Ugh, I have that stuff in my house too, but at least it's cherry and pretty nice and staying up.
There is one more (expensive) proposition, since these are interior walls, and that is to pull it all down and replace it. Last resort, I think, but better than having all the door trim shimmed out. Double drywall will make the house much quieter though! I would pull some down and see how well you can clean it up and skim coat. Worst case the wall will be "patchy". I'd do the smallest room first to see how it works before the hallway where you have to look at it every day. At least it's not like all those old houses in Bloomington, IN that got converted into student rentals where crap grade masonite "paneling" was nailed up through the plaster. Usually broke enough that over a few years the whole mess came down. Peter On Dec 15, 2021, at 5:24 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > The house I bought in Flagstaff is a typical 1970s brick ranch, 3/2, 2300 SF > or so. There were two owners prior to us. > > At some point in the past, one of the previous owners put wood paneling on > the walls in the hallway and several bedrooms. They did this with a > combination of finish nails and construction adhesive over the original > drywall. Ugh. I have removed some of the paneling, exposing the remains of > the construction adhesive and the holes from the ring shank finish nails they > used. > > I would add, not that it matters, that one of the previous owners also > painted the paneling. Yellow. Double ugh. > > So I’m wondering what the best approach to remediating this awful paneling > might be. My thoughts: > > Remove the paneling and adhesive as best as possible. A lot of the adhesive > remains are brittle and will come off the drywall, but in some cases it won’t > or if it does it pulls the paper off with it. I figure I can skim coat the > drywall and use some spray texture to cover these areas. It won’t look great, > but it will be far better than painted paneling in our opinion. > > The only other possibility I can think of would be to put more drywall over > the existing drywall to have a consistent surface. Either way I’ve got to > pull things like door casing and base molding and reinstall or install new. I > haven’t looked into it, but I'm wondering if there is some sort of thin > drywall or panel material I could use. This would be a lot less labor > intensive, for sure. > > I’m curious as to anyone’s experience with similar situations and how you > dealt with it. > > Thanks! > > -D > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
