drywall to add 2x4s horizontally or vertically? Or should I make smaller holes on the sides to add the wood? Or is there a better way I'm not seeing.
Extra details:
I have considered a smaller rack but feel it would look a little funny not spanning the length, plus I don't want to.
Behind those studs is the central air intake going up to the higher floor but there is some room back there.
Yes, I did drill through the corner beading already. They sort of hid the studs from my stud finder because they were so much denser than the wood. I later checked again and found the actual studs.
I recently tore out a non load bearing wall but do to a few issues cant do the whole opening so instead id like to add some stained glass panels as a transom window above what will be a new threshold. I worry about the weight though and was wondering how someone with knowlendge on this might go about it.
ps. electrical has been taken care of.
pps. those are 4 windows. I will be using 3 of them
I need to renovate a 1970s condo apartment, about 107 m².
Before I lock the layout I’d like an outside opinion.
Floor plan I digitized with AI, including measurements.
Orientation: north = kitchen and the small bedrooms.
South = living room + master bedroom, best light and a balcony.
Option 1 — original cadastral floor plan
- Living room south-west, ~23.7 m², south balcony. It’s the nicest room
- Master bedroom (Bedroom 3) south-east, ~16.6 m²
- Kitchen north, 9 m², separate but tight
- Bedroom 1 ~13 m² + Bedroom 2 ~13.7 m² on the north side
- 2 bathrooms + 2 small closets
- Feels like a real home, but the kitchen is small and there’s no laundry room
Option 2 — flip everything (open-plan kitchen + living room)
- The master bedroom moves into the current living room (largest and brightest room)
- Kitchen + living become an open plan on the north side (23 m² total)
- Large walk-in closet in the centre
- Bedroom 1 becomes a narrow study
- Upside: huge master bedroom and a generous closet
- The problem: I lose the living room. Kitchen and living are joined. And it breaks the 1970s logic (day rooms south, night rooms east/north). On paper it throws me off
The dilemma:
Part of me wants Option 2 for the master bedroom and the closet.
The other part already hates the idea of losing the living room. If it bothers me on paper, it will bother me every day.
Which would you pick, and why?
Is Option 2 worth killing the living room, or is Option 1 (keeping everything original) the right choice?
Thanks
Hi there,
I’m looking for some advice on some tile I’m trying to remove. I was able to pop the tile up fairly easily, but the underlayment membrane and bonding layer is giving me trouble.
The kitchen and front hallway were very easy removal, but the bathroom and laundry room have this membrane and it’s made the removal miserable.
Any suggestions on how to get this up more easily? I’ve included a photo. I’m trying to avoid destroying the subfloor but I’m guessing anything efficient is probably going to cause some damage?
Thank you in advance for any advice!
After years of planning, reworking and designing this space we have finally completed the vast majority of it. We started with a blank wall in our builder grade home and I knew I had to do something with it. So I planned out builtins and a faux fireplace bump out with a detailed mantle and surround. Started by making the framing for everything and securing all of that. Then drywall (took the longest of course lol I never want to sand again in my life). Then we built out our surround and mantle. Primed everything. Then we started on our builtins. We built the lower cabinets and started on the walls and shelves. Installed sconces above, Then painted the builtins. All that’s left is cabinet doors on the builtins, then Roman Clay on the fireplace bumpout and painting the mantle a complementary color to the Roman clay. I can hardly believe it’s real🥹.
Some pictures from when I restored my old "cotton" at my small farm. Had no experience and found out that I could mimic some of the already work. Use some creatively and what make sense regarding to basics building. Not all like the decorations, but made it like i wanted. Also used the material over again, just some few things from the other building's at my farm. Next project is inside. Feel free to give som ideas:)
Reglazing gotbquoted $600 / window lol
I can buy provia Aspects for around $160 each for smaller sliders and up.
After demoing the wall in our kitchen down to the studs, we found two holes, one where you can actually see the vinyl siding on the outside of the house (the white circle in the picture). The other hole is in the upper corner near the ceiling. We asked the contractor to fix this hole before adding insulation and drywall, but he said he would just stuff insulation into it and it will be fine. We don't agree but he's arguing with us. Are we being too picky?
Hello
We just bought our first house and are doing a small renovation to the bathroom. We want to paint the wall, took out the vanity, mirror and there was paper on the wall.
Now it looks like this, I know we need to patch the holes with joint compound, sand it then put prime on it. But what do we do to this area that was covered with wall paper? Do I put joint compound all over it ?
Please I need help, this is my first ever project for this house, I’m excited but stressed too 😭😭
Not sure how much, if really any at all, structural pressure is on the rafter tails, but with how bad they are rotting and only 22" of tail exposed, does there seem to be enough room to cut away the rot and still sister on some fresh cuts? They all have about 5-10" of rotted wood, so there would be roughly 10-12" at the worst to sister off of.
Also, any other roof repair advice is more than welcome, first timer here...
What do you think I need to do before I put tile over this fireplace?
Hi everyone. We are redoing our basement and I like the idea of laying a heating mat and doing concrete overtop (see pictures 3/4 for inspiration). Husband says we can’t, we have to do subfloor and LVP because of moisture. My question is, is there a way to make my way work? Vapour barrier? If not, explain it like I’m 5. Thanks in advance!
Brothers place that had fire. This large basement casement window blown out. So I framed in this smaller window in it's place. Buddy told me I missing header plate. Is he right. ?
The tenants claim the dark stains on this ceiling are from cooking....they say they are grease stains. 🤔 My thought was it looks more like mold bc its also in the living room but why would it have stripes? Are the stripes the ceiling joists and the whole roof was leaking maybe??
Also how would you fix this? It's the old popcorn ceiling....paint with kilz ? Thanks !
