Is removal of these original features inevitable?
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Comments (32)Fantastic makeover that proves you don't need to spend a fortune to achieve something fabulous! I admire the fact that you have done it yourself(ves) as I can imagine how busy you must be with little kids....See MoreIs your home one we should feature on Houzz?
Comments (12)Hi Sally, not sure where/how to message you other than here. LOVE your house! It is going to be beautiful! - Looks very much like you are going to have to do the same sorts of things that we have too. ( BTDT with the lifted floorboards and view to the ground!) Is your house on sandstone piers too? In our case we did not have to do anything with the internal piers but we did need to lift one side of the house by about 20 cm. We haven't had to remove all our wall cladding as you have done. And we were lucky - the only remnant of lathe and plaster was a small part of the hall. And we are lucky with the ceilings too We haven't had to take them our as you have. And as they are so high we can plaster over where we need to repair - even in the hall where the fist sized crack in the ceiling has closed as we hoped it would. Your boards look magnificent - will you be able to relay them once the restumping is done? I would imagine that they would be hard to replace. Your place is the total opposite of ours though for all that they areboth old country homes. Ours is a cool climate house - located in the Huon Valley (Tasmania) - and big - 24 squares (with an additional 6 squares in deck). Not sure off-hand how big our block is, - but certainly not 1.25 acres! Large block by today's standards though. Tucked into the back of the block since it was originally part of the larger church grounds. So, as is unusual for a house of it's type, the front yard is much larger than the back. There are other similarities between us it seems. (It is just us at home too ...though in our case the pet is a rather senile feline! ...and as to how we came to be restoring the largest house that either of us have ever lived in at a time in our lives when most are downsizing, - well that is another story!) Our latest project is the repair of the bay window in the lounge...(when I say 'we are doing this' - I actually mean that HE is doing it, and I am providing help in the form of lots of encouragement! Must get my act together and post some of our pics. Will you keep putting yours up? I would love to see what you do with your house....See MoreRemoval of structual wall holding up second floor
Comments (5)Hi Yes it can be done and we have done it many times. The only question is how to transfer the dead and live loads... which an engineer will do. (dead load is static weight eg slab/roof etc... live load is people, movable items etc) First step is to dig out the original plans with particular emphasis on the structural plans that show the reinforcement of the second floor slab, footing details and wall sections etc. If you don't have them, you can go to your local Council and request a copy of all plans on file. It will cost around $50-$100. Depending on how the slab was reinforced, you will most likely need a beam to span from the laundry to a point in the other bathroom wall that is remaining. The beam can be designed to be part of a bulkhead or feature dropped ceiling. Then there will probably be some thickening of the wall structure and increase of footing capacity. Footings can be extended by drilling through the slab and grout injection into the soil underneath or excavating and installing new concrete. As others have said, a structural engineer will look at the plans, work out a design and detail that a builder will implement for you within your desired layout. Cheers...See Morerenovate or detonate help! 3 bed . 1 bath original 1960’s cottage
Comments (17)first task would be to organise a survey including precise location of existing buildings so you can be sure of the exact amount of space available ... the block is so much bigger than you realise and you should ask local council about precise set backs needed from all boundaries for your specific block (not standard setbacks for the average rectangular block) and, depending on long term goals and the number of people who will need to live in the house immediately, you could renovate in stages eg internal reno with new kitchen and bathroom, new laundry pantry and rear deck, new master suite and front verandahs, clean roof tiles and convert old garage to rumpus, add pool then new double garage....the new master suite, garages and front verandah should create a vintage look with simple skillion roof, wall cladding and the bigger front porch something like this...See More- 2 months agolast modified: 2 months ago
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