Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Jan 12, 2015 10:59 am Hi guys, I am bordering signing the contract on a property which has some amazing potential, albeit more location and size wise rather than quality house wise. We were looking to build but for an extra $60k above our land budget we came across this Gem. 5 beds, 2 living, separate dining, office, 2 baths, over 400sqm floor space. Half Acre which is all of 500m from the Currently being constructed Train Station. Plan is to open it up a little and get a bit more of a roomy feeling particularly around the kitchen area. Scope: - Update/New Kitchens & Bathrooms - Update Internal Walls - Update Flooring - Render Internal Brick - Render External Brick - Paint Roof Tiles Now, my biggest concern is the state and material of the internal walls & Floors. Walls are ply/masonite wall board and is covered in ancient wallpaper, and floors have the old sealed cork and shagadelic 70s carpet. Now, my questions are: - What can I do to modernise the internal walls?? Is it best to rip them out and replace with plaster board?? - Would a spray plaster application work on top of masonite/ply? - I am awaiting building and pest, however would the walls or floors likely contain Asbestos?? Thanks Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Renovation of Large 70s Brick Home - Questions 2Jan 13, 2015 11:44 am No, keep it the way it is now as a monument to that decade that style forgot - the '70's ! Don't sheet over or cover any of the internal walls as they are now. Strip it back to the bare timber frames. This had a couple of advantages. You can go nuts with insulation and end up with a much cooler house in Summer/warmer house in Winter. You can run new wiring for additional lights and powerpoints or water pipes/gas lines etc when there are no sheets on the walls. You will end up getting a better job if you strip all the walls and re-sheet with plasterboard. Stewie Re: Renovation of Large 70s Brick Home - Questions 4Jan 14, 2015 7:33 am To do it all in one go is the best way however if you are living there, then you could do it room by room quite easily. A lot of the cost of simple building work is the labouring cost eg stripping the rooms and rubbish removal which I am sure you could do yourself. Installing wall insulation is another. Stewie Re: Renovation of Large 70s Brick Home - Questions 5Jan 14, 2015 9:16 am Stewie D To do it all in one go is the best way however if you are living there, then you could do it room by room quite easily. A lot of the cost of simple building work is the labouring cost eg stripping the rooms and rubbish removal which I am sure you could do yourself. Installing wall insulation is another. Stewie Thanks Stewie. Definitely looking to do the lot ourselves, this will be our 3rd house renovation. Still tossing up on what scope given that I will probably plan to knock it down in 5 years for some development. Tiles and new carpet throughout and a replaster plus opening it up a little by removing some walls will be first off the rack. Re: Renovation of Large 70s Brick Home - Questions 6Jan 20, 2015 3:16 pm Love the retro look! The house will more than likely have asbestos in it, you can know for sure by testing a sample to a lab ( I got a sample tested with Advance Deconstruction for $55). Also be weary carpet underlay, it can contain asbestos sometimes. I'd either replace or sheet over the top, depending on your budget. Just try to avoid removing wall paper, it is a HORRIBLE job! Re: Renovation of Large 70s Brick Home - Questions 7Jan 20, 2015 3:16 pm Love the retro look! The house will more than likely have asbestos in it, you can know for sure by testing a sample to a lab ( I got a sample tested with Advance Deconstruction for $55). Also be weary carpet underlay, it can contain asbestos sometimes. I'd either replace or sheet over the top, depending on your budget. Just try to avoid removing wall paper, it is a HORRIBLE job! Re: Renovation of Large 70s Brick Home - Questions 8Jan 21, 2015 11:08 pm I'd say strip it all and replace with plasterboard. I Love those old school homes Antenna Direct Perth www.antennadirect.com.au 0423919037 Get your home NBN Ready Smart Wiring and Structured Cabling in Perth Antenna Installations | TV Wall Mounting | Data Cabling HD Security Camera Systems / CCTV Re: Renovation of Large 70s Brick Home - Questions 9Jan 29, 2015 2:02 pm You have the same wardrobe doors as my master bedroom It's high on the list for us to replace! Regarding Asbestos - any house made prior to the 1990's will no doubt have asbestos if it is the original materials. It was used extensively in Australia until around 1990. My house made in the 60's has masonite walls for the most part but asbestos ceilings and roof, and the individual toilet has asbestos everything including a large pipe running down it. A few other things have been identified as maybe asbestos too. Asbestos is a creamy white colour, so it is reasonably easy to spot. Masonite is a reddy brown colour (well ours is), so quite different. We pulled out some carpet with underlay to reveal the hardwood floors. I did a little research on asbestos underlay and it seems to be quite uncommon. I used a dust mask anyway but was pretty confident it wasn't asbestos, and we had an Asbestos inspector in when I had the underlay piled up on the driveway ready to dispose of and he didn't mention it, so hopefully it wasn't!! Re: Renovation of Large 70s Brick Home - Questions 10Feb 08, 2015 3:09 pm I say go for it. Homes in that era were very well built. New homes, especially "off the plan" project homes are generally not well designed, use cheap materials, and are usually made to look "trendy" - so in 10 years' time you'll be able to look at a house and be able to pinpoint that it was built in summer 2015 when "insert building product here" was cool. Building Services Engineer Renovating our 1960's modernist home in Brisbane https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=82091 a building inspector should be able to tell you about any major problems but we need a floor plan with dimensions to clarify options for extra bedrooms ... sometime an… 1 8924 We are about to partially demo our house to begin a major renovation… by partial it almost may as well be a new build (keeping front for heritage) This will require the… 0 4330 consider putting in wall WC instead of robe in the same bedroom, then it might be doable to hook up to the existing piping. 4 6775 |