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[buckrogers71]

Can it be less than 400.00
Today I manged to drop 400+ on sheetrock and some other "stuff" for a very small hallway.

Our house was built in the 50's when wallpaper everywhere was the thing. So rather than try to strip it (tried it w/ my daughters room) i figured it was easier to gut and rerock.

Of course the price of trim work (white primed colonial) was what really killed me but....

sorry for the midless ramble, I have had a couple to ease the pain

 

[RICLARK]

Can it be less than 400.00
Today I manged to drop 400+ on sheetrock and some other "stuff" for a very small hallway.

Our house was built in the 50's when wallpaper everywhere was the thing. So rather than try to strip it (tried it w/ my daughters room) i figured it was easier to gut and rerock.

Of course the price of trim work (white primed colonial) was what really killed me but....

sorry for the midless ramble, I have had a couple to ease the pain

seems about par unless your a contractor. Next time I suggest using "Contractors Solvent" it will strip that wall paper very easy and wont leave residue. You can get it at any hardware store.

 

[the_bird]

My house is of similar vintage (a little older), and I've gutted several rooms. It's not even old dryway, it's some kind of concrete fiber board that's a total PITA. On the plus side, it's given me opportunity to improve the insulation while I've got the walls open.

But yeah, I feel your pain... was feeling really poor a while back, and it's all the money that was going out to the Home Depot...

 

[buckrogers71]

On the plus side, it's given me opportunity to improve the insulation while I've got the walls open.

I have the same problem ZERO insulation! I have to gut my living room and kitchen to make the house efficient.


Gotta love it

 

[Wade E]

I also am in the same boat with insulation and some of that crappy plaster over concrete board. I have been working on finishing my basement for quite some time now and when I got to the stairwell where they stopped with that board at the first floor and i had to meet it with 5/8" rock i had to blend in with Bondo cause the sheet rock was 3/8" inset in spots and about the same protruding in other spots and if I were to try and skim that in with compound Id be there for months, istead I used the Bondo to blend and it took a day but the stench made my wife and kids leave for hours. Kind of nice.