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Chadwilliam1 · 09-20-2007, 10:33 PM

I recently removed all the aluminum wire from my house. It was a long job but IMO well worth it. Everything is copper except for the overhead lights. In the process I actually had to cut a few holes in the wall. Now my first floor walls have been patched quite a few times. It is very clear with the lights on.

a few things that bother me about my living room, is I do not have overhead lighting. Every room but that one does. Also my walls are not insulated, Which is not a big deal. I wanted to be able to put recessed wall speakers. I am a big surround sound fan.

So the question is should I gut my living room including the ceiling or should I deal with it. I can be a little OCD somtimes. BTW I already gutted the first floor bathroom. If I gut the living room it would include the hall way which is actulley not very big and one of the 2 bedrooms. I would do both of the bedrooms but I do not have enough room to put my computer anywhere else.

This is going from my kitchen to my dinning room. Which actually use to be a breeze way. I ran to 20 amp circuits and 1 60AMP 240 Circuit out to my garage. I had to bust through the brick with a 1" hammer drill bit.

Here is my living room ceiling it is hard to see the rafters in the picture but it is very clear in person.

This use to be a mail box. They covered it up with shutters on the outside. They patched this whole but did a bad job so I broke it out and pulled the sheet metal box that was still in the wall.

This is the bathroom I gutted. I have not started on it yet because I want to replace the steel left in my drain stack. Part of it cracked and home warranty came in and repaired part of it. I do not want any steel left behind the wall. I also gained access to a crawl space that I need to clean up and insulate.

briansol · 09-20-2007, 11:56 PM

Well, if you have the time, energy and money to do it, you might as well while you're at it. Just don't start it if you don't think you can finish it.

ScrapinSTi · 09-21-2007, 08:19 AM

There is no need to insulate interior walls really... I am doing it on my remodel since I had the insulation already... But if I were you, if you I would patch the walls for now, finish the bathroom, then maybe eventually come back to this room... 1 project at a time... TRUST ME... I AM SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE... lol

09-20-2007, 10:33 PM	#1
Chadwilliam1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 42 Rep Power: 0	wall repair. I recently removed all the aluminum wire from my house. It was a long job but IMO well worth it. Everything is copper except for the overhead lights. In the process I actually had to cut a few holes in the wall. Now my first floor walls have been patched quite a few times. It is very clear with the lights on. a few things that bother me about my living room, is I do not have overhead lighting. Every room but that one does. Also my walls are not insulated, Which is not a big deal. I wanted to be able to put recessed wall speakers. I am a big surround sound fan. So the question is should I gut my living room including the ceiling or should I deal with it. I can be a little OCD somtimes. BTW I already gutted the first floor bathroom. If I gut the living room it would include the hall way which is actulley not very big and one of the 2 bedrooms. I would do both of the bedrooms but I do not have enough room to put my computer anywhere else. This is going from my kitchen to my dinning room. Which actually use to be a breeze way. I ran to 20 amp circuits and 1 60AMP 240 Circuit out to my garage. I had to bust through the brick with a 1" hammer drill bit. Here is my living room ceiling it is hard to see the rafters in the picture but it is very clear in person. This use to be a mail box. They covered it up with shutters on the outside. They patched this whole but did a bad job so I broke it out and pulled the sheet metal box that was still in the wall. This is the bathroom I gutted. I have not started on it yet because I want to replace the steel left in my drain stack. Part of it cracked and home warranty came in and repaired part of it. I do not want any steel left behind the wall. I also gained access to a crawl space that I need to clean up and insulate.

09-20-2007, 11:56 PM	#2
briansol Administrator Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central CT Age: 32 Posts: 499 Rep Power: 10	Well, if you have the time, energy and money to do it, you might as well while you're at it. Just don't start it if you don't think you can finish it.

09-21-2007, 08:19 AM	#3
ScrapinSTi Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: In Debt. Posts: 252 Rep Power: 5	There is no need to insulate interior walls really... I am doing it on my remodel since I had the insulation already... But if I were you, if you I would patch the walls for now, finish the bathroom, then maybe eventually come back to this room... 1 project at a time... TRUST ME... I AM SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE... lol